Does IVF cause premature births ?

This is a common concern many patients have.Please remember that IVF pregnancies are the same as natural pregnancies, so they aren't at increased risk of prematurity.It's not the IVF which causes the prematurity - it's the multiple pregnancies ( which are commoner in IVF because some IVF clinics transfer many embryos at a time) which increases the risk - after all, the uterus was designed to handle only one baby.This is why we suggest that patients transfer only a single embryo !
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs