02 September 2018 02 Sep 2018

IVF: A case of ‘less is more’?

Last month was the 40th anniversary of the first IVF birth Louise Brown was born in Oldham General Hospital in 1978 (BBC, 2018) Since then, more than 300 000 babies have been born as a result of IVF treatment, giving precious life to thousands of childless couples IVF techniques have come a long way since then, and statistics from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) show that fertility treatments in the UK are becoming much safer (HFEA, 2018a)