Multiple Pregnancies Are More Common During Fertility Treatment
Statistically, women who have fertility treatment like IVF or IUF are more likely to experience multiple pregnancies than women who conceive without such methods. However, this is often due to implanting multiple embryos in the womb simultaneously, as opposed to the processes being inherently more likely to result in multiple pregnancies than conceiving through other methods. Nonetheless, women who conceive through treatments like IUF and IVF are generally more likely to have multiple pregnancies than the general population.
A Graphic Depicting Twins
Ultrasound Procedure – The More, the Merrier
Lauren Perkins’ doctor then conducted her ultrasound procedure, expecting to find that she was carrying twins. He quickly fell quiet, and then informed Lauren that she was not pregnant with twins, but that he could actually find five pregnancies with the ultrasound machine! This was obviously an incredible shock for the couple who had been told that IUI treatment yielded a 25% success rate, and that the likelihood of twins was roughly 25% in a successful pregnancy through IUI, let alone quintuplets.
An Ultrasound Being Conducted