Weighing Risks for In Vitro Babies

Children born from assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization are generally as healthy as naturally conceived children but tend to be lower in birth weight and have slightly more genetic differences, according to researchers. But there may be unknown long-term health consequences of lower birth weight for children born from assisted techniques, even if they are single births. Other research has indicated an increased risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes for low birth weight babies. WSJ