On a regular basis (because, let’s face it… the data affects us in the States, too), we like to look outside our American borders and investigate what’s happening in fertility news. 

Lately, our attention was caught by the results of a 2008 study that claims 6 percent of mothers from New Zealand use some form of fertility treatment to become pregnant.  That figure shows how widespread the desire to seek out assistance to have a baby of one’s own has become.

The 6 percent figure comes from the “Growing Up in New Zealand” study which looked at 7,000 births.  Of those 7,000 babies, 60 percent had been planned by their parents.  And it was of these babies that fertility treatments had been used.

In terms of specific types of fertility treatment, the New Zealand women most commonly chose IVF, which costs an average of $11,000 dollars in that country.

Other interesting facts from the “Growing Up in New Zealand” study include:

·         In 2009, the average age of women giving birth was 30.  (In 1979, thirty years ago, the figure was 26.)

·         In the “Growing Up in New Zealand” study, the average age of the mothers involved in planned pregnancies was 32.  Comparably, the average age of the mothers involved in unplanned pregnancies was 28.

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