Children born with assisted technology: a focus on parents’ reproductive health

Aim. To assess the main indicators of the initial reproductive health of parents, somatic health of the mother and their impact on the health of children born with singleton pregnancy ART. Materials and methods. The study included all newborn infants from singleton ART who were born at the Avicenna Medical Center (Novosibirsk) over the period 2006-2017 (n=409) and their parents (n=818). All stages of overcoming infertility (from the moment the parents go to the clinic to the birth of children) are considered in the context of one center, in a relatively homogeneous social group, with ensuring continuity at all stages. The average experience of infertility in couples was 7.2±0.2 years. The groups were formed depending on the type of infertility and the method of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) used: 205 children were born using in vitro fertilization (IVF), 204 children were born using the method of Intracytoplasm Sperm Injection (ICSI). The method of IVF and transfer of embryos into the uterine cavity is more often used in women with tuboperitoneal, endocrine types of infertility (premature ovarian failure syndrome), as well as in infertility associated with endometriosis. More serious reproductive problems (severe forms of male infertility, a combination of several types of infertility) in most cases lead to the use of more serious technological methods of ART, in particular, the addition of IVF and embryo transfer by the ICSI method. The reasons underlying infertility in most cases lead not only to the choice of the ART method, but also determine the characteristics of the course of pregnancy and the development of the intrauterine fetus. Pregnancy in the IVF group is significantly more often complicated by the threat of termination and premature birth, while ICSI pregnancy more often leads to impaired development of the intrauterine fetus. Conclusion. Features of medical support of women during the preparation for ART and, of course, during pregnancy, with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary correction of expected complications in each of the groups, will improve the perinatal outcomes of induced pregnancy and will contribute to the birth of healthy offspring.

infertility of parents, especially during pregnancy, in vitro fertilisation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, health of children conceived by method of assisted reproductive technologies