live birth
Britishnoun
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a professional group, defines “futility” in fertility treatment as having less than a 1% chance of a woman having a live birth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
It is also common in IVF to screen embryos for genetic defects before implanting them and to discard those that are unlikely to result in a pregnancy or live birth.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
"This study was designed to address those gaps by tracking pregnancy and live birth rates among a group of breast cancer survivors and patients who indicated they'd attempted to conceive following their cancer diagnosis."
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
The researchers used 113 embryos, 11 of which were implanted and achieved two pregnancies and one live birth.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
She testified that her conclusion of a live birth was a "diagnosis of exclusion"—that is, she could not find evidence that the baby was stillborn and did not have another explanation for his death.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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