Public funding for single embryo transfer cuts multifetal pregnancy rates in IVF

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In the era after the introduction of publicly funded in vitro fertilization (IVF) mandating elective single embryo transfer, the multifetal pregnancy rate decreased significantly for IVF, but the contribution of ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (OI/IUI) to multifetal pregnancy still needs attention, according to a new study from...

Apr 25 2024Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences In the era after the introduction of publicly funded in vitro fertilization mandating elective single embryo transfer, the multifetal pregnancy rate decreased significantly for IVF , but the contribution of ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination to multifetal pregnancy still needs attention, according to a new study from ICES and Queen's University.

"While we found a substantial decrease in multifetal pregnancy rates for IVF after the mandate was introduced, we didn't see the same decrease after OI/IUI," says lead author Maria Velez, an adjunct scientist at ICES and associate professor in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen's University.

Improvements in assisted reproductive technology have also influenced rates of multifetal pregnancies. Advances in technologies such as embryo culture media and elective freezing of all available embryos means higher success rates for pregnancy.

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