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Pregnancy after menopause now is possible with in vitro fertilization of donated oocytes from reproductive-aged women, and older women who undergo IVF are as likely as younger IVF patients to become pregnant. In this retrospective study, investigators delineated obstetric complications in 77 postmenopausal women (age range, 50 to 63) who received oocytes for IVF from 1991 through 2001; women with chronic medical conditions, including hypertension, were excluded from the study.
Overall, 89 oocyte retrievals resulted in 89 fresh-embryo transfers and 32 cryopreserved-embryo transfers (mean, about 3.7 embryos per cycle). There were 45 live births (37% of all embryo transfers; 1 live birth = 1 mother). Cesarean delivery occurred in 78% of all liv…