First natural cycle IVF delivery

The first reported delivery following a natural-cycle ICSI in Ireland has been carried out at The Hari Unit in the Rotunda Hospital Dublin.   This technique, which they say has the potential to provide successful treatment for a selected group of patients, is described by S Detho, C Harrity, S Afridi, G Emerson and EV Mocanu of the Hari Unit in the Irish Medical Journal. They write that natural-cycle IVF (ncIVF) is an effective treatment for ovulatory women undergoing assisted conception and cumulative live birth rates after four cycles can reach 32 per cent, comparable with 34 per cent for…