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13′s Lucky for Woman Who Tried IVF Dozen Times
Who says thirteen’s an unlucky number? It was the luckiest of all for the first woman ever to give birth using a new egg-screening technique.
It was the British mom’s thirteenth attempt at in vitro fertilization (IVF), and after a dozen failed IVF cycles, doctors opted for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH).
Used before to compare DNA sequences in cancerous tumors, moving CGH to the fertlity process is expected to effectively double women’s chances of having an embryo successfully implant. In layspeak, the doctors basically use a map of the DNA to ensure the egg has the proper number of chromosomes before fertilization.
Because chromosomal abnormalities are the leading cause of miscarriage, the new method not only ups the chances of a healthy baby at the end of the pregnancy but decreases the risks during pregnancy itself.
The mom – who has declined to be identified – allowed for pics of baby Oliver to show up in the Daily Mail so you can get a glimpse of what a stroke of “luck” really looks like.
Image: daily mail
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Manjari commented on Sep 04 09 at 9:59 pmWhoa. I can’t even imagine how much that must have cost.
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