Does IVF produce a higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy i.e. implantation outside the womb?
A woman becoming pregnant through natural fertilization has a 1% chance of an ectopic pregnancy. The chance is no higher for an IVF pregnancy unless the woman concerned already has damage to one or both of her Fallopian tubes. It is hardly surprising that IVF treatment seldom produces an ectopic pregnancy, since embryo transfer involves very careful insertion of the embryos into the womb.