Future Health Frontiers Q&A Women’s Health

Does ovarian function decline mean you are infertile?

Asked by:Calypso

Asked on:Mar 27, 2026 08:39 AM

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  • Dorothea Dorothea

    Mar 27, 2026

      Although the ovarian function has declined, it does not mean that you are infertile. It just means that the chance of pregnancy is lower than that without decline. For example, before the age of 35, there may be a 20% possibility in each cycle. If you are over 40 years old, it may be 5% or 10%, or even lower than 5%, which means that the probability of pregnancy is smaller than that of a younger person. Second, after the ovarian function declines, the malformation rate of the child, especially Down syndrome, is much higher than that of 35-year-olds. Therefore, our country requires pregnant women over 35 years old to get a pregnancy check-up. This is the mother-infant law. Check-ups must be done to prevent the birth of a child with Down syndrome, which will be a child with dementia. The third is that the miscarriage rate of children conceived with declining ovarian function will also be high, so one is that the fertility is reduced, the acute rate is increased, and the miscarriage rate is increased. So it doesn't mean that you can't have children, nor that you will be scared to death when you hear what I say. It's just a matter of probability. But for you, you are one of them. No one can predict this, we can only check, so the probability has increased, and some inspections have been strengthened to avoid the birth of these bad children. Down syndrome is trisomy 21, and there are three chromosomes on chromosome 21. If the child can survive, it will survive, and miscarriage is the elimination process of nature, which is relatively a good thing.

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