Startup Launches At-Home Hormone Test To Determine A Woman’s Fertility Status.

) reported, “CDC figures show for the first time ever, women in their 30s are having more children than those in their 20s.” Delaying childbearing, however, may “affect a woman’s chances of getting pregnant.” Now, “a San Francisco bay startup” called Modern Fertility has “launched an at-home hormone test” to help a women determine her fertility status. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal explained, “After a woman orders the test online, she pricks her finger, places drops of blood on a test strip and sends it to a lab where it’s tested for nine hormones. The company sends back a physician-reviewed online profile.” That profile “explains how hormone levels may affect the number of eggs she has left, if she is ovulating normally and potential red flags that could affect her” window of fertility. Some fertility experts, however, emphasize the importance of women consulting with their own physicians about the test result