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Doctors in some states watch their patients’ health deteriorate before providing abortions, even when there is a zero percent chance that the pregnancy in question could result in a live birth.
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Kerry Meagher, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Still, many steps remain before IVF can be widely used with marsupials, as more technical advancements are needed to achieve a live birth.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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
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Kerry Meagher, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Still, many steps remain before IVF can be widely used with marsupials, as more technical advancements are needed to achieve a live birth.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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
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“Live birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20birth. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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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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