IVF Complications???

Oh here's an interesting study about birth risks and the use of IVF for fertility issues.

Apparently there was a study done of more than 1.2 million births in Norway that found an increased risk of low birth weight, premature birth or still birth after fertility treatment. However, further analysis showed this was unlikely to be related to the treatment itself.

In the latest study, babies born after fertility treatment were on average 25g smaller at birth, were born two days earlier and had a 31% increased risk of stillbirth.

However, when the researchers looked in more detail at a subgroup of 2,500 women who had had babies naturally and through fertility treatment they found no significant difference in outcomes between the two kinds of births.

This suggest that the increased chance of complication is not from the IVF but from the factors causing the fertility problems in the first place. This is telling me two things:

1. IVF can make you get pregnant but doesn't take care of the fertility problems (typical of western medicine though)
2. If you treat the fertility problems, you will not only get pregnant, but have a healthy child too.

So what is the best choice for fertility problems? It's not western medicine using IVF or other methods since it doesn't address the root problem. But Chinese medicine corrects the root problem and promotes overall health, which means:

• Able to become pregnant
• Able to carry the baby full term
• Decreased pregnancy concerns (morning sickness, dizziness, etc.)
• Strong efficient labor
• Health baby
• Decreased post-partum issues
• Overall better health of the Mother and the Child