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...physician's. In June, just about the time those eight babies began growing inside her womb, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) issued updated guidelines on the number of embryos that should be transferred to a woman's body in the hope they'll implant in the uterus and lead to a live birth. Women under 35 should transfer no more than two embryos, down from the maximum of three recommended in 1998, and women over 40 should attempt no more than five. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...that reproductive medicine is among the most regulated specialties in the U.S. Clinics have to report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the number of embryos transferred in each IVF cycle--in which sperm and egg are fertilized outside a woman's body then transferred to her uterus--as well as the resulting number of live births. This reporting system was set up to help potential patients assess their chances of having a baby but has evolved into a way to monitor a clinic's number of triplets and higher multiples, who are more likely to have serious...
...counter that reproductive medicine is among the most regulated specialties in the U.S. Clinics must report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the number of embryos transferred in each IVF cycle - in which sperm and egg are fertilized outside a woman's body, then transferred to her uterus - as well as the number of babies born as a result of that treatment cycle. (Read "A Brief History Of: Multiple Births...
...sudden, we want to pass laws," says Paulson. "Would we write laws limiting the size of someone's family to six? Would we write laws mandating selective reduction?" he asks, referring to the option of aborting some embryos if a high number successfully implant in the uterus. "Restricting reproductive rights would be a minefield...
...increasing number of women who delay childbearing until their 30s or 40s, the incidences of multiple births have increased in the past two decades. In 1980, IVF - in which hormones are used to induce the production of eggs, which are externally fertilized and then implanted back into the uterus - became available in the U.S. Since then, the percentage of twins and triplets as a proportion of total births has increased several-fold. It's almost as if no one is impressed by them anymore. Two kids? Blah. Three kids? A teeny bit warmer. But quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, octuplets...