title: Are pregnancy complications increased in poor responders?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether pregnancy complications are increased in poor responders to ovarian stimulation in IVF treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the antenatal follow up and birth records of 26 poor responders to ovarian stimulation and 125 normoresponder patients in an IVF program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty nine (71.2%) of the normoresponders and 22 (84.6%) of the poor responders had no pregnancy complications. Gestational diabetes was present in 18 (14.4%) of the normoresponders and 3 (11.5%) of the poor responders. Seven of the normoresponders had placenta previa (5.6%). Two of the normoresponders (1.6%) had pregnancy induced hypertension. Two (1.6%) of the normoresponders had preeclampsia. One patient from each group had fetal anomaly (3.8% for poor responders vs. 0.8% for normoresponders). Cholestasis of pregnancy was present in two of the normoresponders (1.6%) and the 2 patients (7.7%) who delivered prematurely also belonged to this group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results revealed that pregnancy complications were not increased in patients with a reduced ovarian reserve when compared to their age matched counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huriye Ayşe
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Parlakgümüş
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haydardedeoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simşek
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cok
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yalçınkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cantekin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iskender
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra Bulgan
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kılıçdağ
keywords: IVF; Pregnancy complications; poor ovarian reserve; poor response