were you an IVF/ICSI baby?

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I have heard something about IVF/ICSI contributing to the risk of having autism, I am not sure how reliable that is though.

Please provide a link to the source; or at least the name of the source.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/ ... 5320130702

again there seems to be a lot of uncertainty involving how much it makes a difference and as with anything on the internet I don't know how reliable this source is.

There is a slightly increased risk. For most people with autism this is not the source of it.

nope! i was a homemade baby

I remember about our experience with IVF when our baby Athena came. We had undergone through this process because we're not that lucky to have a baby. We're so desperate enough to have a child so we decided to go with it. One of our friends recommended us this company named Placidway and we give it a try. Our total experience is great because they have offered us a good service. Their personnels are well trained most specially the doctors. We had it done abroad because it is cheaper compared in our place. Now, our baby is already 2 years old and as I have observed she is normal. So far, I haven't seen any symptoms of being an autism with Athena. She is good, healthy and doing well. Thanks God that she is just normal and hopefully until she gets old.

I'm actually surprised there is one who was a IVF/ICSI baby.

I thought it was still quite a rare thing. Wasn't the first IVF baby born in 1978?

I certainly wasn't, given that I was born in 1947, presumably created in the time-honoured way.

I was concerned today to read that some would-be parents in Australia are choosing IVF solely because they can weed out the male fertilised eggs and only implant the female ones, in the belief that this will improve their chances of not having a child with an autistic spectrum condition. What, I wonder, is the child's future experience likely to be if they end up with a daughter who has HFA? Should these people be accepted for IVF at all, is it ethical in the circumstances, as they are not infertile and have attitudes that are potentially dangerous to any offspring who are not strictly "normal" in their eyes?

I fit the age bracket, but not as far as I know.