The Real Cost of IVF

What is the real cost of IVF? As Louise Brown the world’s first “test tube” baby celebrates her 40th birthday – this seminar organised by the Progress Educational Trust explores not just the economic cost, but also the emotional and psychological costs. Worldwide there have been 60 million live births as a result of IVF, but it is still the case that over 60% of IVF cycles don't work. Does receiving fertility treatment confer any benefit to patients, even if there is no baby to take home at the end? Is unsuccessful fertility treatment more devastating than no treatment at all, or is it better to at least have had the chance to try? The event was held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). You may be interested to read the RCOG scientific impact paper on multiple pregnancies following assisted conception, referred to in the seminar Chaired by Sally Cheshire, Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Speakers Dr Rebecca Brown Jacky Boivin Professor of Health Psychology and Chartered Health Psychologist at Cardiff University's School of Psychology Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics Jessica Hepburn Author of the books The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles: Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood Professor Lesley Regan President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Photo: Test tube baby by Brendan Dolan-Gavitt

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This episode was published on Jul 25, 2018.

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