Once more about the "anomalies" of IVF. What’s new?
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 13:23
Today I decided to "glad" you with another study of British scientists. Experts from the
The obtained results have shown that over this period the percentage of infants with congenital abnormalities in multiple pregnancies has increased almost 2-fold. If in 1984 the number of such children among twins and triplets was 6 per 10,000 multiple births, in 2007 this number has increased to 11.
The authors explain the increased risk of having a child with congenital abnormalities in multiple pregnancies by the fact that in most cases such pregnancies were due to IVF. However, the researchers aren’t able to explain the reasons why this is happening.
I’ll try to do it for them. Usually, my main complaint against this kind of researches is that the scientists, scaring the lay audience with the negative effects of IVF, simply ignore such important factors as multiple pregnancies and age of the mothers. Well, the first factor, finally, wasn’t left without attention, but the researchers made no mention whatever about the second one. And yet, for various reasons, the IVF method is mostly used by women older than 35, or even 40. I think it isn’t necessary to be a specialist to understand that with age, the risk of various pathologies increases significantly.
By the way, my words can be confirmed by a recent study of a team of scientists from the
So, there is no need to be afraid of IVF, the loss of precious time is much more dreadful. If it happened so that you can’t get pregnant naturally – don’t keep putting off the visit to a doctor. The sooner you contact a competent expert, the more likely your home will be filled in with your child’s laughter.