Test-tube babies: Mood swings are key to fertility choice
AFP, July, 2007
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LYON, France (AFP) — Doctors exploring choices made by childless couples facing in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment said Tuesday they had uncovered important clues about mood swings that heavily influenced a life-altering decision.
IVF, sometimes called "test-tube baby" treatment, entails retrieving eggs from the woman's ovary and fertilising them with her partner's sperm in a lab dish, creating embryos that can then be implanted into the womb.
An important decision, though, is whether to transfer only a single embryo or more embryos at the same time.
Research has shown that pregnancies with single embryos suffer less complications and the baby is likely to have a higher birthweight and have fewer developmental problems than twins or triplets.
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On the other hand, multiple embryo implants, despite this risk, offer a statistically higher chance of a pregnancy compared to a single embryo transfer.
Canadian doctors at the London Health ...
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