Scots baby Eva is first in world conceived with new IVF treatment

Eva Dempster was born on June 11, weighing 8lb 7.5oz, at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow to proud parents Susan, 34 and David, 39.

Doctors used the pioneering early embryo viability assessment approach at the Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine when the couple found they could not conceive naturally.

Ms Dempster was the first woman in the world to fall pregnant using the technique. She said: “We hadn’t really been trying a long time before because we knew we wouldn’t be able to conceive naturally.

“We went to the GP and he recommended coming here. We were never stressed throughout the whole process.”

The technique, developed at California’s Stamford University, takes time lapse photos of embryos every five minutes in the first few days of development.

This means doctors will only pick the best embryos for implantation and thanks to this technique, women under 37 with healthy eggs can expect a 70% success rate, compared to just a third with traditional IVF methods

Marco Gaudoin, the centre’s medical director, explained: “This programme increases pregnancy rates and prevents early pregnancy loss.

“We try and pick the best embryos as most embryos aren’t viable. The EEVA technology allows us to do this. Before, we were putting back embryos that never had a chance of implanting. “Now we are improving the chance of conception by only freezing ones that have the greatest potential.

It means for the patients that they know we are choosing the best and giving them the best possible chance of success with their first cycle of treatment and hopefully prevent further cycles.”

Source Glasgow Herald