Surrogate mothers have a higher risk of pregnancy complications They are four times more likely to have complications compared to women who conceive naturally They also are twice as likely to have complications as women with IVF-aided pregnancies TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Surrogate moms have a higher risk of pregnancy complications than other pregnant women, a new study finds. About 8% of surrogate mothers developed a severe complication like high blood pressure or serious bleeding during , Canadian researchers report.
By comparison, only 2% of women who conceive naturally and 4% of women who conceive via IVF develop similar complications, researchers found. This is one of the first large-scale studies to compare outcomes between the three different types of pregnancy, they noted. “Clinicians involved in the care of individuals and couples who need a gestational carrier to build their family should counsel their patients and the gestational carriers about the potential risk during pregnancy and early postpartum,” said lead researcher , an adjunct scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Services in Kingston, Ontario.
For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 863,000 births in Ontario, Canada, between 2012 and 2021. Nearly 98% of pregnancies involved natural conception, compared with 1.8% conception with IVF and 0.
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