--- title: The Future of Fertility: IVF, Egg Freezing and More description: Doctors at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference discuss new innovations in fertility treatments. canonical: https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-03T21:42:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:44:17.333Z article:section: Health og:title: How Science Is Changing the Future of Fertility og:description: Doctors at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference discuss new innovations in fertility treatments. og:url: https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d5c05ff38f5a23a/69877893f887dc8c26e895ee/pregnancy-test-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TIME.com stock photos Pregnancy Test og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Science Is Changing the Future of Fertility twitter:description: Doctors at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference discuss new innovations in fertility treatments. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d5c05ff38f5a23a/69877893f887dc8c26e895ee/pregnancy-test-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Science Is Changing the Future of Fertility > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 3, 2017 9:42 PM UTC  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 3, 2017 9:42 PM UTC More women in the United States are having children later in life, and the emergence of technologies like [fertility trackers](http://time.com/4712786/ovulation-kit-pregnant-pregnancy/?iid=sr-link2) and [in vitro fertilization (IVF)](http://motto.time.com/4753310/ivf-10-times-lessons/?iid=sr-link2) are helping women conceive at a point in their life they prefer. At the [_Fortune_ Brainstorm Health Conference](http://fortune.com/2017/04/20/brainstorm-health-livestream-2/) on Wednesday, experts debated the promises and limitations of these kinds of frontier technologies—and speculated on what kind of impact they would have on the future of fertility. Some companies are tackling what they see as the first problem: a lack of knowledge about fertility. “More and more women need a basic understanding of their reproductive health,” says Angie Lee, chief product officer of Celmatix, a fertility-prediction company. Celmatix created the world’s first comprehensive genetic screening test for reproductive health, which helps women assess their risk for fertility problems. “Women who are experiencing infertility will say, ‘I wish I had known.’ We want to empower women to have as much of that information up front.” Innovations further down the line, like IVF that uses [DNA from three parents](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/health/birth-of-3-parent-baby-a-success-for-controversial-procedure.html?%5Fr=0), could one day help more couples who are struggling to conceive. But currently, experimentation for these technologies is limited to countries outside the U.S. “It took me 20 years to realize our country is very conservative,” said Dr. John Zhang, founder and director of New Hope Fertility Clinic and one of the creators of the technique used for the [world’s first three-person baby](http://time.com/4509565/worlds-first-baby-born-with-dna-from-three-parents/?iid=sr-link1). Even some of the more widely available techniques can still have obstacles. Fertility-related treatments can be prohibitively expensive, and options like egg freezing, for example, don’t always lead to pregnancy. “We don’t have guarantees,” said Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences at Yale University. “It’s still a new process.” **MORE**: [The Benefits Of Being An Older Mother](http://motto.time.com/4708238/benefits-older-mothers/?iid=sr-link1) Yet despite the issues, having a choice still feels better for many women than having no option at all. “The ability to freeze eggs or embryos to give you a little more time, I think, is empowering,” said Jennifer Tye, vice president and head of U.S. Operations at the fertility tracking company, Glow. The limitations of current technologies can be frustrating, but experts are hopeful for the future. As for right now, Minkin points out that there’s plenty that women can do to improve their fertility profile: maintain a healthy weight, don’t smoke and find out what age women in your family typically go through menopause. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/"},"headline":"How Science Is Changing the Future of Fertility","datePublished":"2017-05-03T21:42:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:44:17.333Z","description":"Doctors at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference discuss new innovations in fertility treatments.","url":"https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/","keywords":["fertility","Infertility","IVF","egg freezing"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d5c05ff38f5a23a/69877893f887dc8c26e895ee/pregnancy-test-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d5c05ff38f5a23a/69877893f887dc8c26e895ee/pregnancy-test-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock photos Pregnancy Test","caption":"TIME.com stock photos Pregnancy Test","creditText":"Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fertility/","name":"fertility"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4765926/future-fertility-pregnancy/","name":"How Science Is Changing the Future of Fertility"}}]}] ```