Results of a survey on couples’ beliefs about fertility

A website has been established with the results of a survey of U.S. couples' understanding of fertility issues and their attitudes toward treatment. The survey was conducted by Merck and the complete results can be found at planforsomeday.com.

Some of the interesting findings:

  • 54% of women incorrectly assume that fertility starts to decline at age 36 or older
  • 62% of women surveyed believe new stories about celebrities having babies over the age of 40 are good because they give hope (of course without disclosing that many are from egg donation)
  • 91% of couples would have seen a specialist sooner if they could do it all over again.

The take home message: get off the Internet and see a specialist now and don't be one of those regretting not doing it.