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• 18th
  May
  2011

  Why a reduction in the number of IVF multiple births is good news

  Official figures released by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has shown that fewer twins and triplets are being born through IVF.

  Why? In 2007 the fertility authority introduced new guidelines for fertility clinics aimed at reducing the number of IVF multiple births, with a target of just 15% by April 2012. New figures show it continues to fall, with the biggest decrease in multiple pregnancies in women under 35 years of age.

  Fertility clinics, both NHS and private, hav...

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• 14th
  Jun
  2010

  IVF Babies - Greater Risk of Defects?

  There has been much coverage across the media today about a new study which apparently shows that IVF babies are ‘twice as likely’ than naturally conceived babies to have malformations and defects.

  Behind these sensationalised headlines, the study conducted by scientists in France found there was a small increased risk to babies born through assisted conception.

  Just over 4% of the 15,000 children they studied, who had all been born as a result of treatment in fertility centres, ha...

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