Ovarian Cancer - Risk?

I've been reading up on Ovarian Cancer. Fertility drugs (such as the ones they put you on for IVF) can put you at a greater risk. I'm already at a higher risk, my grandmother died of Ovarian Cancer. I don't want to be at an even greater risk...

Here are a few things that make you higher risk:
(from http://www.patientlinx.com/cancer_ovarian/ocrisk.cfm)

Family history. First-degree relatives (mother, daughter, sister) of a woman who has had ovarian cancer are at increased risk of developing this type of cancer themselves. The likelihood is especially high if two or more first-degree relatives have had the disease. The risk is somewhat less, but still above average, if other relatives (grandmother, aunt, cousin) have had ovarian cancer. A family history of breast or colon cancer is also associated with an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.


Childbearing. Women who have never had children are more likely to develop ovarian cancer than women who have had children. In fact, the more children a woman has had, the less likely she is to develop ovarian cancer.

WHATEVER - she had TWELVE babies. TWELVE. :(



Something else to research, because apparently my brain can't get a break. Perhaps because my cycle seems fine - and so far we are not dealing with female fertility issues - maybe a "natural cycle IVF" or IVM - avoiding some of the drugs... Money is no object when it comes to having our family... but the line is drawn before putting ourselves at risk... And Cancer falls in that category.