Aging exerts detrimental physiologic, histologic, and functional effects on the endometrial extracellular matrix and on oocyte quality, impairing conception and implantation.

IVF in which one partner donates oocytes while the other carries the pregnancy shows clinical pregnancy rates similar to traditional IVF.

As Election Day approaches, there's a national spotlight on reproductive health care. This includes a medical process hopeful parents go through to grow their families called in vitro fertilization.