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« on: 05/13/05, 14:41 »
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I have an 8 month old baby as a result of IVF (2 frozen embryos transferred) and am trying to decide how many embryos to transfer this time.  I am now 38 years old but read that once you have a successful pregnancy through IVF that the chance of twins or triplets increases through IVF.  Is this a fact?  How many embryos would you recommend?

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« Reply #1 on: 05/13/05, 19:01 »
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We typically grow embryos to the blastocyst stage, before we either transfer or freeze them.  We almost always transfer 2.  Rarely, we will have only 3 available and put in 3.
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« Reply #2 on: 05/14/05, 18:57 »
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Dr. Jacobs,
Thanks for responding.  Do statistics show an increase in twins and multiples on the second round of IVF?  Thanks again.
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« Reply #3 on: 05/14/05, 22:52 »
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I have seen no such data.
Good luck.
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