Due to assisted reproductive techniques such as artificial insemination (AI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), and ovulation-inducing drugs such as clomiphene citrate.
In spite of this, nowadays there is an attempt to make both professionals and patients aware of the risks associated with multiple pregnancy and, for this reason, inseminations with more than two developed follicles and transfers of more than two embryos are not usually performed.
Even so, there is a possibility that one of the embryos may also split, resulting in pregnancies with two identical babies, which may be in the same or different sacs, and one different one.
Read the full article on: Multifetal pregnancy reduction – the how and why of the procedure ( 57).
Zaira Salvador
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). Biotechnology Degree from the National University of Ireland en Galway (NUIG) and embryologist specializing in Assisted Reproduction, with a Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI)
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