(CNN) — 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 ...
Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before. This is the first ...
A new study from Canada has found women who agree to carry and birth babies in surrogacy arrangements face a higher risk of complications than other pregnant women. These women were at two to three ...
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 ...
It’s predicted the rate of multiple births could rise across all countries between 2050 and 2100. Larysa Dubinska/ Shutterstock Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest ...