Early coronavirus disease 2019 restrictive measures and changes in maternal characteristics, use of assisted reproductive technology, and stillbirth.
Sarka LisonkovaJeffrey N BoneGiulia M MuracaNeda RazazAmelie BoutinJustin S BrandtMohamed A BedaiwyCande V AnanthK S JosephPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2022)
The early pandemic closure of ART clinics resulted in a substantial decline in ART-conceived live births and multiple births in December 2020 and an increase in the proportion of stillbirths among ART-conceived births. Women who conceived in the early pandemic period also had an increased prevalence of obesity and chronic hypertension.