I am forty seven years old woman with regular menstral cycle.Would i qualify to be treated in your hospital?

Dear friend, I am more than pleased to answer your question. It is true that when the age of woman exceed the time limit of 42 yrs the rates of natural conception, succesful pregnancy and birth of a healthy baby is around 5%. That is because, from that age on, not only the capacity of the ovaries to produce oocytes diminishes but also the quality of those oocytes is poor due to increased number of chromosomal anomalies. Regardless of menstruation (indication that you are not menopausal) ovarian reserve can be measured by hormonal assays like antimullerian hormone (AMH) and FSH. So, to answer your question, YES, you can be treated in our fertility centre in various ways. We can implement fertility treatments in terms of IVF within a natural cycle (no medication) or within a modified natural cycle (small amount of medication). Otherwise, the most efficient way to achieve pregnancy is oocyte donation. In this way we easily overcome the barrier of advanced age since women who donate oocytes are younger than 32 yrs old. The procedure is by law completely anomymous and the women who become donors are thoroughly checked for HIV, HCV, Hbsg, syphiles, haemoglonopathies, kariotype anomalies, cystic fibrosis and others. So, I may say that if accepting donated oocytes is not a vital issue for you, then medicaly this is the most efficient and proper way to achieve a pregnancy and give birth to a healthy child. Otherwise we can still try with your own eggs as we hve mentioned above. This alternative is time consuming and does not ensure us results, due to some difficulties. That is, even though you are menstruating, it is not certain that you have a monthly ovulation and that we can retrieve an oocyte. Even more, even if we retrieve an oocyte the quality may be impaired and the fertilisation or the implantation of the embryo may fail. I dont mean to discourage you but you are entitled to the real facts and fertility rates in order to make a proper decision. We are always at your disposal for any further questions you might have.