Major finding: In the highest-risk group of women aged 42 years and older, there were no higher-order
multiple births (triplets and higher) in 2011.
Examining the needs of
multiple birth mothers after infertility treatment: Expectations vs.
The costs of neonatal claims, which are highly correlated with
multiple births, represent "the biggest single diagnostic category of reinsurance claims that we see," said Alden Skar, vice president and senior actuary for ING Reinsurance.
While accidents involving several people covered by the same health plan happen, a more common exposure is a
multiple birth event.
The medical and medical ethics literature has addressed the questions of exposure to potential harm to the fetus and would-be child in two cases: women who continue to use illegal drugs throughout their pregnancy and women who choose to continue high-order,
multiple birth pregnancies that result from infertility treatments (Capron, 1998; Frank et al., 2001).
According to organisers, the most recent data shows that a total of 663
multiple births are registered in the Sultanate, 95 per cent of which are twins.
For every 1,000 women who gave birth, 15.9 had a
multiple birth, a slight fall from 2015 when the rate was 16.1 per every 1,000 births.
For every 1,000 women who gave birth, 15.9 had a
multiple birth - a slight fall from 2015 when the rate was 16.1 per every 1,000 births.
Professor Helen Dolk, from the University of Ulster, who co-led the study, said: "The co-occurrence of
multiple birth and congenital anomaly among live borns places particular demands on parents and health services.
IVF treatment is a major contributor to the multiple pregnancies and
multiple birth rates.
With the rate of twin births continuing to rise in the United States, officials at the University of California, San Francisco decided it was time to offer a comprehensive center designed to cater to families expecting a
multiple birth. The EMBRACE (Evaluating
Multiple Births Through Research and Care) Center is set to open next year.