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Uterus Lining May Predict Chances Of Getting Pregnant With IVF - 08/17/2007
A recent study published in this July’s issue of Fertility and Sterility found that changes in the uterus lining, or endometrium, during in vitro fertilization (IVF) can be a good indicator of predicting pregnancy.
The study looked at the changes in endometrial thickness in 132 women using IVF— a common assisted reproductive technique used for infertile couples. The study found that women who experienced success with IVF had quicker changes in the thickness of their endometrium than the women who did not become pregnant. This finding suggests that the thicker the endometrium becomes after IVF, the better the chances of implantation. In short, the delay in changes of endometrial thickness may possibly have made it harder for the embryo to implant in women who did not experience success with IVF.
However, this finding requires further investigation. Frattarelli from Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Somerset notes, "More research needs to be done on the endometrial response." He goes on to add that there’s more to it than thickness. He and his colleagues experimented with artificially increasing the thickness of the uterus but found that the pregnancy outcome did not improve for these women.
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