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 believed to be longest that an embryo has been frozen before resulting in a successful live birth.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 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
Multiple embryos are often transferred during each cycle in the hopes that at least one will result in a live birth.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 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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