Will IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) cause any birth defects in the baby?
203182
No, IVF won't cause birth defects, but the effectiveness is only 25%
564778
No:\nThey too distantly related.\nAlso their chromosome number and chromosome and shapes and gene layout, and individual genes are vastly different, so they cannot pair up in the fusion that is part of of the fertilisation reaction.
100746
i think that designer babies are un-ethical and hopefully will never be allowed. i agree that if a baby has a genetic disease in the womb then fine fix it but people choosing things like eye and hair colour. things like that should be left well alone.
310339
Not sure if its bad or serious but my friend has a tilted pelvis and couldnt give birth naturally. She had to have a c-section.
578607
You can have the tubes untied....not a very high percentage of success but it can be done.  I think the success rate is only 13%, but can't be certain.  Invetrofertilization might work, to put it simply they take your eggs and his sperm put it all in a petri dish and then put the fertilized eggs back in.  REAL pricey though.  No other ideas but yours though.
113120
You have asked several questions. An egg that is fertilized with sperm from an HIV+ father will probably have the disease because of the manner in which fertilzation in vitro is performed. Then the embryo (more likely, several) embryos are implanted into a woman. These embryos are implanted into the woman without separating them from seminal fluid including the HIV virus. I rather suspect, the woman has just been exposed to HIV and will become positive herself. It is barely possible the child will not develop the disease but what gain is that if the wife falls ill. \n\nThe next question deals with killing the HIV virus by freezing the semen and/or the embryo. That won't happen. Viruses are almost non-living molecules. They commandeer the DNA of cells and get cells to support them. Treatment by cooling, will not kill a virus. We used to "store" viruses by freezing them in liquid nitrogen. The sperm cell will die well before a virus can be killed. Cells are far more fragile than viruses.\n\nThe next issue is that females do not have sperms. They have eggs which require fertilization either inside or outside of their bodies and the embryo requires a womb for implantation so it can grow and become a developed organism.\n\nThe risks of such a procedure are clear to me. They are about the same as having unprotected sex with the woman. If both of you are agreeable to this, so be it. This is not my call but I did wish to explain a couple of things.
585511
I do not see how IVF treatment can be morally wrong. The treatment is to supplement your body with whatever it is missing inorder to conceive. IVF treatment is not preventing life it is a means to produce life.
283724
Did they tell you anything about the test results? Sometimes women who have repeated miscarriages like this have an abnormal clotting factor in their blood that causes the placenta to clot off early in pregnancy and results in miscarriage; in other cases it could be due to incompatibility in certain blood factors between mother and fetus. Sometimes they don't find a specific cause. From your question it suggests that you CAN carry a pregnancy (since you have a child and the last was lost so late and unrelated to anything with you)...so I wouldn't give up hope on this.  As for chromosomal...some people have what is called a "balanced translocation", which doesn't affect them but could cause genetic problems in their children and lead to miscarriages as you describe. The chances for a successful preganancy in that situation could be significantly lower than if it was a problem like the ones described previously. The testing would tell if you or your  partner has such a translocation. There are ways around that situation, too...but they would involve IVF, to ensure that any potential babies conceived did NOT carry the translocation.
375255
This is WAY to complex for laymen to comment on on-line...would be just guesses anyway.  You need to speak to your family doctor about a consult with a genetecist.  There may be no test for Ausberger's, but, then you don't know that is what it is.  Before having more children, please ask to speak to a genetics counsellor for your peace of mind.  Most OB docs can do this referral.  Hope things go well for you.
402282
Yes, my mother had it since she was in her twenties. She had six children, two coming after she was diagnosed. We are all grown and my mother is now 80. She is actually doing much better now than she was during the early times.\n\nI doubt if there's any serious side effects to be had in your unborn child. I do wish you well and much luck with your condition. I don't wish this on anyone. God bless.
597233
Caffeine can stop growth homopne so you may not develop the reproduction organs properly and  cause infertility.
508118
If you only have one functioning fallopian tube, yes, it will probably be more difficult to get pregnant.  These tubes are where fertilization takes place.\n\nIt's by no means impossible, though.  As long as you still have a uterus, an ovary, and one functioning tube, natural conception is possible.  There are surgeries to treat blocked tubes (you will have to find out exactly why only one tube is functioning), and IVF has made it possible for some women who have no fallopian tubes at all!
39906
According to Wikipedia - yes they can. A mutation in the father's sperm can cause it - even if the father does not have it.
548839
There is no such thing as "vitro" fertilisation, the expression is "in vitro".  The expression (latin) means literally "in glass" and so is sometimes referred to as "in petri dish" or "testtube".  The other method is "in vivo" (latin) meaning literally "in life".  This is where the the husband produces an insufficient number of sperm in any one ejaculation to guarantee impregnation, so a number of ejaculations are stored up until a sufficient sperm count is achieved and then the "whole batch" is implanted into the wife.  In "in vitro" fertilisation, the sperm and egg are introduced to each other in a petri dish and once impregnation has occurred, the fertilised egg is then implanted in the wife.
494780
I don't know.  All I know is that a chance is just that, a chance.  It does not mean that your baby has Down's... I have heard of mothers that had perfectly healthy babies after being told there was something "wrong."  Good luck to you and your little one.
406000
a) if there is a 48% chance of multiple births with in vitro fertilization then there is a 52% chance of no multiple births.\n\nb) Couples using in vitro methods will have a 48% chance of multiple birth according to your own references.\n\nc) For a multiple birth to occur, there is 2% x 48% that the pregnancy resulted from in vitro fertilization.
383685
i have never heard of such a thing. are you sure its not just you cant have healthy children while on the medication but once you stop the medication you would be able to have halthy children?  i would stay away from anything that would cause permanent genetic defects cause it would have huge negative impact on your health as well.  maybe try finding a different medication for acne like benzinoal peroxide that is sold over the counter and applied topically.