Photo credit: Baby and Grandma captured in a cuddle, by Loserlady Sharing articles I find, discussing options you might consider and suggesting what might help. Each person is different, what works for one might really mess up another. So what you do with this info is entirely up to you! ...
Photo credit: Shaddy with the godmother at the park, by Eleanore Fern Pagaduan In 2015, there were 224,938 live births in the United States to women ages 40 through 54... 754 of those live births to women 50-54... In 2014, there were only 783 live births to women over 43, using donor eggs...
Photo credit: Baby smiling, bebe riendo, by Juan Pablo Oitana Personally I find the statistics we get about Down's Syndrome somewhat confusing. So I translated them into percentages. I think it is all too easy to think of 1-80 as one in 80%, but it is not. 1-80 translates to 1.25 % for DS, or
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Studying the value of the day 3 follicle stimulating hormone to luteinizing hormone ratio as a predictor of IVF success.
MedWire News: Measuring the ratio of follicle stimulating hormone(FSH) to luteinizing hormone (LH) on day 3 of an IVF cycle is an accurate way to predict cycle success and the risk for cancellation, report scientists.
FSH levels are used to predict chances of success but Ellen Greenblatt (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and associates say they are limited in value unless significantly abnormal.
For their study, the team retrospectively reviewed the value of the day 3 FSH:LH ratio for predicting treatment success. They studied 297 women aged under 40 years who had FSH levels of 10 IU/L or less and were undergoing IVF for the first time.
Analysis revealed that treatment was significantly more successful in women with an FSH/LH ratio of less than 2.0, with cycle cancellation rates of 8.5 percent versus 19.6 percent in those with a day 3 FSH:LH ratio of 2.0 or over.
Women with a low day 3 FSH:LH ratio were also more likely than other women to become pregnant, at rates of 33.5 percent and 24.7 percent, respectively. Indeed, no pregnancies occurred in women with a very high FSH:LH ratio of 3.5 or over.
The day 3 FSH:LH ratio is a relatively easy test to obtain and adds more predictive power over the day 3 FSH level alone,
the researchers conclude.
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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