Multiple Pregnancies after IVF treatment

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IVF Multiple Pregnancies

There is a risk of multiple pregnancies (conceiving twins, triplets or even quadruplets) as a result of IVF.

Although multiple pregnancies can occur in natural pregnancies there is a slightly higher risk with IVF.

As a result many countries have limited the number of embryos which can be implanted back in the woman.

For example in the UK it is a maximum of 2 for women under 40 and a maximum of 3 for women 40 or over if they are using their own eggs. Whilst in countries such as Italy and Germany every embryo created must be implanted.