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 …
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 …
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 …
An article in the October 2012 issue of the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology examines factors which lead to good birth outcomes after assisted reproductive technology procedures (ART). IVF accounts for 99% of the ART procedures performed in the U. S.
They surveyed single live births at term among the live births (444,909) from ART procedures in the U. S. …
