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Why such an increase in multiples?
Has anyone else noticed an increase in multiple pregnancies? (twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc.)
About 30-40 years ago, triplets had TV anchors and newspaper writers flocking to the hospital, practically beating down the doors to get an interview with the lucky parents or info on the babies and their progress.
Nowadays, when someone is expecting triplets, they get a, "Wow! Congratulations!" and that's it.
You have to be sextuplets (and not all), septuplets or octuplets to make the news.
Is it because science is better and there are more fertility drugs and specialists? Or are we waiting to have children later in life (this increases the chance)? What's the deal?
Doodlestuff, I'm sixteen years old. I wasn't alive THAT long ago.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
D) All the above
I conceived triplets through IVF. My situation was NOT predicted and I only had a 15% chance of the IVF taking and it did. However, I was praised like a celebrity and was only the 4th woman in my OB/GYN office in 25 years to come through with a triplet pregnancy. The fame was supporting and reassuring but still scary. Just from my experience though and knowing the risks, I would never recommend an intentional multiples pregnancy to anyone. Babies are a blessing in life but it's too scary when they are at risk. Anyway, I think technology has just improved so the statistics keep going up on successful fertility treatments.
Source(s): Recently delivered my premature triplet daughters who I will one day see again in Heaven! - CarbonDatedLv 71 decade ago
Took you THIS LONG to figure this out? It's only been in national headlines for 15 years. Yes, the number of multiples rose a lot from 30-40 years ago. However, the frequency has flattened out now and the number of higher order multiples has gone down a lot since new procedures increase the chance of a single embryo succeeding.
Several factors.. Better science, more and stronger fertility drugs and improved neonatal care. Still, what they don't tell you in the paper is that many multiples pregnancies end in miscarriage, some or all babies dying and many cases of handicaps and learning disabilities.
BTW, my neighbor is a kindergarten teacher and they have 3 sets of triplets now at her elementary school. Lots of professionals in her area, so a lot of pregnancies occurring later on.
