New Delhi, June 10 -- Doctors in fertility clinics across India-from buzzing metros to smaller tier-2 and tier-3 cities- are observing a startling pattern: a significant number of young women, even those in their late twenties and early thirties, are presenting with alarmingly low anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) levels, a key marker of ovarian reserve. This phenomenon, once primarily associated with women in their 40s, now appears to be afflicting women a decade earlier, quietly reshaping the reproductive health landscape of the country.

"We're seeing a clear downward trend in AMH levels even among women under 35," says Dr Rita Modi, senior IVF consultant at Motherhood Fertility & IVF, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. "And it's no longer restricted t...