How does the woman's age affect her chance of delivering a baby?

It is very important to understand that live birth is the only result that counts following infertility treatment. A woman's peak reproductive potential is usually before the age of 30, and declines rapidly after the age of 37. Understanding that there are no absolutes in infertility, the older the woman is, the more difficult it is for her to become pregnant and deliver, and the more aggressive her infertility treatment needs to be. The problems that the older woman faces are a decrease in the absolute number of eggs available, a poorer quality of those eggs (decreased reproductive potential of the eggs), and an increased incidence of genetic abnormalities of the eggs which results in increasing miscarriage and other issues.