Letter to Editor: The COVID vaccine will not cause infertility
Kenan Omurtag, MD
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Medical Director Co-Director, Integrated Care and Fertility Preservation Program Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center
To my fellow Missourians hesitant about vaccination while trying to conceive and/or those who are pregnant: I grew up in Rolla. I went to college and medical school at UMKC in Kansas City. After graduating, my wife and I came back to St. Louis to settle down.
Missouri has made me who I am today, and I am looking for ways to give back to people throughout the state. At Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, my partners and I help 3,000 people a year pursue their goals of building a family.
You’ve probably heard the saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” Well, when it comes to in vitro fertilization (IVF, a form of assisted reproductive technology whereby doctors combine egg and sperm in a lab dish before transferring the embryo to the uterus, the saying is likely “try, try, and try some more. And maybe you’ll get the result you want.”
I might sound less-than-reassuring, but IVF can be challenging. Though it’s one of the most successful forms of assisted reproductive technology, the live birth rate from one IVF cycle is about 55.6% for people under 35, and 40.8% for folks between the ages of 35 and 37, according to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). The live birth rate falls to 4.1% for people over 42 years old, SART explains. And even for those who undergo in vitro fertilization treatment and become parents, it takes an average of 3.6 IVF cycles to achieve pregnancy, according to the National Institutes of Hea
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Inspired by inclusive family planning policy, young Chinese expect a fertility-friendly society
By Li Qiao and Huang Lanlan Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/15 21:43:40
Parents holding their children play in the square of a residential community in Nanjing, capital of East China s Jiangsu Province. Photo: VCG
After having two daughters, 43-year-old father Yu Zhongquan in Dalian, Northeast China s Liaoning Province, welcomed his third son in July.
It is just better to have both girls and boys in my family, he told the Global Times, emphasizing that he loves his daughters very much. Our family s economic condition can support more children. Although breaking the second-child policy, my wife and I also wanted a third kid, so we have him, Yu said.