Miracle babies expensive

And society ends up paying the astronomical medical costs of caring for both mom and babies, both pre- and post-delivery, he adds. If IVF was publicly funded, permitting only one embryo at a time to be implanted, it would be cheaper than the current medical costs resulting from multiple births, Pierson says. Consider that the B.C. sextuplets are so premature they could be in hospital for several months at a cost of $1,000 to $2,000 per child per day. Before they even leave the hospital, these tiny miracle kids could cost the health-care system $1 million. And some of them might not even survive. That money could fund IVF treatment for dozens of infertile couples. Both Pierson and Hanck are convinced it's time the provinces covered assisted reproductive technologies.

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