Impact of Age on Fertility

Note: “Recruitable” Eggs-Egg Supply Declines with Age


Retrieved from: Fritz, Marc A.; Speroff, Leon Title: Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 8th Edition Copyright ©2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


Cytoplasmic Aging

Maternal environment (particularly aging) has strong impact on the quality of cytoplasmic maturation and success of IVF.

  • Mitochondria are a critical example- cell division is “hard work”