According to a new study, birth defects and ART may be linked.

“Epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe there may be a connection between use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and birth defects, specifically abnormalities in the heart wall, gastrointestinal disorders, and the presents of a cleft lip.

Assisted Reproductive Technologies are classified as anything involving the surgical removal of eggs from a woman’s uterus, the fertilization of the egg in the lab and the reimplantation in either the same or another woman.”

But, note that they ended the information with the statement that more studies need to be done, especially on a larger population, as follows:

“They found that babies conceived with ART were twice as likely to be born with heart wall defects, more than twice as likely to be havea cleft lip, and over four times as likely to have gastrointestinal difficulties. However, it is not known if ART causes these defects to occur, if it has more to do with the woman’s infertility, or if its’ something else entirely.

Many say there is a need for more research with a larger sample of women who used ART to conceive.”

Click Here for the Complete Article