Ovary Freezing to Beat the Biological Clock Beating the Clock?
Frozen Ovaries Make Headlines More women are waiting to start
their families, delaying pregnancy until their mid- to late-30s,
40s and beyond. While pregnancy in a woman's later years can
carry some complications, "the biggest risk of delaying
pregnancy is not being able to get pregnant at all," said Dr.
Jill Powell, assistant professor of medicine in the department
of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at Saint Louis
University School of Medicine. "We see all these celebrities
having babies -even twins- in their 40s,and we take it for
granted that we will be able to do it too." Powell cautions that
women will experience a big drop in fertility beginning around
age 38. It then falls more precipitously 40... St. Louis' Dr.
Silber Makes Women's Health History One bright spot has surfaced
in the field of fertility and it started here in St. Louis. The
ability to freeze and transplant ovaries is a new option for
women facing cancer therapy or f