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  • Mar 9 2010 - 10:30
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    New research shows increased stillbirths; experts say risk is still low.

    by Jennifer Redmond, Editor-in-Chief, Mar. 9, 2010

    According to new research, women who conceive a single pregnancy with IVF/ICSI are at an increased risk of stillbirth.

    The study published in Human Reproduction in February 2010, compared the risks of stillbirth in more than 20,000 women who had IVF/ICSI from 1989 to 2006 to the risk in women who did not undergo fertility treatment. The results of the study are as follows: