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Bookmark or Share- Twins, triplets, and other multiples - Office on Women's HealthIn 2005, 133,122 twin babies and 6,208 triplet babies were born in the United States. In 1980, there were only 69,339 twin and 1,337 triplet births. Why the increase? For one, more women are having babies after age 30. Women in their 30s are more likely than younger women to conceive more than one baby naturally.
- Triplets: Types, Risks, Prenatal Care & Delivery - Cleveland ClinicBeing pregnant with triplets means you’re carrying three fetuses. Triplet pregnancies have a higher risk of complications and may require special care.
- Multiple Pregnancy and Birth: Twins, Triplets, and High-order MultiplesWhen a triplet or high-order multiple pregnancy occurs, multifetal pregnancy reduction may be considered to improve the chance for survival of the fetuses. While multifetal pregnancy reduction carries some risk of a complete miscarriage, it also reduces the chances of extreme premature birth.
- Multiple Birth: Twins, Triplets, Complications & SymptomsA multiple pregnancy is a pregnancy where you’re carrying more than one baby at a time. If you’re carrying two babies, they are called twins. Three babies that are carried during one pregnancy are called triplets. You can also carry more than three babies at one time (high-order multiples).
- Multiple birth - WikipediaThe most common are strictly fraternal triplets, which come from a polyzygotic pregnancy of three eggs. Less common are triplets from a dizygotic pregnancy, where one zygote divides into two identical fetuses, and the other does not. Least common are identical triplets, three fetuses from one egg.
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