COVID Infection in Women Having Ovary Stimulation Lowered Chances for Pregnancy

FRIDAY, July 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Testing positive for a COVID-19 infection during a particular phase of fertility treatment could reduce the odds for a successful pregnancy, a new study says.

That phase of treatment is called controlled ovarian stimulation — a technique used to induce ovulation during in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Researchers led by Fen Tian, of Central South University in China, say doctors should counsel couples undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation that COVID-19 infection may affect the quality of embryos and the stage of development prior to that, when the ball of cells is a “blastocyst.”