Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Age Affects Her Chances of Successful Pregnancy from Eg...( Research by ...),Health

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that the age of a woman receiving donated eggs significantly affects her chances of implantation and successful pregnancy.

Gurnee, Ill. (PRWEB) June 4, 2009 -- Infertility specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, recently presented research to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine regarding the effect of a woman recipient's age on the outcome of egg donation.

Dr. Sherbahn studied 452 egg donation cycles using donors under age 31 between 1998 and 2007. He separated the recipients into two groups according to age, with women under 45 in one group and women ages 45-50 in the other group.

The study compared the two groups' recipient and donor ages, as well as the number of embryos transferred and the rates of implantation, clinical pregnancy, miscarriage and live birth.

Dr. Sherbahn found no differences between the two groups' average donor ages or the average number of embryos transferred. However, the study showed that recipients ages 45-50 had lower rates of implantation, clinical pregnancy and live birth, and a higher rate of miscarriage than women under age 45.

"The differences between the recipient age groups' rates of implantation and miscarriage were statistically significant, although the differences in their rates of clinical pregnancy and live birth were not," says Dr. Sherbahn.

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