IVF improving but still not a guarantee for older women
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Thu 17 September 2015
11 mins
Women today are having children later for many different reasons and this has a direct impact on their ability to have one, or more children.
Recently, the UNSW National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit released a report that summarized the changes in IVF between 2008 and 2013 in Australia.
In this episode find out how IVF success rates have improved and what the results say for older women over 40 years.
GUEST: Mark Bowman, President of the Fertility Society of Australia. Mark is also a gynaecologist and fertility specialist/Medical Director with Genea.
WEBSITE: Australian IVF Report
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