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(sz) [...] According to the National Registry of Assisted Reproduction in India (Nari), which maintains records of all in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures in India, the number of women seeking test-tube babies has doubled since 2005.
“Nari recorded about 10,000 IVF procedures in 2005. In 2006, the figure doubled,” says Dr Nandita Palshetkar, consultant gynaecologist at the Lilavati Hospital IVF Centre.
Nearly 60% of patients above 40 have difficulty in conceiving naturally, say experts.
“But more and more people are delaying pregnancy for various reasons. And due to awareness of procedures like IVF, women in their late 30s wanting a baby are more open to approaching doctors,” she says.
The Lilavati Hospital IVF Centre does 500-600 IVF procedures annually, of which more than 50% are for women over 35. Patients of gynaecologist Prasad Mahadevan are mostly women in the “middle class, upper middle class, and high society”. “There are several career women trying to beat the (biological) clock,” he says. more…

From: »DNA« (India)

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