Background Infertility as one of most concerning topics in childbearing age mothers needs better managements with less complications and IVF can be assumed as an efficient method. This study aimed to compare pregnancy outcomes in fresh and frozen embryos transferred in IVF cycles. Methods In a retrospective study, 11201 patients underwent IVF cycles from 21st March 2013 to 20th March 2014 and...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether pre-eclampsia is more common in first pregnancies solely because fewer affected women, who presumably have a higher risk of recurrence, go on to have subsequent pregnancies. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Swedish Medical Birth Register. PARTICIPANTS 763 795 primiparous mothers who had their first births in Sweden, 1987-2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR...

The subject of the study is anxiety-depressive symptoms women in postpartum period. aim to identify interrelationships period and type their attitude pregnancy. author identified differences with different types residence use maternity care. results on relationship anxiety depression pregnancy were obtained. Research methodology: typology psychological component gestational dominant I.V. Dobrya...

The aim of this study is to obtain a Spanish brief version the Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire and analyse its psychometric properties. A longitudinal was carried out on sample 569 pregnant women with normal risk status. Participants were assessed in first, second, third trimesters pregnancy by using socio-demographic obstetric-gynaecological questionnaire, PRAQ-55, Edinburgh Postnatal ...

Background: While anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) level allows quantitative evaluation of ovarian reserve, its predictive value for live births following assisted reproductive technology cycles has remained controversial. The aim of the present study was to assess the importance of AMH in predicting live birth following intrauterine insemination (IUI) in the case of low or very lo...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of IVF/ ICSI by modification of embryo transfer technique following embryo transfer. Materials and Methods: In this randomized trial study, two groups of infertile women (n = 55) aged %40 years underwent in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment cycles with or without 0.2 mL of air pushed into the catheter...

a bstract background: non‑medical utilization of pre‑implantation genetic diagnosis (pgd), like sex selection, is increasing, therefore it is necessary to follow‑up the health and outcome of fertilization and newborn’s birth followed pgd. the aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of fertilization after sex selection by pgd and the relation between the age of parents and the outcome of f...

background: human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) has been used as a replacement for the mid-cycle luteinizing hormone (lh) surge for several years. the recent arrival of recombinant dna technology has made recombinant hcg (rhcg) accessible. objective: to assess efficacy of rhcg compared to urinary hcg (uhcg) for triggering of ovulation and induction of final oocyte maturation in assisted reproduc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term safety of nonsurgical sterilization with quinacrine. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Rural provinces in northern Vietnam. PATIENT(S) Two thousand eight hundred forty women who had had quinacrine insertions and an age-matched comparison group of 1,658 women who had an intrauterine device (IUD) insertion between 1989 and 1993. METHOD(S) Inte...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(1) Introduction The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) is extremely effective, with pregnancy rates comparable to tubal ligation (i.e. a 5-year cumulative rate varying from 0.5 to 1.1).1 Women using the device should be fully counselled about the risks of failure and the risks of ectopic pregnancy, although those using an IUS are act...