Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Canada: 2006 results from the Canadian ART Register

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Canada: 2007 results from the Canadian ART Register

“…In contrast, Australia and New Zealand report that a single embryo was transferred in 64% of ET cycles in 2007, resulting in a multiple-birth rate of 10% per birth (8). Barriers to use of elective SET in Canada, as discussed in last year's report (6), including lack of government funding for ART treatment, have not yet been resolved.…”

“…Clinical pregnancy and live-birth rates and the number of ART cycles performed continued to increase in 2007 compared with previous years. (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). This is the seventh published annual report of Canadian ART outcomes.…”

“…Overall, some type of birth defect was reported for 101 infants (2.2% of infants): cardiac defect (17), chromosome aneuploidy (13), gastrointestinal defect (7), limb defect (6), urogenital defect (6), cleft lip or palate (1), metabolic defect (1), neural tube defect (1), and other unspecified defects (49).…”

Informed Consent and Fresh Egg Donation for Stem Cell Research

“…In practice, this means that they should not be approached to donate research oöcytes until they have experienced at least one cycle of IVF. This recommendation would not depart from the practical reality of IVF, in which most couples will undergo more than one cycle to achieve a live birth (Gunby et al 2010). Australia operates within a system of partial public funding of IVF cycles through Medicare.…”

“…IVF clinics and drug companies certainly project this simplified narrative (Lupton 1994, 157;Franklin 1997): "[T]he focus on success rather than failure is ubiquitous in IVF discourses" (Roberts and Throsby 2008, 162). This is despite fairly low successrates: There is only a 20-30 percent chance of pregnancy per IVF cycle for a woman in her 30s, odds that decline sharply with each year of age (Gunby et al 2010).…”