The world's first IVF baby, Louise Brown born in England in 1978, was conceived from a naturally developing follicle in her mother's ovary. However, as other groups around the world would quickly discover, the "natural cycle" ...
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Patients having intrauterine insemination for fertility treatment can be reassured that the use of cryopreserved sperm instead of fresh is not associated with inferior outcomes. The largest study of its kind, whose results ...
Jul 4, 2022
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Smoking by mothers during the period immediately before and after conception is linked to a delay in embryonic development, smaller fetuses at the time of the 20-week ultrasound scan, and lower birth weight.
Feb 23, 2022
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A new guideline on the diagnosis, treatment and management of endometriosis has been published today by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
Feb 2, 2022
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Despite only limited evidence that fertility add-ons increase the odds of having a baby, the majority of women (82%) have used one or more of these treatments as part of their IVF.
Jul 1, 2021
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One of the largest studies of its kind has found women who use over-the-counter painkillers in pregnancy are around one and half times more likely to have a baby with health issues. The risk of a preterm delivery, stillbirth ...
Jul 1, 2021
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A large cohort study drawn from the national IVF registry of France, which included almost 70,000 pregnancies delivered after 22 weeks gestation between 2013 and 2018, has found a higher risk of pre-eclampsia and hypertension ...
Jun 30, 2021
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A large cohort study from the national IVF registry of Sweden, which included almost 125,000 treatments carried out between 2007 and 2017, has concluded that the steady rise in birth rates can be attributed to two emerging ...
Jun 30, 2021
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Fertility patients who have a poor response to ovarian stimulation represent a stubborn challenge in IVF. Few eggs are collected, success rates are low, and several treatments are usually needed to achieve pregnancy (if ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Studies indicate that the optimal and safe number of oocytes needed for achieving an ongoing pregnancy is between six and 15. However, the use of egg freezing, frozen embryo replacement (FER) cycles and aggressive stimulation ...
Jun 29, 2021
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