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    Study finds no better odds using 3 embryos in IVF - Yahoo! News


    Ok I have heard this before but doesn't it some how seem like an oxymoron:

    "A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.
    They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births.


    Maybe I am having a ditzy moment but to me it is like saying you have a greater risk of having multiples but at the same time you don't have a higher chance of getting pregnant. Is there a variable that they are not measuring?
    8/2013

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    I think it makes sense. Obviously greater numbers of embryos would lead to a greater risk of multiple births. That to me is like saying if you put sugar on something it gets sweeter.

    The other bit is just saying that, from what I gather from the article, the actual live birth rate does not increase based on the number of embryos put back. 3 embryos does not yield a higher live birth rate than 2.

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    The average pregnancy rate is just not better. No fertile woman(assuming they are doing IVF for GS) should ever transfer 3 embryos. It's not responsible at all.
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    Maybe I am missing something but when I read that, i don't think it's talking about PREGNANCY rates, I think it's talking about BIRTH rates. Like, your odds of taking home a living baby at the end of the process. Nothing about odds of pg, this is odds of coming out of it with a living baby.

    As in, people put in 3 embryos and conceive triplets (or even more if one splits) and either a)do selective reduction or b)lose babies somewhere along the way and that overall, it doesn't GAIN you anything to put in 3 embryos at a time, because at the end of the day, your odds of a healthy baby are no better, plus you undertake all the risks involved in possibly conceiving triplets, having to decide/undergo SR, etc.
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    The opening sentence is a bit misleading. They are actually talking about the number of embies you transfer, not how many you get. Obviously more embies = more chances of transfer = more chances of a pregnancy.
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    ok, Live birth rate. That makes sense.
    8/2013

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