live birth

noun

: a birth of a living child or animal

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And many couples need multiple IVF cycles to have a baby, since only about 36% of cycles resulting in a live birth for women ages 35-37 using their own eggs. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024 Just before the third transfer, my doctor told me that my best chance at a live birth would be through gestational carrier, when another woman works with you to carry the embryo that is biologically yours. Jessica Schneider, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024 Courtesy of Sourcebooks For women below the age of 35, freezing 20 eggs provides a 90 percent chance of a live birth. Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024 Each curve shows the percentage likelihood by age of having at least one live birth based on the number of mature eggs (oocytes) retrieved and frozen. Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024 Of the 20 people who received a transplant, 14 had a successful surgery and all 14 subsequently had a successful pregnancy and live birth. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024 The writer/director makes no moral imposition of her own as the doctor’s ethics are called into question, and an intense odyssey (including an unmistakably live birth filmed with great care) into her lonely inner world begins. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024 Will patients and clinics be able to discard embryos diagnosed with abnormalities that are not compatible with live birth or are considered significant birth defects? Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 13 Sep. 2024 The subsequent live birth rate was likewise significantly higher. Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 30 July 2024

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Medical Definition

live birth

noun
: birth in such a state that processes of life are manifested after the emergence of the whole body : birth of a live fetus compare stillbirth
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