• Question: are test tube babies more vunrable to deseas or infection?

    Asked by amizzle to Tom, Matt, Hugh, Antonia on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Antonia Hamilton

      Antonia Hamilton answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      not as far as I know.

    • Photo: Matthew Hurley

      Matthew Hurley answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      They certainly can be yes – babies born through IVF are more likely to be born prematurely or have other health problems (like heart problems etc.). This means that they are more prone to becoming unwell. This is true when you look at all the IVF babies born and all the non-IVF babies. The difference between the two for an individual child though is much less significant.

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