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• 12th
  Oct
  2011

  Why weight matters for IVF

  A new study has confirmed that your weight can affect whether IVF treatment is successful or not.

  A team from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust  found that being even slightly overweight is a risk factor for the outcome of IVF, following their study of more than 400 women undergoing treatment at the Assisted Conception Unit.

  In the study, the team looked at patients’ Body Mass Index (BMI) and results of treatment. The chance of having a live birth for women who a...

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• 25th
  Feb
  2010

  Stillbirth study - Are IVF babies more at risk?

  A 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 place...

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