Post-neonatal health and development of children born after assisted reproduction: A systematic review of controlled studies

Effectiveness of Assisted Reproduction Techniques as an Answer to Male Infertility

“…However, children born with ART are healthy and develop similar to children spontaneously conceived. General health, growth, and mental and psychomotor development of IVF children do not differ from spontaneously conceived children, even if lower birth weight and prematurity may contribute to some health problems observed (Ludwig et al 2006).…”

Prevalence and Distribution of Developmental Defects of Enamel in the Primary Dentition of IVF Children of West Bengal

“…Oocyte retrieval may cause mechanical damage to the oocyte. Several review studies done by JJackson RA et al, [7], Helmerhorst FM et al, [8], Olivennes F et al, [9], Ludwig AK, Sutcliffe AG et al, [10] had shown that (singleton) IVF pregnancies have a worse perinatal outcome than naturally conceived singleton pregnancies. IVF children are at increased risk of low birth weight and perinatal death and preterm birth.…”

Assessing the Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Children Born after Assisted Conception – The Role of Multiple Pregnancy and Preterm Delivery / Procena rizika od cerebralne paralize kod dece začete vantelesnim oplođenjem – uloga višestruke trudnoće i prevremenog rođenja

“…However, this study was focused on singleton births only, so the results and conclusion should be interpreted with caution due to exclusion of previously confirmed increased incidence of preterm and multiple births in IVF pregnancies (4,6,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(28)(29)(30)(31).…”

“…This can be explained by the rate of CP that is still stable among term infants, by the increasing survival of preterm and very low birth weight infants, and by the improved longevity in a general population (16,17). Most of the available findings suggest that there is a higher overall risk of CP in the population of children born after ART due to multiple births, preterm (<37 weeks of gestation) and very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) delivery, low (<2500 g) or very low birth weight (<1500 g) (16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Also, these risk factors are strongly associated with numerous long-term health consequences, admission to neonatal intensive care units and prolonged hospitalization (11,(21)(22)(23).…”