As a mother of triplets (now age 5), born healthy at 36 1/2 weeks, I felt immediately compelled to comment on this story (“Pregnant With Unexpected Grief,” Aug. 11). I believe it gives a one-sided ...

In Ontario, Canada, the publicly funded fertility program mandated an elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) policy in 2015 for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and this mandate was associated with a ...

The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found. By Teddy Rosenbluth After multiple cycles of I.V.F. and ...

Twins, triplets, and other multiples have long caught the attention of “singletons,” or those of us born without a built-in best friend by our sides. Twins—and the media—annually descend on Twinsburg, ...

Some fertility treatments, such as IVF, might increase the possibility of having twins due to multiple embryos being transferred or the spontaneous splitting of one embryo. But it’s much more likely ...

A landmark new study confirms that growing a human being in nine months takes a toll—and multiple pregnancies can have a cumulative effect. Scientists already knew pregnancy puts enormous stress on ...

Being pregnant with twins can be exciting for many women, but the risks associated with multiple pregnancies can be frightening, particularly in Nigeria, where the healthcare system remains fragile, ...

Considering that roughly 3 crore women in India experience pregnancy each year, and about 2.7 crore have live births, India continues to have the highest number of births globally ...