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Can You Have a Vaginal Birth With Twins?

Once the first baby arrives, the second one is often not far behind. Provided everything is going smoothly, the second twin in a vaginal delivery usually comes within 10 to 30 minutes of the first. In ...
Reuters

Multiple birth ups risk of postpartum depression

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who deliver two or more babies are 43-percent more likely to suffer from depression 9 months after birth than their counterparts who deliver only one child, ...
The New York Times

Multiple Births

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 ...
The Washington Post

Rates of triplet births and higher dropped 62 percent from 1998 to 2023

Changes in assisted reproductive technology are seen as influencing the decline. The rate of triplet and higher-order multiple births in the United States declined 62 percent from 1998 to 2023, ...