Hi,

Hope you don’t mind me adding my 2 cents worth. I found the Access article interesting as it was quoting a Cochrane Review - a high standard of literature research which gathers information from various studies to compare and make conclusions based on the combined scientific evidence available. More definitions…

A Cochrane Review is a systematic, up-to-date summary of reliable evidence of the benefits and risks of healthcare.

Cochrane reviews investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation in a healthcare setting. They are designed to facilitate the choices that doctors, patients, policy makers, and others face in health care. Most Cochrane reviews are based on randomised controlled trials, but other types of evidence may also be taken into account, if appropriate.


I don’t have a definite opinion either way on the issue, but I am more likely to be influenced by the findings from a Cochrane Review. Having said this, I would be interested to find out what my clinic’s position is to some of the questions raised by Dr Smith, however I am fairly sure that they will laugh off the suggestion that the reason that they do not go to blast is because “…they do not want to face the patient and infom them their embryos failed to reach the blastocyst stage”. My clinic is more than adept at handing out bad news!

Cheers
H