The Goal of Infertility Treatments
One Healthy Baby at a Time
The fact is, multiple pregnancy is risky.
A multiple pregnancy is a pregnancy that contains more than one fetus. Many times, couple struggling with fertility are looking to quickly grow their family with twins. However, a multiple pregnancy carries the increased likelihood of serious, even life-threatening complications for both mother and babies.
Ultimately, the goal of infertility treatment is one healthy baby at a time.
To read more about the risks of multiple pregnancy, click on the the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) links below:
- Multiple pregnancy and birth: twins, triplets and high-order multiples a patient education booklet
- In vitro fertilization: what are the risks? a patient education fact sheet
- Why would I choose to have elective single embryo transfer (eSET)? a patient education fact sheet
- Multiple pregnancy a patient education video
- Why are we worried about twin pregnancies? A patient education pamphlet
- How many embryos should I transfer to have one baby? A patient education pamphlet
- CDC-Elective single embryo transfer video
The best way to decrease your chance of having twins, triplets, or more when having IVF is by transferring one embryo at a time.
To see what the Practice Committees of the ASRM and SART recommend, click on the links below:
- Multiple gestation associated with infertility therapy: a committee opinion
- Elective single embryo transfer: a committee opinion
- Criteria for number of embryos to transfer: a committee opinion
- Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinical-assisted reproduction: a committee opinion
