IVF 'makes healthier babies'
Women who have had their embryos frozen following treatment for cancer, plus those who are considering cancer health insurance, have been given good news about foetal health.
Many women who undergo cancer treatment while they are still of child-bearing age opt to have eggs or fertilised embryos frozen so they can go on to have children when they are healthy again.
Research has shown children produced from frozen embryos are less likely to be born prematurely or underweight.
Four teams from across Europe came to the same conclusions in independent studies.
Allan Pacey, secretary of the British Fertility Society, said: "It suggests it might be better from the point of view of a healthy child to go for frozen embryos, which is an integral part of the strategy."
In other fertility news that may be of interest to women who have had ovarian cancer, the recipient of a full ovary transplant has produced her first child - which is also a world first. 
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