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More IVF babies born after egg collection in summer rather than in autumn

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The time of year when eggs are collected from women’s ovaries during fertility treatment makes a difference to live birth rates, according to new research. Researchers have found that transferring frozen then thawed embryos to women’s wombs from eggs collected in the summer resulted in a 30% higher likelihood of babies born alive, than if the eggs had been retrieved in the autumn.

Source: ScienceDaily.com