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No IVF age limit now, but older women must be assessed by doctors: MOH
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Ms Lily Kew, who was featured in The Sunday Times last week, is pregnant at age 48 with her second child, thanks to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). But as there was an age limit of 45 for IVF treatment here previously, she had to go to Johor Baru to do the procedure.
PHOTO: MARCUS TAN FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
Women aged 45 and older will have to satisfy certain conditions before they can undergo in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), now that the age limit has been lifted for them to have assisted reproduction.
Doctors must assess their patients' fitness to carry the pregnancy to term and "ensure the baby is delivered with the best outcome for the mother and child", the Ministry of Health (MOH) told The Sunday Times.
