Risk of Multiples with Fertility Treatment

On May 11, 2017, a couple in Virginia welcomed sextuplets after trying to conceive for 17 years.  This story made headlines in every major news outlet not only because of the number of babies born at one time, but also because of how long the couple had been trying to conceive.  While it’s definitely a happy occasion that this couple …

Does insurance coverage influence IVF success?

An article in the September 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility examines the influence of a non-medical factor, insurance coverage, on IVF outcome.

They studied 91,753 fresh, nondonor IVF cycles in the United States and compared those conducted in states with mandated insurance coverage for IVF with those in states which did not mandate coverage. Cycles conducted in nonmandated states …