More American women than ever are having twins, triplets, quadruplets and even quintuplets, and it’s not just because some are using fertility treatments, new research shows. Since the 1980s, the number of multiple births has jumped from roughly 20 sets per 1,000 live births to almost 35 sets per 1,000 live births, the study found. To determine whether this was …
The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) recently published their Preliminary Clinic Summary Report for 2016 and the data shows some positive trends that are leading to healthier pregnancies for moms and babies. Most notably, there has been a rise in elective single embryo transfers, which has led to fewer multiple gestation pregnancies.
SART’s Preliminary Clinic Summary Report consolidates IVF …
Fertility treatment is leading to a rise in the multiple birth rate, especially among women over 45, according to new figures. Data for England and Wales shows there were 10,839 women who gave birth to twins in 2014, while a further 148 gave birth to triplets and two to quads.
The rate of multiple births increased to 16 per 1,000 …
From Redbook magazine: In the age of political correctness, it feels like someone is always telling us what we can or can’t say (and that may be a good thing in the case of Donald Trump)—but there are some instances where it’s about way more than just politeness.
Enter the woman who’s finally gotten pregnant after a harrowing bout with …
More than 1.5% of babies born in 2013 owe their lives to in vitro fertilization, and fewer of them were twins or triplets, according to new figures from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.
A total of 63,286 babies were born as a result of 174,962 attempts to use assisted reproduction treatments, according to the report. Both figures represent small …
For some insight on how to make the decision on how many embryos to transfer I recommend an article in Healthcare Professionals Live by Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP:
Ever since several highly publicized and probably ill-advised multiple births became fodder for the media, the question of how many embryos should be implanted has been discussed openly. The American …
Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.
In the five years since the “Octomom” case, big multiple births have gone way down, but the twin rate has barely budged. Twins have much higher risks of prematurity and serious health problems.
The Centers …
An analysis of three decades of twin births (2009 data are the most recent year included) finds large increases in twin birth rates for all age groups, among all racial and ethnic groups and in the U. S. The overall U.S. twin birth rate increased 76%, from 18.9 in 1980 to 33.2 per 1,000 births in 2009.
And for …
The LA Times article mentioned in the previous post shows the non-signficant difference in success rates between single- and double embryo transfers in a study from Sweden. Most impressive is the reduction in potentially complicated multiple pregnancies by transferring one embryo which should be an incentive for appropriate couples to select this option.
But in most of the U. S., …
An article in the October 11th edition of the New York Times, “Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood,” has created an avalanche of comments on blogs on the controversial topic of mandating limits on numbers of embryos transferred. The article cites the obvious: that multiple pregnancies are more hazardous than singletons. We all know that. But this …
