Children born after unplanned pregnancy are slower to develop

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 17:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Children born after unplanned pregnancies tend to have a more limited vocabulary and poorer non-verbal and spatial abilities; however this is almost entirely explained by their disadvantaged circumstances, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today. The same study reported no adverse effects of infertility treatment on the children.

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