Many of my patients are only too aware of the emotional and physical toll infertility treatment has. So the thought that they may have passed on their infertility to any children born as a result of their treatment is understandably distressing. The very creator of the ICSI procedure, Dr Andre van Steirteghem, told a conference this week that children born through ICSI – which is where a single sperm is injected into to the egg, rather than it being mixed in a dish as per a standard IVF procedure – are more at risk of...
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ICSI Timebomb? Are IVF/ICSI babies more at risk of infertility, obesity and diabetes?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Stillbirth study – Are IVF babies more at risk?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010A report out this week from a Danish hospital claims that if you’re pregnant with an IVF, ICSI or other assisted conception baby, then you’re four times as likely to have a stillbirth. It makes alarming reading and my worry is that it will cause unnecessary stress to many IVF and ICSI patients who have already been through enough just to get pregnant in the first...
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