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IVF Twins Have Greater Risk Of Serious Illness Or Early Death

Twins conceived from IVF have been found in a study to be at greater risk of serious illness or dying within their first three years of live than twins which have been conceived naturally.

The study also found that twins born as a result of fertility treatment stay in hospital on average four days longer after the birth. They also have a two-thirds higher chance that they will be admitted to a neo-natal intensive care unit, and of returning to hospital in their first three years.

Researchers at the universities of Western Australia and Oxford also found that IVF twins were more than twice as likely to die either before or just after they were born. They were unable to provide any explanation for their findings.

The findings which were published in the journal Human Reproduction, recommended that couples are made aware of the risks involved with multiple births, and that they should be advised to consider implanting one embryo at a time into the womb.

Presently, between 20 and 30 percent of couples undergoing fertility treatment conceive twins. This compares to just 1 percent of natural conceptions resulting in twins.

IVF Twins are more likely to be non-identical as more than one embryo has been implanted into the mother.

Clinics are now being advised by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to transfer one embryo per treatment session.

Births of two or more babies have more risks involved as there is a higher chance that the infants will be born premature or underweight. There is also a higher risk of cerebral palsy, congenital heart disease or vision problems.

Mothers face more health complications as a result of multiple-births, and have a higher chance of heavy bleeding, miscarriage, diabetes or pre-eclampsia.

Researcher Michèle Hansen, from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, commented: “Couples undergoing fertility treatment should be aware that, in addition to the known increased . . . risks associated with a twin birth, ART [assisted reproductive technology] twins are more likely than spontaneously conceived twins to be admitted to . . . intensive care and to be hospitalised in their first three years of life.”

The study investigated hospital records of twins born both naturally and from fertility treatment, both of identical and non-identical twins. They also considered factors such as the mothers age, year of birth and number of time the woman had given birth in the past.

         

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Shocked Mother Discovers Her Twins Have Two Different Fathers

A Texan mother has astonished doctors by the discovery that her twin boys have two different fathers.

Shocked Mia Washington and her partner had been confused that the boys did not look facially alike.

Paternity tests later revealed that the 11-month-old twins Justin and Jordan had a 99.99% chance of having different fathers.

Doctors later explained that two eggs had been fertilized at the same time by the sperm of two different men.

The mother later admitted that she had not been faithful to her partner, and had had an affair at the time of the pregnancy.

Washington told Fox News “Out of all people in America and of all people in the world, it had to happen to me,”

“I’m very shocked.”

Although it is very rare, and there is only a few cases that have been documented worldwide, it can happen.

When twins have different fathers, it is called heteropaternal superfecundation.

         

Cute Twins Snuggling Together!

This is a real cute video of two brothers enjoying each others company. Very sweet!… the little guy really seems to love his big bro!

         

Twins born to mother on, “The Pill”

The chances for getting pregnant while on the pill are believed to be 99-1.

Carly O’Brien, 22, has beaten odds of 11.3 million to one to birth two sets of twins whilst on, “The Pill.”

Carly from Portsmouth said: ‘It’s amazing that Brandon and Daisy were born in October 2006, when I was on the pill”.

Carly and her partner John Grant, 28, were astounded when she gave birth to her first set of twins Brandon and Daisy. Two years later, Carly has given birth to another miracle set of twins, Dylan and Lilly. This has confounded medical experts

Carly’s first pregnancy was smooth after giving birth to healthy unidentical twins Brandon and Daisy, weighing by Cesarean section in October 2006.

Carly was overjoyed with her two children and sure she did not want any more, she opted for a stronger contraceptive pill, which had to be taken twice daily. Only 18 months later, when Carly missed a period she was shocked, the impossible had happened again.

Carly’s pregnancy with her second set of unidentical twins was far more complicated than the first. Baby Lilly was not growing as fast as her brother Dylan and when the pair were born by Cesarean section at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, on December 23 Lilly weighed just 3lbs.

The tiny baby girl, measuring just 12 inches from head to toe, was small enough to fit in the palm of her mother’s hand.

Dylan, weighing 6lbs, was born with breathing difficulties and the two newborns were kept in intensive care until doctors felt they were well enough to go home.

Dylan was allowed to return to the family home on January 5 and sister Lilly followed just a week later. Both are doing just fine now.