John A. Schnorr, MD, FACOG, with Coastal Fertility Specialists discusses tubal ligation reversal and your potential for pregnancy afterwards in this short, informative video produced by The American Fertility Association and sponsored by Attain …
Tag: pregnancy
IVF Is Efficient and Cost-Effective
Although infertility treatment is expensive, it can be the most efficient means of achieving a pregnancy for many patients. While “low-tech” interventions may appear cheaper, questions arise concerning the cost-effectiveness of different treatment choices. Which is better: routine IVF or lower-tech interventions like IUI? Researchers presenting their work at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine have examined data to show that IVF is cost-effective, and that its costs are lower when the mother is younger.
New Report on Egg Freezing; ASRM Lifts Experimental Label from Technique
The Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) issued a new report today stating that in young patients egg freezing techniques have been shown to produce pregnancy rates, leading to the birth of healthy babies, comparable to IVF cycles using fresh eggs.
37% of Births Between 2006 and 2010 Were Unplanned
Over a third of women giving birth in the U.S. are having babies they did not plan to have. Between 2006 and 2010 37.1 percent of women had unintended births in the United States, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. That’s up from 1995 where 30.6 percent were unintended and 2002 where 34.9 were.
The data was gleaned from interviews with 12,279 women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the given time frame and the report only takes into account pregnancies “ending in live birth.” Of women who did not use contraception and had an unintended birth a majority — 35.9 percent — did not think they could get pregnant.
Parents Peek into Gene Pool
PARENTS who fear the prospect of abortion due to genetic problems are going to extraordinary lengths to ensure that unborn children are free of genetic diseases.
Hundreds of parents with no fertility problems are making appointments at Monash IVF and – before going through the artificial pregnancy process – are having embryos tested to ensure genetic conditions plaguing their families like Huntington’s disease, cystic fibrosis or spinal muscular atrophy are not passed on to their children.
The testing process is known as as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and has a 98per cent success rate.
Couples who do not go through the PGD process have a 50per cent chance of passing on a genetic disease if they conceive naturally.
PGD co-ordinator Dr Elissa Osbourne from Monash IVF says it’s hard for parents to see family members suffer from a genetic condition.
“They want to know they’ve done everything to prevent their children from going through the same thing, ” Dr Osbourne said.
“A lot of them struggle with the concept of termination of pregnancy and they’d rather know that if they do get pregnant, that the pregnancy is unaffected.”
Coping With High-Risk Pregnancy After Infertility Treatment
by Corey Whelan
As infertility technologies improve, so do success rates. Statistically, increases in pregnancy and live birth rates have been seen for women across all age ranges over the past decade. These success stories include pregnancies …
STC Teen Pregnancy report
26 JUNE 2012 | LONDON – A new report from Save the Children UK – Every Woman’s Right: How Family Planning Saves Lives – highlights the fact that girls under 15 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy than women in their 20s. Babies born to younger mums are also at far greater risk and around one million babies born to adolescent girls die every year – babies are 60% more likely to die if their mother is under 18.
Read the full report Listen to the BBC Today programme’s Sarah Montague talking to pregnant teenagers at one STC clinic in Liberia
Call to action: Support contraceptives on the New No Controversy Website
26 JUNE 2012 | A number of PMNCH partners have launched a Call to Action and Support for contraceptives. More than 200 million women in developing countries who don’t want to get pregnant lack access to contraceptives. This is a life and death crisis. Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death for women in Africa.
Contraceptives save lives. Giving women and girls access to contraceptives is transformational – families become healthier, wealthier, and better educated. Reducing unintended pregnancies leads to fewer girls dropping out of school and greater opportunity to escape poverty. Contraceptives are one of the best investments a country can make in its future… Read full article.
How to tell it’s time for a fertility specialist – your top six clues
by Corey Whelan
Some women anticipate pregnancy will not come easily. A history of irregular periods, endometriosis, or the ticking of the biological clock give early indication that seeking out the support of a fertility specialist makes sense …
Abortion Qualms on Morning After Pill May be Unfounded
Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their Web sites.