#1 Cost efficient IVF service and education in U.S. Outpatient based IVF. Complete facilities include ultrasound suite,endocrine and andrology labs, and all IVF facilities. Located at new outpatient therapy center offering the latest in laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. Accomodations for visitors are nearby, safe, and inexpensive.

Baby birthweight and health risks for mothers
Title: Birth dimensions of offspring, premature birth, and the mortality of mothers
Author: G. D. Smith, et al.
Address: Bristol, UK
Source: The Lancet 356:2066-2067 (December) 2000
Summary: In a cohort of pregnant Finnish women, researchers evaluated the relationship between birth dimensions of the offspring and maternal characteristics, and subsequent mortality. Maternal all-cause mortality was inversely related to birthweight and birth length of offspring. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and smoking-related cancer mortality were inversely related to these birth dimensions and also to ponderal index (weight/height³). CVD mortality was also raised among mothers giving birth prematurely. Breast-cancer mortality was positively associated with ponderal index of offspring. Researchers showed a strong association of premature delivery with CVD mortality and no association with mortality from smoking-related cancers, which suggests that confounding by smoking is not responsible for the former association. Case-series data have suggested that women who give birth to large babies are at an increased risk for breast cancer. Maternal insulin-like growth factor-1 concentrations are related to both offspring ponderal index and to breast-cancer risk. Researchers concluded that maternal factors which affect intrauterine growth and premature delivery seem to have important influences on long-term mortality risk in women.
Comment: More research on this interesting topic is needed. Less well established than above.