World IVF Day 2025: Expert Explains About The Growing Trend of IVF and Fertility Preservation

On World IVF Day 2025, an expert sheds light on the rising trend of IVF and fertility preservation. Know about the latest advancements and how they’re empowering individuals to take control of their reproductive health.

The feeling of motherhood has been profoundly transformed in recent decades. As women have come to value education, career advancement, economic independence, and self-improvement, many women today are choosing to decide for themselves when the time is right to have children. This has led to growing employment of reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which now provides a viable path to motherhood for women choosing to become mothers later in life.

Urban Trends and Fertility Challenges

According to Dr Aravind Badiger, Technical Director, BDR Pharmaceuticals, this trend is particularly observed in cities where women have been empowered through education and working opportunities to restructure conventional schedules in marriage and childbearing. Although postponing motherhood can be beneficial in terms of lifestyle, it poses biological challenges. Fertility in women is directly proportional to age, and natural fertility decreases sharply after 35. IVF has become a sure and scientifically advanced remedy that offsets this biological fact with more control over their reproductive lives for women.

What IVF Entails and Who Benefits Most

IVF refers to the process of fertilising an egg with sperm outside the body and then transferring the embryo into the uterus. In women who are older than 35 years or who have endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), or unexplained infertility, IVF is often the best chance of a successful pregnancy. With increased advances in embryo freezing, egg storage, and genetic screening, success rates have improved, and IVF is no longer an alternative but the norm.

Rise in Fertility Preservation Among Younger Women

Increased fertility preservation, especially egg freezing, is also a marker of this shift in reproductive planning. More and more women in their late 20s and early 30s are actively choosing to freeze their eggs as a way to preserve the possibility of future pregnancy. This habit allows them to pursue personal or professional growth without the fear of a closing biological clock. These eggs are then preserved, and IVF technology is used to accommodate reproductive biology with modern lifestyle choices.

IVF requires informed and realistic planning.

IVF is a source of hope, but it also needs informed decision-making. It is a physically and emotionally demanding treatment that involves hormonal stimulation, procedures, and multiple cycles in certain treatments. It also requires a huge financial outlay, as insurance does not cover all forms of treatment in most areas. Hence, thorough counselling and realistic expectations are essential elements of any fertility treatment.

Equal Focus Needed on Male Fertility

There is also a greater call for education about male fertility, which also diminishes with age. While female reproductive well-being tends to be the prominent factor in discussions of fertility, increasing numbers of IVF cases are related to male factor infertility and thus reflect the need for an equitable, couple-centred treatment approach.

A Changing Definition of Parenthood

As delayed family planning becomes increasingly popular, IVF is not just providing a technological answer; it is also changing the way people view parenting ages. Yet, preemptive education about fertility, periodic reproductive health examinations, and early consultation with experts are a must. All these can enable individuals to make informed choices, whether it is planning, fertility preservation, or opting for assisted reproduction.

The future of fertility treatment is personalisation, preemptive action, and awareness. With science and technology at their disposal, women today are not just scripting a new book on motherhood but scripting it on their own terms, and IVF is playing a major supporting role in rewriting this history.

FAQs

Is IVF Safe?

Yes, IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) is generally considered safe, but like all medical procedures, it does come with some risks and side effects—both physical and emotional.