Thank you to Growing Generations for sponsoring the following post. All opinions are my own. Having problems conceiving can make parents-to-be feel hopeless. My son took only two months to conceive, but my daughter took a bit longer. After losing my first pregnancy to a miscarriage, I experienced anovulation. For nearly six months, I felt […] More
The use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) may increase the risk of autism among children born as a result of the fertility treatments, concludes a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers led by Peter Bearman, a professor of social sciences in the Interdisciplinary Center […] More
First introduced in 1992, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) doubled between 1996 and 2012 to assist couples struggling with male infertility. Now a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concludes that the use of ICSI is no more effective than conventional in vitro fertilization. ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, […] More
Women who respond poorly to IVF ovarian stimulation by producing low numbers of eggs have an increased risk of miscarriage, says a new study by researchers at the University of Birmingham. In vitro fertilization, IVF, is a fertility treatment that involves combining eggs and sperm outside the body and then placing the embryo in the […] More
Since the advent of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1981, over two million babies have been born using the fertility treatment. However, a team of experts from the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands believe that the treatment may be overused and that the risks of IVF outweigh the […] More
Women who conceive with the help of assisted reproductive therapies are at an increased risk for serious birth complications including stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight, and neonatal death, says a new comprehensive study from researchers at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia published in the journal PLOS One. Led by Professor Michael Davies […] More
