OBJECTIVE To modify the technique of multifetal pregnancy reduction and to study the outcome of reduced twins in comparison with nonreduced twins and high-order multiple gestations. DESIGN Prospective controlled study. SETTING The Egyptian IVF-ET Center, Cairo. PATIENT(S) Seventy-five patients with high-order multiple pregnancies resulting from assisted reproduction. Controls were 40 nonr...

Placental function in multifetal pregnancies before and after embryo reduction was investigated by measuring maternal serum concentrations of pregnancy associated placental protein-A (PAPP-A) and pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein (SP-1). Three groups of pregnant women were studied following assisted reproduction; groups 1 and 2, were 12 singleton and 12 twin pregnancies respectively, and g...

In recent years, multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) has increasingly been a subject of debate in Norway. The intensity this reached tentative maximum when the Legislation Department delivered their interpretative statement, Section 2 - Interpretation Abortion Act, 2016 response to request from Ministry Health (2014) that consider whether Act allows for MFPR healthy fetuses multiple pregnanci...

The incidence of multifetal pregnancies has increased dramatically over the past two decades, mainly because of the widespread use of ovulation induction agents and assisted reproduction techniques. These techniques have been a matter of concern since twin and higher order pregnancies have long been associated with an increased risk of maternal complications as well as a high prevalence of pren...

The incidence of multifetal pregnancies has increased dramatically over the past two decades, mainly because of the widespread use of ovulation induction agents and assisted reproduction techniques. These techniques have been a matter of concern since twin and higher order pregnancies have long been associated with an increased risk of maternal complications as well as a high prevalence of pren...

Imagine a hopeful mother, desperate after many failed attempts to become pregnant. She consults a fertility clinic and decides to undergo the invasive and costly process of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The procedure is more than successful—she finds herself pregnant with quadruplets. At less than five feet tall and with a petite frame, she will not be able to carry all four fetuses to term. He...

The incidence of multifetal pregnancies has increased dramatically over the past two decades, mainly because of the widespread use of ovulation induction agents and assisted reproduction techniques. These techniques have been a matter of concern since twin and higher order pregnancies have long been associated with an increased risk of maternal complications as well as a high prevalence of pren...