Implications of assisted reproductive technologies on term singleton birth weight: an analysis of 25,777 children in the national assisted reproduction registry of Japan

2013 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 450-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Nakashima ◽  
Ryuichiro Araki ◽  
Hirohiko Tani ◽  
Osamu Ishihara ◽  
Akira Kuwahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Singleton Birth

scholarly journals PROTECTION OF INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF A CHILD BORN WITH THE USE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 39-41
Author(s):  
Ksenia A. Zhirikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Surrogate Mother

The article deals with the problems of inheritance by children born with the help of assisted reproductive technologies, in particular, after a surrogate mother, after the death of one of the parents, etc. These problems are not regulated in Russian legislation. The article proposes directions for its improvement in order to protect a child born with the help of assisted reproduction.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF MULTIPLE BIRTHS ON THE OUTCOME IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEWBORNS

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 3985-3991
Author(s):  
Victoria Atanasova ◽  
◽  
Petar Ivanov ◽  
Elitsa Gyokova ◽  
Desislava Georgieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Intraventricular Haemorrhage ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Gastrointestinal Problems

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of the extremely low birth weight newborns (ELBWNs) from single and twin pregnancies. Material and methods: The study lasts from 2005 to 2017 and includes all life born ELBWNs treated in University Hospital, Pleven, Bulgaria. Patients' groups: singletons (1) and twins (2); twins conceived naturally(2.1) and after assisted reproductive technologies – ART(2.2). Results: One hundred and eighty two (182) ELBWNs are examined, 65 (35.7%) of them are twins. The twins, compared to singletons, are significantly more often conceived by ART (47.7 vs 4.3%, p<0.001) and significantly more rarely infected prenatally (18 vs 41%, p 0.002). The survival rate is 51.3% for singletons and 56.6% for twins, NS. Survived twins (n 37) achieve later their optimal nutritive tolerance (30±11 vs 25±10 days, p 0.046), require more blood transfusions (3.6±1.9 vs 2.6±1.8 per patient, p 0.009) and longer mechanical ventilation (16±15 vs 9±12 days, p 0.03) than survival singletons (n 60). The twins suffer more often from intraventricular haemorrhage (46 vs 18%, p 0.004), patent ductus arteriosus (35 vs 15%, p 0.02) and long-term complications (51 vs 30%, p 0.04) than singletons. ART-twins (n 31)compared to the subgroup 2.1 (n 34) are more frequently intubated in the delivery room (81 vs. 50%, p 0.01)but suffer less frequently from nosocomial infections (53 vs. 85%, p 0.03). Conclusions: According to our data, ELBW-twins frequently suffer from respiratory, haemorrhagic, and gastrointestinal problems than ELBW-singletons, resulting in more long-term complications. Our study proves that ART does not influence the outcome in multiples.

Assisted reproduction for HIV-infected couples

Sexual Health ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Michelle Giles ◽  
Anne Mijch ◽  
Suzanne Garland
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Perinatal Hiv ◽  
Desire To Have Children

Many HIV-infected individuals are in relationships with HIV-uninfected partners and desire to have children. This review focuses on the issue of reproductive choices for these couples, in particular assisted reproductive technologies, and summarises the published outcome data currently available. The results thus far from assisted reproductive technologies in optimising pregnancy outcomes and reducing heterosexual and perinatal HIV transmission are promising. In the future, it is essential that there is ongoing reporting of outcome data, publication of methodology and follow-up, and reporting of adverse outcomes.

Cancer Genetic Testing and Assisted Reproduction

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (29) ◽  
pp. 4775-4782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Offit ◽  
Kelly Kohut ◽  
Bartholt Clagett ◽  
Eve A. Wadsworth ◽  
Kelly J. Lafaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Familial Cancer ◽  
Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Cancer Genetic ◽  
Cancer Syndromes

Purpose Because of increasing uptake of cancer genetic testing and the improving survival of young patients with cancer, health care practitioners including oncologists will increasingly be asked about options for assisted reproduction by members of families affected by hereditary cancer syndromes. Among these reproductive options, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers the opportunity to select embryos without familial cancer-predisposing mutations. Methods A review of the published literature supplemented by a survey of PGD centers in the United States. Results Prenatal diagnosis and/or embryo selection after genetic testing has already been performed in the context of more than a dozen familial cancer syndromes, including the common syndromes of genetic predisposition to colon and breast cancer. Conclusion While constituting new reproductive options for families affected by cancer, the medical indications and ethical acceptance of assisted reproductive technologies for adult-onset cancer predisposition syndromes remain to be defined. Continued discussion of the role of PGD in the reproductive setting is needed to inform the responsible use of these technologies to decrease the burden of heritable cancers.

scholarly journals Gender and social controversies of in vitro fertilization in Serbia: Discrimination against childless women

Temida ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Ksenija Krickovic-Pele ◽  
Kosana Beker
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Fertilization Program ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Childless Women ◽  
Gynecology And Obstetrics

This paper analyses gender and social controversies of assisted reproductive technologies and the discrimination of childless women in Serbia. Primary goals of this paper are critical analysis of new reproductive technologies phenomenon, discrimination against women without children and critical analysis of the legal framework regulating biomedical assisted reproduction in Serbia from gender studies and feminist methodology perspectives, as well as presentation of the research results on discrimination of childless women. For the purpose of this research the survey and the content analysis have been used. A survey was conducted of 50 female participants in the in vitro fertilization program at the Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Novi Sad. The results indicate that the regulations on biomedical assisted reproduction and the criteria for inclusion in the in vitro fertilization program are discriminatory and that women involved in the program feel discriminated against, usually at work and in their own surroundings. The conclusion is that it is necessary to change the regulations governing this area, further work on the elimination of discrimination against childless women and destigmatisation of women and couples that cannot or do not want to have children.

scholarly journals Reprowebs: a conceptual approach to elasticity and change in the global assisted reproduction industry

BioSocieties ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anika König ◽  
Heather Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Reproductive Services ◽  
Global Art ◽  
Art Industry

AbstractIn the last few decades, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have become increasingly transregional and transnational, often involving travel within or between countries or even continents. Until recently, the global ART industry was marked by so-called ‘reprohubs’—places (such as southern California, Dubai, Anand, and Mumbai) specializing in the provision of reproductive services. While reprohubs continue to exist, in the last few years, many have splayed out, transforming into something more akin to webs that encompass, but go beyond these hubs. These webs show a unique dynamic capability to tighten, entangle, or extend in reaction to local and global changes, a characteristic which became particularly obvious during the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this paper, we propose conceptualizing this new dynamic capability as ‘reprowebs’—an approach that adds a new dimension to the existing conceptualization of reproductive travel and helps us to better understand current developments in the global ART industry.

Exploring the Multiplicity of Embodied Agency in Colombian Assisted Reproduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Malissa Kay Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Assisted Conception ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Embodied Agency

Analyses of assisted reproductive technologies have demonstrated how objectification and agency can coexist in infertility centres. How objectification creates opportunities for empowerment, however, has not yet been explored. In analysing women’s narratives of assisted conception in Colombian infertility clinics, I demonstrate the complexity in women’s embodied experiences of various objectifying stages of assisted conception and argue that their experiences produced multiple forms of embodied agency. Women used diagnostic procedures to learn about their bodies and infertility complications, which augmented their authority over their bodies and treatment. They drew upon their embodied knowledge to reduce treatment anxieties, while sensations such as pain were made purposeful, and hence meaningful, as women strove to reconfigure the significance of the embodied sensations of conception in a context of medicalized reproduction. In these narratives, we see that lived bodies are productive agents of social change, generating meanings and working to reshape dominant social understandings.

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