Dr. Lucky Sekhon

So there's just so many different things happening, good and bad, that have led us to the place that we're in right now.

So it's the two things we talked about.

But just to recap, because I gave you the foundation, I said nobody has perfect eggs.

Even in your 20s when you think my fertility must be as it is as good as it can get, a lot of people think it's perfect.

The best way to think about the quality aspect is when you have an embryo that forms from your eggs, what is the chance that that embryo has all of its DNA and therefore has a high reproductive potential ability to implant and stay implanted?

At baseline, in your 20s, when it's as good as it gets, 20% to 25% embryos are going to be abnormal.

But the large majority, 75% to 80%, will be healthy.

So shouldn't take too many ovulations to get there, hopefully, right?

At 35, that figure changes to 1 third abnormal, 2 thirds chance of an embryo being normal.

So still love those odds, right?

When we get to like 37, 38, it's 50-50.

And at 40, it's 2 thirds abnormal, 1 third normal.

And at 45, it's like 90, 95% abnormal, right?

I don't think that's correct.

Yes.

And I think a lot of people hear this message and feel nervous or anxious.

And I always say, like, I'm a glass half full girly.

So I'm looking at a 37, 38-year-old patient.

I'm like...

Yeah, there's still a 50% chance that an embryo that forms is normal.