No Risk Of Developmental Delay For Kids Conceived Through Fertility Treatments: Study

This study has some reassuring findings about the absence of an increased risk of developmental delays in children conceived through the use of IVF when compared with children who were naturally conceived by fertile couples.

Most interesting to me is that this was only the case when they considered singleton births. It is always difficult to convey to infertile couples that the safest way to go is to transfer less embryos and try to minimize the risks of a multiple pregnancy…. Although most twin pregnancies are healthy, the data says that children who were born singleton do better in the short term and have better long term outcomes. Babies excel when they don’t have to share while in the uterus!