2023-04-20 07:30:35
Marseillaise, Julie (1) is 34 years old and, for a year, a companion whom she loves but who does not want a child. A conflict between them and a cloud over their common future: “I’m afraid he won’t change his mind and, if we split up in a few years, he won’t be fertile enough to conceive.“Anne (1), 36, separated before she might consider motherhood. As her nephews were born, or with her couples of friends, this single woman gradually felt her biological clock racing.
They are right: while the age of first pregnancy continues to decline, stabilizing at around 30, it is also from this age that fertility declines gradually, due to a natural decrease in the number and oocyte quality. The risk of not being able to be a mother is increased, according to Health Insurance, by 35% at age 40 and 80% following age 45.
If they do not give up procreating “naturally” one day, with a new companion, Julie and Anne have both decided to freeze their oocytes, in order to give themselves an additional chance, for a possible medically assisted procreation (PMA). However, it is not a magic wand, warn associations and doctors: all techniques combined (insemination, IVF), only 20% of attempts will end in pregnancy. “People are not well enough informed, deplores Virginie Rio, at the Bamp collective. Saving your oocytes is in no way a baby promise” or an assurance of preserved fertility. Especially since it is also necessary to puncture oocytes in sufficient number and quality: “Two or three punctures are necessary“, so we judge at Cecos.
If Julie continues her project, Anne had the impression that the ground opened up under her feet: “I have just learned that my first puncture will not take place until May 2024, due to the saturation of the center. That is to say one month before I turn 37: I therefore only have the right to one chance, one direct debit.“News Announced”without regard” at Cecos in Marseille. “The deceptive effect, for those who awaited the law, is terrible, indignant Virginie Rio. There is anger, despair.“
1) the first name has been changed.
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