Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 486-487, September 2008

Age-related fertility decline: a committee opinion

  • The Committee on Gynecologic Practice of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama

Received 15 July 2008; accepted 5 August 2008.

Age is a significant factor influencing a woman's ability to conceive. Social trends have led to deferred childbearing, and an increasing number of women are experiencing age-related infertility and pregnancy loss. Women older than 35 years should receive expedited evaluation and treatment after 6 months of failed attempts to conceive, or earlier if clinically indicated.

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 Correspondence: Practice Committee, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1209 Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL 35216.

 No reprints will be available.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03303-7

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.006

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 486-487, September 2008

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