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Older women often need donor eggs to become mothers through IVF, a new study says

Success rates for IVF using their own eggs are below 5% for women 43 and older

This occurred even though overall success rates for assisted reproductive technology have doubled

MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to have successful IVF? If you’re an older woman, find some donor eggs.

Most successful fertility treatments for women 43 and older rely on donor eggs, researchers report in the journal Population Studies .

Success rates in that age group remain below 5% when using a woman’s own eggs (not previously frozen), researchers found.

On the other hand, more than one-third of treatments using donor eggs are successful across all age groups, results showed.

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