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Just under a quarter of IVF births in 2002 - 03 resulted in twins. The UK’s fertility watchdog is to consider whether women undergoing IVF should only be able to have one embryo implanted at a time. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is to review if the UK should follow other European countries which only transfer one embryo.

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Women who get pregnant using donated eggs are less likely to have blood pressure problems if the eggs come from a sister, Korean doctors have found.

Pregnancy-induced hypertension, which can be fatal, occurs more often in women needing donor eggs to conceive. Researchers found using an unrelated donor’s egg carried a 5.4 fold increased risk - but using a sibling egg raised the risk just 2.2 times.

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A woman who works at a Notts fertility clinic but had been told she might never have her own child is celebrating the birth of her daughter.

Kathryn Berrisford works in the CARE Fertility Centre at the Park hospital - but had suffered four miscarriages.

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Cradle next meets on Thursday 3rd July 2008 at Nuffield House, 1000 Gt Western Road, Glasgow @ 7pm. Cradle Meets on the first Thursday of every month @ 7pm at Nuffield House (1000 Gt Western Rd). Please check our site for confirmed details as venues may need to be changed.

Patients attending all units in the West of Scotland attend Cradle meetings

Please contact us if you need further information or would like any information on previous guest speakers talks.

Telephone: Helen 0141 560 2347
Email: cradle@assistedconception.org

Infertility may be becoming more of a man’s than a woman’s problem, new figures suggest. Until now, both were level pegging - 40% of cases linked to men, 40% to women and 20% to joint problems. However, the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology found rates of an IVF treatment, ICSI, typically used to help male infertility have risen. It said a number of factors including declining sperm quality due to environmental toxins may be involved.

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Fertility treatment has helped thousands become parents, however, fertility treatment success rates vary widely from clinic to clinic, according to the first comprehensive guide to be published on services in the UK. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s publication on 85 clinics shows the average success rate for IVF for women under 35 to be just 27.6%.

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