The health status of children born after in vitro fertilization in their first 12 months of life

To study the health status of children of the first 12 months of life born after in vitro fertilization from single and multiple pregnancies, the authors analyzed obstetric and gynecological anamnesis of mothers, peculiarities of the procedure of extracorporal fertilization, the results of a prospective clinical observation of children under 1 year with the assessment of physical, neuro-psychological development, morbidity and disability. It was found that multiple pregnancy due after in vitro fertilization is a risk factor for preterm birth, birth of children with low body weight and the formation of perinatal pathology. Children born from a single pregnancy after in vitro fertilization, at the age of 1 year did not differ from children born from spontaneous pregnancy, in terms of physical and neuropsychological development parameters, and absence of disability. Morbidity, disability, physical and neuropsychic development of children with a birth weight of less than 1,500 g from multiple pregnancies after in vitro fertilization did not differ from children from multiple natural pregnancies in the first 12 months of life. The procedure of in vitro fertilization is not a negative factor for the formation of the health of children born from single and multiple pregnancies. In this regard, the multiple pregnancy and the associated prematurity is the main factor affecting the health of children born after in vitro fertilization