Unfortunately, for certain reasons, not everyone can succeed in becoming a happy mother. But, despite this, modern effective methods in the field of reproductology can give a woman an invaluable chance to hear from the lips of her baby the word "mom". To date, in the field of the study of in vitro fertilization (IVF), as one of such methods, the debate of scientists about its consequences for children born with the help of IVF continues throughout the world. In particular, some scientific luminaries assert that children of IVF are infertile. As far as this is true, let's try to understand our article.
Are the children from the test tube infertile?
Yes, but not all and not always. The method of IVF is more than 35 years old, and among the children born in this way there are facts of preserving their fertility after IVF. The first child of ECO - Louise Brown (Great Britain) naturally became a mother when she was 28 years old, having given birth to Cameron's son weighing 2,700 g after attempted conception for six months. Her sister Natalie also became pregnant and gave birth to several babies. If we talk about our compatriots, then Elena Dontsova felt the joy of motherhood after natural conception, giving birth to a boy weighing 3308 g and growing 51 cm.
And if the facts themselves speak for themselves with the ECO girls, then the situation with the boys is not very comforting, but again everything is individually and depends on the state of health of the parents who have decided on IVF. In the course of the study, scientists from Germany and the UK found that the boys, who were conceived with IVF, can inherit the infertility of the father. These conclusions were made in connection with the fact that such children, born after IVF, inherited the short ring fingers of their fathers, which are indicators of reproduction of offspring. The size of the ring finger on one level with the index indicates a low quality of the male sperm. How much it is to trust such data will be shown by time.
To really understand whether the prospect of infertility threatens the future baby, and also help prevent the occurrence of negative consequences of IVF for children, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in the cycle of IVF will help.
Believe in the best, healthy you kids IVF and boundless maternal happiness!