IVF is not divorce risk

DESPITE fears many marriages won’t survive the stress of infertility, a large study involving more than 40,000 Danish women has found IVF does not increase the risk of divorce.

“Our results will be reassuring for couples who have had or are contemplating IVF,” said investigator Dr Mariana Martins, from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Porto, Portugal.

Dr Martins presented the results of the nationwide study at the 33rd Annual Meeting of ESHRE in Geneva.

The study was based on data from 42,845 women.