Fertility MOTS are ‘a waste of money’

 “Fertility MOTS” marketed at women who fear they have left it too late to have a baby are a waste of money, research suggests.

A study found the results of popular ovarian reserve tests – designed to tell women how many eggs they have left and their quality – had no bearing on whether they went on to conceive.

The University of North Carolina study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It found that biomarkers tested were not linked to the ability to conceive.

Dr Channa Jayasena, clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College London, said: “The study tells us that measuring these hormones to predict fertility in potentially worried ... women is wrong, and should be stopped.”