BJOG Release: Selective Single Embryo Transfer Of A Blastocyst For IVF Increases Pregnancy Rate And Lowers Twin Births

The aim of any IVF treatment is for the woman to become pregnant and to give birth to a healthy baby. In order to achieve greater success, some doctors implant more than one embryo into the womb of a woman during IVF. This practice often leads to multiple pregnancy and though commonly seen as desirable by parents, multiple pregnancy carries an increased risk of preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and pre-eclampsia, thereby increasing maternal, perinatal and infant mortality.

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Filed under: Fertility on February 26th, 2008