Accessory factor

, 82–83

Ageing

, 3, 98–99

biomedicalisation

, 12–13

biotechnologies and transformations

, 37–40

external signs

, 185

fecundity

, 61–62

fertility

, 61–62

ineluctability

, 39

infertile

, 14

irreversibility

, 39

localisation

, 91–92

mitochondria

, 94–95

nature

, 21–22

oocytes

, 141

ovaries

, 78–84

physical signs

, 185–186

population

, 55–57

predictor

, 69–70

reproductive

, 6–7, 15, 19, 186

simple matter

, 95–98

symptoms

, 4

women

, 185–186

Age limits, changing nature of

, 155–156

Age-related fertility

, 51–52

decline

, 63

fixity

, 196

materiality

, 36–37

ontological choreography

, 64

programmed nature

, 21

statistical choreographies

, 76–77

Age-related infertility

, 3, 144

assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)

, 7

asymmetry

, 186

biologisation

, 93, 188

biology

, 5–6

biomedicalisation

, 18

overcoming

, 8

reproduction

, 17–18

in vitro fertilisation (IVF)

, 70–73

Age-related infertility decline

, 122–124

hormonal fluctuations of

, 122–124

Aging

, 148–152

biologisation

, 126–127

chronological age

, 115–117

fertility charts

, 119–120

follicles

, 121–122

follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

, 111

hormonal stimulation

, 121–122

hormones

, 112–113

infertility decline, hormonal fluctuations of

, 122–124

natural cycles

, 121–122

ovaries

, 108–114

physical indicators

, 119–120

reproductive potential

, 103–108

resisting force

, 117–119

statistical age, uncertainties of

, 124–125

in vitro fertilisation (IVF)

, 101–102

Ambivalent anti-ageing dimension

, 131

American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG)

, 54–55

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

, 54–55

Anti-ageing medicine

, 77

Anti-ageing promise

, 179–182

Anti-ageing technologies

, 5

Anticipatory socio-naturalization

, 120

Anti-depressants

, 16

Anti-essentialism

, 33–34

Anti-naturalisation

, 29–30, 33–34

Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)

, 4–8, 77, 101

development

, 38

egg donation

, 9–10

extending fertility

, 12

non-natural

, 12

science and medicine

, 189–190

statistical choreographies

, 51

Assumed choice

, 137

Augment

, 189

Biological clock

, 2, 9, 36–37, 51–52, 186

Biological control

, 37–38

Biological process

, 76–77

Biological quality

, 84

Biological reality

, 60

Biologisation

, 16, 126–127, 190, 192

Biology

, 34–36

Biomarkers

, 107

Biomedicalisation

, 7, 13, 187–189

Biomedicine

, 36–37

anti-ageing

, 6–7

reproductive

, 3, 10, 52

Biotechnologies

, 51–52

Birth defects

, 82

Blackboxed reality

, 102–103

Bodies

, 32–34

Cell death

, 162–164

Cell ontologies

, 170–177

common-sense

, 170–174

counting

, 174–176

oocyte

, 176–177

scientific and historical evidence conflate

, 170–174

Childbearing age

, 56–57

Chronic ageing

, 82–83

Chronological age

, 115–117

Chronomarkers

, 76–77

Comforting

, 2

Common-sense

, 170–174

Contraception

, 5–6

Controlled fertility

, 58

CoQ10

, 96

Counting

, 174–176

follicles

, 111

Critical age

, 67

Defective oocytes

, 81–83

Demography

, 55–56, 61

Developed populations

, 58

Discordant counts

, 164–166

Diversity

, 25

DNA

, 40, 93

Dogma

, 162–166

cell death

, 162–164

discordant counts

, 164–166

measured enthusiasm

, 167–170

neo-oogenesis

, 166–170

scepticism

, 167–170

Down’s syndrome

, 81–83, 93

Egg donation

, 8–10, 14, 84, 94, 99

aging

, 148–152

ambivalent anti-ageing dimension

, 131

anti-ageing technology

, 129–130

fertility

, 132–136

legitimisation nature

, 145–148

postmenopausal pregnancies

, 130

reproductive tourism

, 131

scientific choreographies

, 131

turning to

, 140–145

Egg freezing

, 9–11, 188

Egg-making stem cells

, 157

Egg precursor cells (EggPCSM)

, 161

Egg transfer

, 91

Egg vitrification

, 8

Energetic metabolism

, 96

Epigenetics

, 42

Essentialisation

, 26–27

Ethnocentrism

, 24

Facebook

, 10–11

Facing age-related fertility decline

, 142–143

Fecundity

, 57, 67

Feminist issue

, 34–36

Fertility. See also Age-related fertility

, 1

age alone

, 52–53

assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)

, 52

biology

, 13–14

biomedicalisation

, 187

decline

, 53, 57, 76

delaying

, 2–3

developed

, 58

evolution

, 186

limits of

, 132–136

natural

, 53, 57–58

treatments

, 88

women’s age

, 63–65

Fertility charts

, 119–120

Fertility declining

, 106, 108

Fixity

, 193–198

Follicles

, 121–122

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

, 111

Frozen sperm

, 64–65

Gender

, 23, 186

biological/social

, 6–7

implications

, 51–52

nature-cultures

, 25–50

social

, 28–32

Genetic programming

, 21

Germline stem cells (GSCs)

