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Over 25,000 babies worldwide have been conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF). This study looked at the growth and development of babies conceived by IVF in Israel and found a thriving population.
The authors compared 116 IVF children born over a 5-year period with 116 non-IVF controls matched for birth weight, gestational age, sex, mode of delivery, maternal age and education, and other factors. (About 20 percent of controls were conceived after ovarian induction.) Blinded clinicians performed developmental and physical assessments when the children were between 12 and 45 months of age.
Each study group had 66 singletons, 19 pairs of twins, and 4 sets of triplets. Within each category, IVF babies did not significantly differ from controls…