GAPS IN AWARENESS
A recent Thomson Medical-National University of Singapore study found a gap in fertility knowledge among young adults in Singapore. Only one in 10 respondents answered five basic fertility questions correctly.
Awareness of fertility services was patchy too, with just 54 per cent familiar with early interventions such as fertility screening. What is more striking is that up to 25 per cent of respondents were behind their ideal timelines for having children.
These findings reveal not only a lack of fertility understanding, but also a degree of complacency among aspiring parents, who may not think about infertility until it confronts them. Perhaps that is partly because we do not hear enough from people who have experienced infertility.
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