Stockholm, Sweden: Taller women are more likely to have dizygotic (non-identical) twin pregnancies after double embryo transfer (DET), researchers from The Netherlands have found. Dr. Marieke Lambers, from VUMC, Gynaecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam, told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology on Monday that the findings could help […]
July 2011
Women with recurrent miscarriage have a good chance of having a pregnancy and live birth
Stockholm, Sweden: Women who suffer from unexplained recurrent miscarriage (RM) need to know how long it might take them to achieve a live birth if they are not to lose hope and give up trying for a baby. There is currently no evidence-based treatment for RM, and therefore accurate counselling on the chances of achieving […]
Large new study helps disentangle the relationship between maternal characteristics, IVF treatment methods and singleton IVF children
Stockholm, Sweden: Further evidence of how maternal characteristics can influence the development of children born after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Fertilisation and Embryology on Monday. A study of all 8941 IVF children born in Sweden between 2002 and 2006 where only one baby […]
How many embryos to transfer? Swedish researchers develop new method to avoid twins while maintaining high live birth rates
Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish researchers have, for the first time, developed a reliable way of deciding whether one or two embryos should be transferred during fertility treatment; the method simultaneously maintains a high chance of women giving birth to a live baby, while reducing the risk of twins. Dr Jan Holte told the annual meeting of […]