In an exclusive article just released in Us Weekly magazine it was disclosed that two of the world’s biggest celebrities and movie stars conceived their recently-delivered twins by in vitro fertilization (IVF). Coincidentally, this article was published 30 years to the week of the very first IVF birth (Louise Brown on July 25, 1978).
I am pleased that Us Weekly chose Reproductive Partners Medical Group, Inc. to be their source of background information on this important story. Here is an excerpt from the story as released on their website. For the full story, please see the August 4, 2008 issue of Us Weekly.
Forget Mother Nature – Us Weekly reports in its new issue, on newsstands now, that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt turned to fertility treatments to quickly conceive twins Knox and Vivienne. “They conceived through in vitro fertilization," a well-placed source within their camp tells Us. "They both desperately wanted more babies soon."
The chance of having fraternal twins at Angelina's age (33) naturally is under 1 percent; with in vitro, the chances are 25 percent. Says Dr. Arthur Wisot of
The actress chose the procedure (which can cost around $12,000 a pop) so "she wouldn't have to deal with the stress of trying to get pregnant," the source tells Us. "She could just knock it out."
Indeed, Jolie has spoken about her goal to do just that. "If we're going to have 10 kids, we'd like to raise them while we're young," she told Elle
A source adds: "They were too impatient."
Knox and Vivienne – born in Nice, France on July 12 – join the couple's adopted brood of Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3.
Credits –
This information is provided by Arthur L. Wisot, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., one of the team of outstanding fertility doctors at the Southern California fertility center, Reproductive Partners Medical Group. For more information on IVF and the many available fertility treatments please visit www.reproductivepartners.com.
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