Israeli Woman With 12 Embryos May Not Be Able to Bring Any to Term
A woman treated with fertility drugs is pregnant with a record number of 12 embryos, but chances are great that she will not be able to bring any to term, an Israeli doctor says.
Dr. Jehoshua Dor of Tel Hashomer Hospital outside Tel Aviv said in an interview Wednesday that some of the embryos will have to be removed from the womb if the pregnancy is to succeed--but that the process risks damaging others.
“When we do a reduction of so many embryos, unfortunately the entire pregnancy tends to get lost,” he said.
The woman is one of hundreds treated annually at Tel Hashomer with Pergonal, a pituitary gland derivative used to enhance ovulation. She is in her second month of pregnancy.
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