Is There an Age Limit to Become Pregnant in the Ivf Era?

In the last decade, announcements of births of children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) for women in peri- and postmenopause have multiplied worldwide. Additionally, centers for assistance in human reproduction have received increasing requests from women beyond reproductive age with desire to become pregnant. Is there an age limit to become pregnant in the IVF era? Should we consider the inability to conceive and give birth at advanced reproductive age and in postmenopause a disease? Should we ignore the natural course of human life and the biopsychosocial roles of a mother at different ages? Should assisted reproduction techniques be used as tools to allow women's expression of freedom and their control over reproduction? These and other questions are raised by this contemporary issue, without generally agreed answers. This article will atempt to provide insight for further consideration.