They found that there was not a significant
difference in live births between women who received frozen embryos versus fresh embryos.
A repeat (or subsequent) teen birth is defined as «the second (or more) pregnancy
ending in a live birth before age 20».
Only 41 percent of IVF cycles
result in live births in women younger than 35, according to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.
Our study shows that we are good at selecting the right sperm donors with the right sperm quality — and that's why we found no difference
in live birth rate despite the increasing age of sperm donors.
However, within these same two female age bands, no significant differences were
found in live birth rate (LBR) relative to the age of sperm donor.
«We believe this is the longest period of sperm cryopreservation resulting
in a live birth reported in the scientific literature,» says Elizabeth Pease, consultant in reproductive medicine at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, and one of the team.
(The embryos, obtained from local fertility clinics, would not have resulted
in live births because they contained an extra set of chromosomes.)
Predictable for the transfer, but only about 35 - 40 % of transfers
result in a live birth; therefore, more than one attempt may be required.
The
difference in live birth rate was due to higher rates of early pregnancy loss before 20 weeks in women who conceived while established on dialysis.
What makes this study worth discussing is that it suggests conceptions, those that result
in live births, noticeably begin to drop months before a recession strikes.
The study divided the women into three groups: 1561 were pregnant but their first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, 10,549 were pregnant with their second but their first pregnancy resulted
in a live birth, and 21,118 were pregnant for the first time.
Dr Rebecca Mercier, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of North Carolina and co-author of the research said: «While many elements may contribute to postpartum depression, the results of this study show that unintended pregnancy resulting
in live birth could also be a contributing factor.
Over the 15 - year study period, there were 1473 pregnancies, 118 (8 %) of which resulted
in live births; of those, 11 (9 %) were identified as having congenital abnormalities.
The scientists have tried to head off ethical concerns by using «non-viable» embryos, which can not result
in a live birth, that were obtained from local fertility clinics.
U.K. patent office spokesperson Brian Caswell says European Union directives forbid patents on human cloning, but he suggests that the patent was allowed because it only covers embryos in «the very early stages of development» that would not result
in a live birth.
Fourteen years is the longest — that I am aware of — for an embryo being frozen that resulted
in a live birth.
In April 2015, a different China - based team announced that they had modified a gene linked to a blood disease in human embryos (which were also not viable, and so could not have resulted
in a live birth).
While in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection have been effective treatment options for infertile couples, only about one - third of these methods result
in live births.
The research used non-viable embryos that could not result
in a live birth, but nonetheless caused huge controversy.
Of the pregnancies that occurred, a similar proportion resulted
in live birth (81.8 percent women with epilepsy and 80 percent controls), miscarriage (12.7 percent women with epilepsy and 20 percent controls), or other outcomes (5.4 percent women with epilepsy compared to 0 percent healthy controls).
Here, success rates (transfers resulting
in live births) using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), of which in vitro fertilization (IVF) is the most common.
Pregnancy symptoms, including aversions to tastes and smells, nausea and vomiting are common in healthy pregnancies that result
in live births, and occur less frequently among women whose pregnancies end in miscarriages.
Predictable for the transfer, but only about 35 - 40 % of transfers result
in a live birth; therefore, more than one attempt may be required.