OBJECTIVE To explore the experience of undergoing unsuccessful in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment and of remaining childless 3 years after IVF in both women and men. DESIGN Qualitative-approach study. SAMPLE Ten women and nine men who had attended a public fertility clinic in Sweden. METHODS Individual qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with qualitative content anal...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether conversion of high-response gonadotropin/intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles to "rescue" in vitro fertilization (IVF) yields a higher implantation and pregnancy rate as found in matched IVF controls. DESIGN A prospective study with a retrospective controlled section. SETTING Baskent University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. PATIENT(S) Thirty-two...

BACKGROUND The use of expensive infertility treatments is increasing rapidly. To compare the prenatal and neonatal health care costs after IVF and spontaneous conception, we conducted a study based on a cohort of IVF and control pregnancies and neonates. METHODS A cohort of 215 IVF mothers and 255 IVF neonates were compared with a cohort of 662 control mothers and 388 control children, random...

In this article the history of IVF in geographical regions outside the UK are traced by pioneers of that time. Following the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, live births after IVF occurred in Australia in 1980, in the USA in 1981 and in Sweden and France in 1982. Following the first IVF birth in Australia, the Government of Victoria established a review of IVF research and practice which led to t...

BACKGROUND Relatively few studies published to date have investigated IVF and cancer risk. In this study we compared the occurrence of cancer in women who gave birth after IVF with all other women who gave birth in the study period. METHODS All women who were treated with IVF and gave birth during the years 1982-2006 in Sweden were identified from all IVF clinics, and the occurrence of cancer...

BACKGROUND The introduction of mild cycle IVF adds to the repertoire of fertility treatments. However, its place is still novel and is contested within the literature. Women's experiences of mild cycle IVF have received minimal attention. The aim of the study was to explore women's perspectives regarding mild cycle IVF. METHODS In this qualitative thematic analysis study, 17 women, and 2 part...

STUDY QUESTION Does ovarian hyperstimulation, the in vitro procedure, or a combination of these two negatively influence blood pressure (BP) and anthropometrics of 4-year-old children born following IVF? SUMMARY ANSWER Higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) percentiles were found in 4-year-old children born following conventional IVF with ovarian hyperstimulation compared with children born fol...

The use of acupuncture to improve the outcome of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has become widespread over the past five years. Three of four randomised controlled trials (RCT) published since 2002 have shown that acupuncture significantly increases pregnancy rates. Although the research has a number of methodological limitations, it does strongly endorse the use of acupuncture during IVF. Protoc...

BACKGROUND There are several studies that have shown an increased risk of premature birth and developmental abnormalities with in vitro fertilization (IVF); however, the data on preterm mortality and morbidity are limited. AIM Our aim is to investigate whether IVF had an effect on the mortality and morbidity in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS A total of 940 te...

In singleton pregnancies after in-vitro fertilization (IVF), increased rates of obstetric and perinatal complications have been reported. Studies that compared IVF twin pregnancies with spontaneously conceived twins have yielded conflicting results. We compared 96 IVF twin pregnancies to 96 controls after elaborate matching. The design of our study precluded matching by zygosity. The monozygosi...