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Mixed findings may relate to the use of cross-sectional designs that do not account for confounding differences between groups, or variability in the timing of assessment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION<\/jats:title>This prospective cohort study used data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), which includes 2960 pregnant women who underwent ART and 108\u00a0183 women who conceived spontaneously. Of these, a subsample of expectant parents had two consecutive pregnancies with one pregnancy resulting from ART and one conceived spontaneously (n\u2009=\u2009286 women, n\u2009=\u2009211 partners). Women self-reported their composite symptoms of anxiety and depression at two timepoints during each pregnancy (gestational weeks 17 and 30). Their partners self-reported composite symptoms of anxiety and depression at 17\u2009weeks gestation during each pregnancy. Couples reported their relationship satisfaction at 17\u2009weeks gestation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANGE<\/jats:title>Using a conventional full-cohort analysis we found that ART was associated with less total anxiety and depression and greater relationship satisfaction, compared to spontaneous conception among both women and men. However, in the subsample of parents who experienced both ART and spontaneous pregnancies, ART was associated with increased levels of maternal anxiety and depression at gestational age 17\u2009weeks (M\u2009=\u20091.19), compared to spontaneous pregnancies (M\u2009=\u20091.15), 95% CI of the mean difference 0.006, 0.074. At 30\u2009weeks gestation, anxiety and depression were similar across both types of pregnancies. Expectant fathers reported similar levels of anxiety and depression at 17\u2009weeks gestation during both pregnancies. Among women relationship satisfaction was higher following ART conception than spontaneous conception.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION<\/jats:title>There is potential for selection effects in the sample, as women who have conceived through both ART and spontaneous conception in their first two pregnancies are rare. In addition, several factors that may be important predictors of mental health in this context, such as previous miscarriages and long-term infertility, were not assessed in the current study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS<\/jats:title>Our findings indicate that previous discrepancies in the literature may be related to inherent differences between the groups of parents receiving reproductive treatment and those who do not. This study addresses that limitation by prospectively comparing different types of pregnancies within the same expectant parents. Earlier inconsistencies may also relate to variations in gestational age when anxiety and depression were assessed. By examining symptoms at two timepoints in each pregnancy, we were able to examine the relation between gestational age and symptoms of anxiety and depression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>STUDY FUNDING\/COMPETING INTEREST(S)<\/jats:title>The MoBa is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and the Norwegian Research Council\/FUGE (grant number 151918\/S10). This work was also supported by the Research Council of Norway grant number 288083 and 301004. 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