INFERTILITY AND IVF PREGNANCY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG NORTH INDIAN WOMEN

Objective: The aim of the study is to compare the reproductive, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes among women conceived by in vitro fertilization to those females conceived spontaneously. Methods: It is an observational descriptive cross-sectional study. The data were collected for 1 year and 6 months. The study population consisted of 82 term females admitted under the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the hospital nearing termination who conceived after infertility. A semi-structured pre-designed questionnaire was used to collect the data. Results: There was a significant difference in the mean age at conception of the patients who conceived spontaneously versus those who conceived after infertility treatments (p