IVF

少子化の危機が叫ばれて久しいですが、女性の生殖能力というのは35歳が境目なのだそうです。オーストラリアのThe Daily Telegraph紙からの引用です。


A survey of more than 1000 women conducted on behalf of IVF Australia and affiliates of Virtus Health found 64 per cent of women did not know fertility rapidly declines after the age of 36. Six out of 10 also believed infertility in their 40's was easily resolved with IVF.

Professor Michael Chapman, fertility specialist IVF Australia said that the results show women did not have accurate information about their own reproductive health.

"It's a serious misconception that women can delay motherhood until their late 30s and rely on IVF to easily resolve their problems and conceive in their 40s, and these survey results suggest that is exactly what many women may do based on their beliefs," Dr Chapman said.

The survey also revealed one in five women incorrectly believed it only became difficult for a woman to fall pregnant naturally in her late 40's. Dr Chapman said that 35 years of age was the turning point in a woman's fertility.
(Most women do not know when fertility drops. The Daily Telegraph. May 25, 2014.)


記事に、"IVF"という略語が多く出てきます。他の記事ではタイトルでも当然のようにIVFが多用されていますがこれは、


In Vitro Fertilization


の頭文字を取ったもので、人工授精のことです。

オーストラリア人女性の多くが、30代後半、さらには40代に入っても人工授精であれば子供授かることができるというように考えているらしいことがアンケートで分かったそうですが、実際には35歳が妊娠しやすさの分岐点とも言えるという専門家（産科医）の見解です。