osses; or the measures of social distancing and confinement lead to lower exposure of pregnant women to the behavioral and socio-environmental factors linked to prematurity. Postponing Pregnancy versus Age-related Fertility Loss Since the deleterious effect of postponing pregnancy by a few months may not be significant, 61 62 63 64 65 even for women of advanced reproductive age or with diminished ovarian reserve, 64 such a decision has been encouraged by some authors. 65 66 In a very recent retrospective cohort study on in vitro fertilization treatment for women with diminished ovarian reserves, Romanski et al. 65 observed that a delay of up to 180 days did not seem to negatively affect live birth rates, even for women with anti-Mullerian hormone levels < 0.5 ng/mL, or those older than 40 years of age.
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