"Multiple pregnancies" refers to a condition when a woman is expecting more than one baby at a time, such as twins, triplets, or more.
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While the great majority
of multiple pregnancies result in healthy babies, any pregnancy with twins or more is considered high risk.
The researchers believe that introducing the Belgian policy may result in financial savings for governments through the reduction
in multiple pregnancy rates.
Though tempting, taking
multiple pregnancy tests during the two week wait before your period is late does not make getting your period any easier.
With the placenta (s) in
multiple pregnancies covering a greater proportion of the uterine wall, there is a higher risk of complications that can be dangerous for mom or babies.
This means patients and doctors are under less pressure to maximise the immediate chance of pregnancy by transferring more than one embryo, which comes with the risk
of multiple pregnancy.
Clomiphene citrate is a common medication used for women with PCOS and has a high success rate, although it does come with side effects such as mood changes, vomiting, hot flashes, and high
multiple pregnancy rates.
PGS reduces the risk of
multiple pregnancies because we can more confidently transfer one healthy embryo and therefore reduce the incidence of twin pregnancies.
A literary review
on multiple pregnancies shows a study done on one set each of septuplets and octuplets, two sets of sextuplets, 8 sets of quintuplets, 17 sets of quadruplets, and 228 sets of triplets.
It is also important to note that excessively high levels of hCG may
indicate multiple pregnancies or a molar pregnancy, which results from a nonviable, fertilized egg.
The Royal College of Midwives estimated that the odds of these consecutive sets of twins at such a young age were more than 700,000 - to - 1, noting that it is more common
when multiple pregnancies are separated by singletons.
It shows that ART can be made reimbursable for those who need it if governments couple reimbursement to an embryo transfer policy with the aim of maintaining high delivery rates and
reducing multiple pregnancy rates, the main complication of ART treatment.»
The postpartum hemorrhage rate
among multiple pregnancies varied from 2.5 % in 1994 to 3.1 % in 1996 and 2002 (with an average rate of 2.9 %), representing an increase of 183 pregnancies, which in the overall context of postpartum hemorrhage risk was thought to be inconsequential [6].
During a standard gynecologic examination, the doctor
identifies multiple pregnancy already at the 9th week, and on the 12th week parents are already informed that their family will soon welcome not one, but two babies.
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