, 158–159

Google Scholar

, 81

Historical population

, 57, 60, 63

Homeostasis

, 96

Homogenisation

, 27

Hormonal fluctuations

, 122–124

Hormonal stimulation

, 121–122

Human exceptionalism

, 24

Human Genome Project (HGP)

, 37–38, 40

Human ovaries

, 79–81

Hutterites

, 58–60

Ineluctability

, 39

Infertility

, 5–6

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

, 117–118

In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

, 2–3, 8, 37–38, 51–52, 101–102

age-related infertility

, 70–73

cycles

, 75–76

egg donation

, 8

limits

, 195

oocytes

, 85–86

statistics

, 68–69

test-tube baby

, 63

In vivo model

, 65, 69, 84, 94

Irreversibility

, 39

Late pregnancy

, 132

Legitimisation

, 145–148

Liberating potential

, 28–32

Malthusian matrix

, 57

Masculinity

, 29

Material feminism

, 17, 47

Materialism

, 17, 47

Materialist feminism

, 29–30

Materiality

, 36–37

Medical emergency

, 109–110

Medicalisation

, 7

Medically assisted extension of fertility

, 154–155

Meiosis

, 83–84

Menstrual cycles

, 120

Milk bottle universe

, 58–60

Miscarriages

, 61–62

Mitochondrial DNA

, 94–95

Mongolian imbeciles

, 82, 93

Motivation

, 151

Multiple realities

, 43–46

Natural cycles

, 121–122

Natural fertility

, 53, 57–58

Naturalisation

, 16, 25, 27

Nature-cultures

, 23–25

gender

, 25–50

sex

, 25–50

Neo-oogenesis

, 166–170

Non-contraceptive populations

, 57

Obstacle course

, 148

Old eggs

, 76–77, 99

Ontological choreographies

, 43, 46, 64

Oocytes

, 76, 79, 176–177

defective

, 81–83

maturation

, 90

quality

, 92

uterus and

, 90

Oogonial stem cells (OSC)

, 158

Ooplasmic transfer

, 94–99

Optimists

, 178–179

Ovarian ageing

, 76–77, 81, 91–92

Ovarian capital

, 80

Ovarian reserve

, 76–77

Ovaries

, 108–114

Ovary stem cells

, 157

Ovular dysgenesis

, 81–82

Personal emergency

, 109–110

Pessimists

, 178–179

Physiological age

, 75–76

Plastic biologies

, 40–43

Plasticity

, 193–198

Population

, 51–52

age

, 55–57

fertility

, 55–57

historical

, 57, 60, 63

non-contraceptive

, 57

primitive

, 58

Posteriori narrative

, 139

Postmenopausal mother

, 5

Preimplantation genetic diagnostic (PGD)

, 8

Primitive populations

, 58

Production line hypothesis

, 82

Progressive and irreversible process

, 97

Promissory work

, 177–184

anti-ageing promise

, 179–182

optimists

, 178–179

pessimists

, 178–179

separating from reality

, 182–184

Psychoanalysis

, 30

Psychological dimension

, 151

PubMed

, 81

Quality of life

, 84

Racial theory of fecundity

, 57

Racism

, 24

Regeneration

cell death

, 162–164

Dogma

, 162–166

egg precursor cells (EggPCSM)

, 161

germline stem cells (GSCs)

, 158–159

oogonial stem cells (OSCs)

, 158

ovary stem cells

, 157

Rejuvenating effects

, 4, 94, 99

Reproduction

, 3, 21

ageing

, 4, 15, 19, 83

biotechnologies and transformations

, 37–40

embryo development

, 90

fertilisation

, 90

implantation

, 90

locating age

, 77–78

oocyte maturation

, 90

population

, 56

rejuvenation and

, 4

sexual

, 56

social studies

, 13–15

Reproductive ageing

, 81, 85, 150, 186, 188–189

Reproductive medicine

, 54, 62–63

Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)

, 9–10

Reproductive potentials

, 103–108

Reproductive tourism

, 135–136

Resisting force

, 117–119

Reversing childbirth postponement

, 51–52

Risk category

, 39

RNA

, 83

Scepticism

, 167–170

Science and technology studies (STS)

, 5, 17, 21–22

biomedical

, 37–38

feminist

, 34–36, 41

Sexism

, 24

vs. gender

, 185

nature-cultures

, 25–50

versions

, 35

Sexual intercourse

, 120

Social constructivism

, 25, 27

Social essentialism

, 33–34

Social norms

, 34

Sperm donation

, 9–10, 62–63

Statistical age, uncertainties of

, 124–125

Stem cells

, 77

Strategic naturalisation processes

, 147

Swiss Federation of Physicians (FMH)

, 134

Swiss Society for Reproductive Medicine (SSRM)

, 134

Technological fix

, 148

Test-tube baby

, 63

Tissue transplantation

, 86

Toxicants

, 16

Toxic damage

, 82–83

Uterus

, 86–92

Viagra

, 39

Web of Science

, 81

Women’s age, fertility

, 63–65

Yahoo

, 10–11