Women are having fewer triplets than in the past, according to a new federal study looking at the rate of multiple births over time. Experts have been concerned over spikes in women having triplets—thought to be due to women getting pregnant later and the use of fertility enhancement technologies.
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Decreasing Financial Burden Of IVF May Encourage Single Embryo Transfers, Reduce Multiple Births
In the U.S., the practice guidelines published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) provide recommendations on how many embryos to transfer in order to balance safety with the effectiveness of assisted reproductive technology. In an effort to reduce multiple births and associated complications, it is important to evaluate embryo transfer practices that contribute to these outcomes.
Multiple Births Don’t Have To Be An Inevitable Result of Fertility Treatments
While fertility treatments have helped many people become parents, they commonly result in multiple births, increasing the risk of prematurity, and leading to lifelong complications. But this doesn’t have to be the case, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues, who recommend sweeping changes to policy and clinical practice in a study published in the April issue of Fertility & Sterility.
Multiple Births on the Decline, CDC Reports
While fertility treatments in vogue since the early 1970s led to a dramatic increase in multiple births, subsequent reduction in the practice of transferring three or more embryos has caused a drop in births of triplets and higher-order multiples, a national survey showed.
Fertility Doctors Aim to Lower Rate of Twin Births
In the five years since the “Octomom” case, big multiple births have gone way down, but the twin rate has barely budged. Now fertility experts are pushing a new goal: one.
Fertility Doctors Get New Guidelines on Maximum Number of Embryos to Transfer
No more than a single embryo should be transferred at a time in most younger women undergoing assisted-baby making, according to new guidelines for the nation’s for-profit fertility industry aimed at minimizing multiple births.
Ob/Gyn Group Urges Docs to Help Prevent ‘Octomom’-Type Multiple Births
(HealthDay News) — A leading ob/gyn group is recommending that pregnant women with three or more fetuses be counseled by their doctors and told about the option of reducing the number of fetuses they are carrying.
Known as multi-fetal pregnancies, these are typically the result of fertility treatments and are associated with a much higher risk of complications, as well as premature delivery and developmental issues for the children, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
The issue first gained notoriety in 2009 when Nadya Suleman, dubbed the “Octomom” by the press, gave birth to octuplets after her fertility doctor implanted 12 embryos into her uterus. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine generally recommends implanting no more than two embryos in women under 35 (Suleman was 33). Suleman’s fertility doctor lost his medical license in 2011 for this and other cases of negligent medical treatment. Read full article.