Clinical pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby by a 44-year-old woman after a successful in vitro fertilization frozen cycle using her own oocytes

Objective To present a successful IVF frozen-embryo replacement cycle in a 44-year-old woman, using her own oocytes. Design Case report. Setting Assisted reproduction unit in a university hospital. Patient(s) A 44-year-old woman underwent IVF frozen-embryo replacement cycle after three unsuccessful IVF fresh cycles with her own oocytes. The couple were unable to achieve pregnancy for 4 years and were advised to have IVF because of the long duration of subfertility and woman's age. Intervention(s) In vitro fertilization. Main Outcome Measure(s) Pregnancy, live birth, baseline FSH on day 3, and IVF outcome. Result(s) The woman achieved pregnancy through a frozen-embryo replacement cycle and gave birth to a healthy girl who weighed 3,330 g. Conclusion(s) Pregnancy is difficult to achieve for women >40 years of age and especially so for a woman at the age of 44 years. In vitro fertilization cycles may not lead to the desired result, but the availability of a frozen embryo replacement cycle is associated with better prognosis.