Fertility issues
- 04 Dec 2023
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Fertility issues
- Updated on 04 Dec 2023
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- Women with POI can have intermittent ovarian activity and have a small chance of spontaneous pregnancy (5-10%).
- Contraception should therefore still be discussed with women who wish to avoid pregnancy.
- Loss of fertility can have a devastating impact on psychological well-being, and referral to fertility or associated counselling services should be offered where possible.
- There are no interventions that have been reliably shown to increase natural conception rates.
- Assisted reproductive techniques using the woman’s own eggs are unlikely to be successful, and egg donation remains the most effective intervention in this context.
References and Further Information:
- The ESHRE Guideline group on POI. ESHRE Guideline: management of women with premature ovarian insufficiency. Human Reproduction 2016. Found on page 929.
- Premature ovarian insufficiency. Summary consensus statement. British Menopause Society. 2020.
- Panay N, Anderson A, Nappi R et al. Premature ovarian insufficiency: an international society white paper. Climacteric 2020.
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