In Ontario, Canada, the publicly funded fertility program mandated an elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) policy in 2015 for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and this mandate was associated with a ...

For most mothers, multiple pregnancies can sound scary. It can be an overwhelming time for a new mother to discover she is carrying not two, but more babies! Prof Ruth Nduati, a Pediatrician at ...

Being pregnant with twins can be exciting for many women, but the risks associated with multiple pregnancies can be frightening, particularly in Nigeria, where the healthcare system remains fragile, ...

Some fertility treatments, such as IVF, might increase the possibility of having twins due to multiple embryos being transferred or the spontaneous splitting of one embryo. But it’s much more likely ...

Giving birth to triplets, quadruplets or even more has become increasingly less common in the United States. The rate of triplet and higher-order births in the US declined 62% between 1998 and 2023, ...

A landmark new study confirms that growing a human being in nine months takes a toll—and multiple pregnancies can have a cumulative effect. Scientists already knew pregnancy puts enormous stress on ...