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Are you running out of Eggs?(Dimished Ovarian Reserve)

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In spite of you having normal cycles, the ovaries could be running out of the eggs that may be available to you to conceive. We need to suspect this condition if you are unable to conceive in a reasonable frame of time (Reduced Fecundity), Inadequate response to the hormones given to you by your doctor or unexplained repeated pregnancy losses, wherein urgent attention is required and aggressive management to prop up the reduced ovarian reserve and also to bail you out of opting for donor eggs. Causes can be Idiopathic (where no cause is identified as yet), Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Genetic mutations, Ovarian (Endometriosis)and tubal surgeries, etc. Smoking, which researchers say tends to propone menopause by a couple of years and hence one may be running out of eggs earlier than same age woman. Since nearly 10% of a woman undergo accelerated oocyte (egg) pool depletion, which leads to infertility early on, and may affect many women delaying childbearing, this issue m...