Rescue ICSI(rICSI) is the process where a second attempt is made at fertilising eggs using ICSI, after conventional IVF has failed. After a systematic review of outcomes after rICSI, evidence does not support previous concerns that rICSI might result in higher levels of birth defects in children, although the data is still quite limited.
This question recently surfaced in the safe space of a patient support group — and once one person voiced it, others quickly followed. Many agreed on how unsettling it can feel to place such trust in what happens behind the closed doors of an IVF laboratory.
I was interviewed by the journalist Rosie Taylor for the Sunday Times Magazine about the increasing number of embryos being stored in clinics across the UK.