Sentences with phrase «risk twin pregnancy»

Her background is in secondary education and consulting, and she's currently working on her memoir Twin to Twin which details her high - risk twin pregnancy.

She's the author of her memoir, Twin to Twin, which details her high - risk twin pregnancy.

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Sean Daneshmand: For example, if a mom comes in, one of these unattended pregnancies, she comes in and we realize that she has twins, for example, than, depending on the placentation, let's say there is one placenta for both babies, so the babies are in one sack, that is considered a high - risk pregnancy.

Instead of excluding the high risk births from both groups, they include the homebirth outcomes of premature births at 34 - 37 weeks gestation (13 - 17) breech and twins (13,14) lethal anomalies incompatible with life (13,14) unattended homebirths (15,16) unplanned homebirths (15,16) or women who became risked out of homebirth by becoming high risk at the end of pregnancy, had hospital births, but are included in the homebirth group.

Twin pregnancies come with risks to you and your babies.

The increased risks posed by VBAC, breech, twins and postdates pregnancy are well known and have been quantified for years.

Educate yourself about the most common risks and complications of twin pregnancies, but don't obsess about all the things that can go wrong.

While the great majority of multiple pregnancies result in healthy babies, any pregnancy with twins or more is considered high risk.

Twins and other high - risk pregnancies can be closely watched during labor with waterproof fetal monitoring systems while mom soaks in a deep bath.

For quite some time I have been a daily user of pregnancy and parenting internet forums, so I started spending time chatting with other twin parents: what to expect during a high - risk pregnancy, what kind of gear I would need, what sleeping spaces should look like, how to feed two babies at once.

Understanding the risks of a twin pregnancy after you've already conceived twins is also important.

New federal statistics show an epidemic of twins among IVF patients, and two babies come with added risk during pregnancy.

While most multiple pregnancies conceived with fertility treatments are fraternal twins, the use of fertility treatment does increase your risk of having identical twins.

In particular, women who are expecting twins or multiples are at increased risk of experiencing pregnancy complications.

While we are constantly attempting to refine and improve IVF technology to reduce the risk of multiple gestation, we recognize that there will likely always be some chance of conceiving a twin pregnancy through IVF — and our patients should realize this as well.

Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.) is associated with greatly increased risks of prematurity and very low birthweight, so the transfer of a single blastocyst in all patients was a vital improvement.

The two largest contributors to the excess mortality were underestimation of the risks associated with post-term birth, twin pregnancy and breech presentation, and a lack of response to fetal distress.

Be sure to not only discuss your symptoms with your doctor, but also your anxieties, questions, and the risks involved with having a twin (or multiple) pregnancy.

The most common fertility drug risks are conceiving a multiple pregnancy (like twins or triplets or more) and developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).

I have experience supporting VBAC, twins, high - risk, pregnancy after loss, NICU, conception challenges, IUI or IVF, same - sex partnerships, adoption, mood disorders, traumatic life experiences, and military families

CHRISTINE STEWART - FITZGERALD: And when you have those conversations with you know, with your patients and talking about the risks of a twin, you know, multiple pregnancy.

You're more at risk from anaemia during a twin pregnancy.

Twin pregnancies aren't always considered high risk, but this mama's was.

A twin pregnancy is a double blessing, but it can also carry greater risks than singleton pregnancies.

By reducing the pregnancy to twins, the woman and her husband would decrease the risk of severe prematurity.

Twin pregnancies carry some unique and difficult challenges — one of those being the risk of preterm labor.

Eighteen women (1.1 %) were expecting twins; 10.2 % of women reported one or more medical or social risk factor during pregnancy (high blood pressure, diabetes, problems with baby's growth, problems with baby's health, depression, lack of social support during pregnancy, or housing difficulties).

A study in 2013 involving 106 participating centers in 25 countries came to the conclusion that, in a twin pregnancy of a gestational age between 32 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days, and the first twin is in cephalic presentation, planned Cesarean section does not significantly decrease or increase the risk of fetal or neonatal death or serious neonatal disability, as compared with planned vaginal delivery.

While miscarriage in the first trimester is common in any pregnancy, the risk of miscarriage while you're pregnant with twins is even higher.

There are several factors that may put a pregnant woman at higher risk of a preterm birth, including a previous preterm birth, multiple pregnancies such as twins, triplets, etc, some chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and infections.

If you don't have any other complications during your twin pregnancy, your risk decreases.

While structural abnormalities are still a risk, the risk is still really low, even in twin pregnancies.

There are risks to babies and Moms in twin pregnancies, but if Mom is in the best possible health and is being closely monitored, all will work out fine.

So, if your pregnancy is considered high - risk because you're carrying twins or more, or if you have a history of premature labor, your doctor may advise you to stop breastfeeding to prevent labor from starting too soon.

During her high risk mono mono twin pregnancy, Alyssa began blogging, an extension of her love of writing.

You may need to fight to be allowed to reach the point where you go into labor on your own, because the climate of hospitals is to treat twin pregnancies as high risk regardless of individual situation.

While many people — doctors included — may insist that your twins may need to be born by a certain time, automatically designating twin pregnancies as high - risk and assigning a due date may not always be the best option.

PGS reduces the risk of multiple pregnancies because we can more confidently transfer one healthy embryo and therefore reduce the incidence of twin pregnancies.

Even with twins, doctors try to stay away from natural births unless it is a very low - risk pregnancy.

For this reason it is recommended that women pregnant with twins seek care with a provider well - trained in managing twin gestations, if not a Perinatologist or high - risk pregnancy specialist.

During her high - risk mono mono twin pregnancy, Alyssa began blogging, an extension of her love of writing.

«Twin pregnancies are at substantially higher risk of early preterm birth than singleton pregnancies and this risk is inversely related to sonographically measured cervical length at 20 - 24 weeks» gestation,» explained lead investigator Kypros H Nicolaides, MD, Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London.

(1) Similarly, ART singletons and ART twins also had comparable test scores, suggesting, say the investigators, that «the higher obstetric risk» identified in ART pregnancies — and particularly in twins — «is not associated with poorer academic performance in adolescence.»

Researchers found that 37 weeks seems to be the sweet spot for twins with two placentas (the most common twin pregnancy); the risk of newborn death (defined as death up to four weeks after delivery) and stillbirth was roughly even until 37 weeks, which is when the risks of pregnancy start to outweigh the benefits and a mother should consider delivering.

The biggest risk of twin pregnancy is preterm labor, according to Dr. Rosenn, but mothers of twins are also at risk for other conditions.