Today’s Telegraph reports more interesting facts and findings from the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain.
One study focused on declining success rates of ICSI after the 3rd attempt:

Almost all women who would have become pregnant through a type of IVF (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)), used in an estimated 40 per cent of cycles in Britain, did so on the first or second attempt…Only 3.4 per cent of women became pregnant with their third cycle of treatment and less than one per cent …read more

The answer, it seems, is yes.
A new article at WebMD.com reports:
A study of more than 12,000 couples undergoing fertility treatments has found that pregnancy rates drop and miscarriages increase when the father is older than 40…The results are believed to be the first to show that simply being an older dad has a strong effect on reproductive outcomes.
These findings were presented on Monday at the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain.
How a father’s age influences fertility has been a matter of debate. Until now, there’s been no clinical proof that simply …read more

The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology began this Sunday in Spain and will last until Wednesday. That’s nearly a full week of professionals getting together in Barcelona to think about the thing that many of us think about all the time – how to get us pregnant.
A Reuters UK article entitled, Ethics Take Center Stage at Fertility Conference, reports on the current multiple birth debate which seems to be the focus of many Reproductive Endocrinologists lately.
Some Health & Wellness bloggers have already reported on some events and findings from the ESHRE Conference:
Marijke at …read more