Assisted reproduction: a paediatrician’s guide

Abstract 

Worldwide, a significant number of pregnancies and births are attributable to assisted reproductive techniques (ART). This has implications for the paediatricians caring for the resultant offspring. The most significant factors affecting ART pregnancies are those associated with multiple pregnancy and prematurity. There does not appear to be an increased risk of major congenital abnormality or malignancy in children born by these methods, although with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), there is an increase in the risk of hypospadias. Since ICSI is a new procedure, there are possible unforeseen complications with children resulting from the technique, of which the risk of infertility is one.

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