Sentences with phrase «than a singleton pregnancy»

Understand that a twin pregnancy moves faster than a singleton pregnancy in two ways.

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

Twins play by a whole different set of rules than singleton pregnancies!

Looking at the prenatal care, you're a specialist so when the twin moms get referred to you, they already know: «This is going to be different than a singleton pregnancy.»

«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.

Not exact matches

It's also worthy to note that girls are more likely to survive very early premature birth, as are babies born in singleton rather than multiple pregnancies.

Since many twins, and nearly all triplets and higher order multiples, are born early, you'll want to schedule a class earlier in your pregnancy than if you were having a singleton baby.

This includes that the mother must have no significant pre-existing disease, no significant disease arising during pregnancy, a singleton pregnancy (no twins or higher order multiples), the baby must be head - down, labor must start between 37 and 41 weeks of pregnancy, the mother must have had no more than 1 previous caesarean section, and labor must begin spontaneously.

So a 34 year old primagravida with no past medical history other than allergic rhinitis and wisdom tooth extraction (with excellent hemostasis after the procedure), who is a vegetarian, exercised regularly throughout pregnancy, had normal glucose and blood pressure throughout pregnancy, good fetal heart tones, a singleton head down baby, no family history of significant birth issues, no alcohol or drug use at all, and a 7 - 8 pound estimated fetus at term is someone you'd take on as a home birth client?

If you are pregnant with more than one fetus, you can expect to have the same symptoms as those of a pregnancy with one fetus (called a singleton pregnancy).