A recent study found that Irish mums are among the oldest in Europe, and new statistics have shed light on the lengths these women are going to in order to conceive.

 

According to a report published in the Irish Medical Journal, the number of women in their forties attending Ireland’s oldest fertility treatment centre has more than doubled in less than 20 years.

 

The study showed that the proportion of women attending the Hari (Human assisted reproduction Ireland) clinic at the Rotunda Hospital jumped from 7% in 1997 to nearly 20% in recent years.

 

As for the success rate that these women experienced, the study’s researchers found that just over 2% of women aged between 43 and 45 (the cut-off age) succeeded in having a baby after availing of the Hari fertility treatment.

 

The results were slightly better for women aged 40 to 42 however, with one in eight becoming pregnant after using IVF or a similar treatment at the Hari clinic.

 

Statistics previously published by Eurostat showed that Irish mums are among the oldest in Europe, with 3.4% of 2013’s first-time mums found to be 40 years or over.

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