Short summary

n 2019, every 10th child in Denmark was born through fertility treatment. The study aims to examine if a woman's mental health during and after pregnancy is affected by fertility treatment. Data from the Odense Child Cohort will be used to compare mental health of women who conceived spontaneously and those who underwent fertility treatment. The findings could help identify potential risk pregnancies and ensure better prenatal care.

Rationale

Infertility is common and an increasing number of women go through medically assisted reproduction (fertility treatment) to achieve pregnancy. This may affect mental health. We examined if fertility treatment and the specific fertility treatment method used (in vivo or in vitro) were associated with impaired mental health during or after pregnancy.

Description of the cohort

820 mothers from the Odense Child Cohort, a prospective birth cohort recruited between 2010 and 2012.

Data and biological material

Self-reported information from valididated scales on stress during pregnancy and postpartum depression and information on how they became pregnant, spontanously or after fertility treatment.

Collaborating researchers and departments

Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense Denmark and Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark

• Line Riis Jølving

Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

• Rikke Wesselhöft

Research Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark, Odense, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark

• Rikke Wesselhöft

Research Unit OPEN, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

• Sören Möller
• Marie Mulvad Grønlund