Single embryo IVF 'more
likely to work'
(June 12, 2007)
The number of hazardous multiple births using IVF could be cut by implanting
one embryo, without lowering the chances of having a baby, a study has
found.
The research, at Guy's Hospital in London, has shown that the treatment can
be more effective with one embryo.
The chances of a successful pregnancy also climbed from 35 per cent to 41
per cent for women aged under 35. Twins and triplets are much more likely
than single babies to be stillborn or to be born disabled.
Half of all twins are born underweight and twins are five times more likely
to die in the first week of birth.
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