Multiple Births

Fertility drugs and vitro fertilization increase the chances of multiple births. Multiple pregnancies raise the threat of premature birth and infant mortality. This is becoming a growing health crisis, especially in the united states, which has the highest rate of multiples. Also, triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets have a 12 times higher risk of death in the first year as opposed to single births. The most important thing learned during this assignment was how the different charts …

…discusses success rates for women who have had ART procedures and births. The final part of the presentation relates to the risks of having multiple pregnancies and births. It is very high risk for the infants. Last ending with articles about multiple births from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Bibliography www.cdc.gov www.beheresoon.com www.mypage.direct.ca/c/csamson/multiples.statistics.html. www.web6.epnet.com www.obgyn.net www.webmd.lycos.com