Two recent news items on fertility and pregnancy, for those of us creating our families that way:
- A new technique for screening eggs could boost IVF pregnancy rates. Using a method normally used in cancer research, researchers mapped the number of chromosomes in an unfertilised egg to predict which eggs will produce embryos least likely to cause miscarriages. Some doctors caution, however, that the number of women used in the initial study is too small to mean this is a viable clinical option.
- A Canadian study has shown that the use of transdermal nitroglycerin can prolong pregnancy in women who go into premature labor, and may reduce illness in the newborn.