We have said it before and now a new study in the July 2011 edition of Obstetrics & Gynecology again confirms it: obesity has an adverse effect on the chance of IVF success.
They reviewed the records of 1,721 women undergoing their first IVF cycle with their own eggs. Women with a normal BMI were compared with women with class …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
You bet it does. …
RPMG's Dr. Arthur Wisot was quoted in the March 22nd issue of Life & Style. He commented on the effect on the extremes of weight on the ability to conceive. In a story on E! anchor Giuliana Rancic's difficulty conceiving, he pointed out the effects of very low and very high BMI (body mass index) on the reporoductive process. Dr. Wisot, …
One of the issues I discuss with new patients when it's pertinent is weight loss in order to improve the chance of IVF success.
The latest evidence supporting this is in an article in the February 2010 edition of Fertility & Sterility looking at the outcomes in different groups based on BMI (body mass index as kilograms per square meter). …