Eight most interesting facts about IVF

Eight most interesting facts about IVF

Today we offer you a selection of the most interesting and unusual facts about in vitro fertilization procedure.

1. Robert Edwards, one of the IVF methodology authors, won a Nobel Prize for his work. At that time, he was 85 years old.
2. Future parents cannot choose the sex of the child when planning IVF. An exception is possible only in case of genetic diseases linked to sex in one of the spouses.
3. Carmen Bousada, a 67-year-old Spanish women was the oldest patient who underwent IVF. She forged documents, lowering her age to the IVF age limit of 55. As a result, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to healthy twins in 2006.
4. Some studies conducted showed that IVF protocols are more likely to be successful in summer and spring due to certain hormonal changes in the female body.
5. The first IVF attempt is comparable in success to a natural conception; pregnancy occurs in 30-35% of cases.
6. IVF-conceived babies are often referred to as "test-tube babies", but in fact, the whole process does not take place in a test tube, but in a Petri dish on special nutrient medium.
7. In medicine, there have been 44 IVF attempts recorded as a maximum number. But modern doctors do not recommend resorting to so many attempts but advise focusing on identifying the cause of failures instead.
8. IVF helps to strengthen the family. It has been proven that couples who have gone through IVF are less likely to break up. Obviously, the spouses become even closer against the backdrop of a common desire to have a child and all the difficulties that had to be endured on the way.