Sunday, July 17, 2011

IVF and the Twin Trend: Educating Patients about the Risks

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
It’s advice that couples tend to ignore when talking to their fertility doctor about the number of embryos to transfer during IVF. Because the cost of fertility treatment is high and is usually not covered by insurance, they hedge their bets and gamble that transferring multiple embryos will increase the chances of getting pregnant. And while stricter guidelines for embryo transfer have been successful at reducing higher order multiples (triplets or

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