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Mitchell's pregnancy represents one of the latest and most extraordinary achievements of infertility science. By treating his middle-aged patient with hormones, Dr. Mark Sauer, at the University of Southern California, was able to essentially reverse the effects of menopause. Using an egg from a young woman and artificial insemination with sperm from Mitchell's husband Donnie, Sauer was able to establish the pregnancy. Mitchell is not even Sauer's oldest patient. He is also helping a 55-year-old woman, who has a 30-year history of infertility and was too old for in vitro fertilization when...
Such miracles are now possible. Expensive, but possible. But is this an appropriate use of technology? When Sauer first used the technique, it was to help younger women who had gone through menopause prematurely. But after publishing his results last October, he was besieged by requests from middle- aged women hoping to turn back the clock. Should they be helped...
...though the ovaries may shrivel like raisins, the other reproductive organs of postmenopausal women are still viable. These women can now become pregnant using someone else's eggs, according to a remarkable report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. A team led by Dr. Mark Sauer of the University of Southern California impregnated six of seven postmenopausal women, ages 40 to 44, using eggs that were taken from younger women and fertilized with sperm from the older women's husbands. Four of these prematurely menopausal women gave birth to healthy offspring, one miscarried...
...knew this group of seniors deserved to win it somewhere along the line and it's great to have them go out this way," Wisconsin Coach Jeff Sauer said...
...just like playing at home," Sauer said...