by Jenny Currie

Created on: June 15, 2010   Last Updated: May 11, 2011

Conception with donor eggs enables pregnancy in extreme circumstances.  Pregnancy after menopause is possible through egg donation ivf.  It is advisable to find the services of a reputable egg donation agency/ egg donor bank who can facilitate the egg donation program for you.

This solution offers a world of renewed hope especially for people whose bodies have failed them prematurely.  Often woman actually enter premature menopause in their twenties on even teens.  This is quite a rare scenario but nevertheless affects people in a significant way.  The dreams of conceiving can become alive again.  

What is important to realise is that the uterus does not deteriorate with age, it is eggs.  So if a woman has entered early menopause, the chances are she has poor quality eggs, if any.  This low ovarian reserve can be as a result of a number of reasons - unknown, exposure to radiation, hereditary, auto immune deficiency, etc.

Woman who have entered menopause - be it early menopause or menopause at the regular time will no longer be having cycles and will no longer be ovulating, so without the assistance of an egg donor cannot conceive.   If a woman's hormone levels indicate her inability to conceive - because she has no eggs - can can still get pregnant after menopause if her uterus or womb is intact.  Essentially what will happen is that she will be given fertility hormones to maintain the pregnancy. 

These will normally be doses of progesterone and estrogen.   This pregnancy is the same as a normal pregnancy.  For the first three months of pregnancy, the recipient will be monitored much closer and more regularly - being every two weeks, then from the fourth month the recipient will see a regular gynecologist who will look after her.   Becoming pregnant after menopause is possible and undertaken in many cases via an egg donation program - facilitate by an egg donor agency or egg donor clinic. 

The oldest lady to conceive to date was a 54 year old woman.  Her doctor confirmed her health to become pregnant and after a cycle of egg donation she conceived on the first attempt.   

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