Many couples with fertility difficulties have the question, “Are children born with assisted reproductive technology healthy?” Recently, Danish researchers conducted a survey on about 92,000 children in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, showing that the health of babies born through assisted reproductive technology is similar to that of naturally born babies, and that there is no difference in the likelihood of preterm labor, low birth weight, stillbirth and premature death. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) includes In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and In Vivo Insemination (IVF). Researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark reported in the new issue of the British journal Human Reproduction that they investigated 62,000 singletons and nearly 30,000 twins born through assisted reproduction in the four countries mentioned above between 1988 and 2007, and compared their data with 362,000 singletons and 123,000 twins born naturally during the same period. twin babies during the same period. Henningsen, the expert who led the study, said, “We found that the risk of babies being born prematurely has been getting lower for 20 years. Among babies born through assisted reproductive technology, the rates of low or low birth weight, stillbirths and premature deaths have also been declining.” The report notes that the level of expertise in hospitals and clinics dedicated to dealing with infertility has continued to increase as technology has developed and experience has been gained. Many factors have contributed to healthier newborns born through assisted reproductive technology. Henningsen said that if multiple embryos are transferred to the mother during a single insemination, even if only one baby is born in the end, it can negatively affect the health of that newborn. Commenting on the above study, Reykner, an expert at the Infertility Institute in Valencia, Spain, said, “We can be completely reassured about assisted reproductive technologies. There is no difference between children born through these techniques and those born naturally in terms of malformations, preterm births and low birth weight.”