Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Controversial egg-timer test encouraging women to make 'high-stakes decisions' about their fertility

Libby French always knew she wanted to have children, and at 27, she thought it wise to investigate her fertility. "My mother went through menopause fairly early in life [and] I had acne and extremely ...
The Conversation

Don’t believe the hype. ‘Egg timer’ tests can’t reliably predict your chance of conceiving or menopause timing

Tessa Copp is supported by an NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellowship (2009419). She is on the Scientific Committee of the Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference. Jenny Doust receives funding from ...
Sydney Morning Herald

This at-home ‘egg timer’ test is an Aussie first. What does it tell us about fertility?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last year, Claire Kennett and her husband started trying for a baby. After six months with no success, her GP suggested she take an AMH ...
Sydney Morning Herald

How the 'egg timer' test falsely feeds women's fertility anxieties

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Women anxious about their ticking clocks are being led to believe that a flawed test can predict their ability to have a baby. Would-be ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Feminism 'co-opted' to market non-evidence-based women's health interventions like AMH 'egg timer' tests, researchers argue

At 38, Carla Loughnane was told she had so few eggs she was near menopause and didn't need birth control. Within six months, she was pregnant. Her twin girls were not yet two years old. This "miracle" ...