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 * Add more background on IVF and how many individuals seek out IVF
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The rate of complications increases as more and more embryos are implanted.

Women who receive IVF treatment are at a higher risk of having pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta praevia, and perinatal mortality. Complications may arise within the pregnancy such as an increase in chemical pregnancy loss, a 2-fold increase in the risk of an ectopic pregnancy, and a higher rate of multiple births. In the US, 35% of all IVF–ET births were multiple.

Various studies have reported that the children born to women who conceived with ART were premature and of low birth weight.8 The observations cannot be attributed solely to the higher incidence of multiple pregnancies associated with ART. Many studies of children born after IVF have found a prevalence of congenital malformations similar to that in normal population (2–3%)9 but one Australian study observed a 2-fold increased risk of major birth defects among children conceived via conventional IVF or ICSI, compared to that in a matched population of children who were naturally conceived.10 ART babies also have increased neonatal morbidity.11 The babies born by assisted reproductive technologies showed a 15 times higher risk of NICU admissions. They were mostly for supportive care for initiation of feeding, a few developed complications like neonatal jaundice, neonatal sepsis and respiratory difficulties. A review of long-term developmental outcomes in children conceived by ART has been reassuring, demonstrating that the great majority of children are developing normally.12

At present, there are no established guidelines; hence, there is need to look into these complications and ascertain if IVF–ET pregnancies can be managed at hospitals other than tertiary care centers. This prospective study was conducted at one of ART centers of a tertiary care hospital; the aim was to document and analyze complications in IVF–ET pregnancies

When calculating these costs, the costs of the hotel, travel, and hospital stay, should be considered in addition to the medical treatment.