Number of babies exploded after fertility treatments in Saarland!

Number of babies exploded after fertility treatments in Saarland!

St. Wendel, Deutschland - The birth rate of children who are born through fertility treatments is drastically increasing in Saarland. According to information from Tagesschau , over 18,500 babies in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate were born in the past 25 years. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were born. These numbers show a significant increase, especially in recent years: in 2022 alone there were 1,339 children. More and more women, including single women and homosexual couples, opt for these forms of treatment that are supposed to realize their dream of their own child.

Usually homosexual couples and single women are faced with higher costs, since the statutory health insurance companies only cover part of the treatment costs for heterosexual couples. Dr. Sascha Tauchert, a gynecologist in Saarland, explains that the legal adjustments from 2018 led to an increase in treatments among single women, but luckily still without financial support from health insurance companies or funding programs. However, the Saarland has launched a local funding program that offers up to 500 euros on the own shares of patients, and reports Saarland.de that this is a helpful measure for many couples.

funding and development of the multiple births

The funding for fertility treatments are limited because the federal funds are used up for 2024, which means that only local funds are available. This has an impact in the way couples can finance their treatments. There is also a trend towards reducing multiple births, since many doctors are increasingly only transferring an embryo to reduce the risk of complications and premature births. Historically, such multiple births were more common, but the data for 2022 show that 1007 of the 1339 newborns were single, which illustrates increased attention to the health of pregnancy.