Children conceived with fertility drugs ‘are shorter’

A study has indicated that children conceived through the use of fertility drugs are slightly shorter than children conceived naturally.

The research, the first of its kind, was carried out by Cork-born Tim Savage, a paediatrician and Clinical Research Fellow at the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland.

The findings will be published next month in the journal Human Reproduction and form part of a research project into the impact of fertility treatment and maternal age on the growth and metabolism of children.