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Menopause Test Lets Women Count Their Eggs Before It’s “Too Late”

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eggsThirty-something women of the world, fear not! Science is working to bring a solution to the “delaying motherhood” dilemma.

It’s true that a woman’s eggs are a limited, non-renewable, commodity. But it’s not easy to predict when they’ll run out. Menopause, when the female reproductive system shuts down for good, usually occurs sometime between age 45 and 55. This ten year window leaves a big question mark for women trying to plan for (or against) having children.

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November 5th, 2008 Tags: ,
by Nina Bai in Sex & Mating | 1 Comment » | RSS feed | Trackback >