More Reasons To Consider An Elective Single Embryo Transfer

The New England Journal of Medicine also weighs in on the advantages of elective single embryo transfer (eSET): Debate lingers about the pros and cons of transferring two embryos instead of just one. As my colleague Shari Roan reported in the Health section in 2007, pregnancies involving multiples come with a greater risk of gestational diabetes, bleeding and preeclampsia for the mother and cerebral palsy, birth defects, developmental delays and death for the babies. Twins usually survive...

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