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This cohort profile describes recruitment, data collection and planned research.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study gathered comprehensive sociodemographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and clinical data from women and their partners before and during treatment, as well as during pregnancy and after birth. Biological samples, including blood, urine, and saliva, were collected at initial recruitment and at pregnancy clinics, with cord blood and placental tissue obtained at birth. Participants consented to NHS record linkage, allowing access to pregnancy and birth outcomes from obstetric notes. Data collection during pregnancy and after birth followed the same protocols as a naturally conceived cohort, the second generation of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC-G2).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Between 3rd September 2019 and 30th June 2023, 502 couples or single women were recruited (967 individuals in total). Of these, 490 women underwent 1,055 ART treatment cycles during the study follow-up (up to 31st March 2024). Recruited women had a mean age of 35.8 years (SD\u2009=\u20094.4) and a mean BMI of 25.1 (SD\u2009=\u20094.4). At the time of recruitment, 251 women (50%) had never been pregnant, and 374 (75%) had not had a previous live birth. Women and their partners with a confirmed viable pregnancy at a scan performed at 7 weeks of gestation were invited to participate in the pregnancy follow-up study, with 305 women (for 324 pregnancies) invited. Data were collected from pregnancy questionnaires (n\u2009=\u2009246, 76%), pregnancy clinic data (n\u2009=\u2009119, 37%), and birth questionnaires (n\u2009=\u2009223, 69%). 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