multiple birth

The number of live multiple births has increased 24 percent since 1985.

My wife and I were told by our doctor that use of the drug would not result in multiple births.

The number of multiple births has increased over the last decade.

In 1993, multiple births topped 100,000 for the first time.

But while multiple births have become more common, life for parents of those children is far from routine.

And the news programs do not show the havoc that multiple births play in a family for many years.

The most common form of multiple births for humans is twins.

They are also more likely to have multiple births because of fertility treatments.

But that was before the number of multiple births shot skyward.

This procedure also increases the woman's chance of having multiple births.

But within any structure, they said, multiple births also require flexibility.

She thinks the change is responsible for this year's high percentage of multiple births.

How many of those deliveries are twins or other multiple births?

The critical medical issue is preventing multiple births from occurring too early.

Different names for multiple births are used, depending on the number of offspring.

Affected infants are usually small and have multiple birth defects.

With multiple births becoming more common, how many are too many?

No one should believe that the Government or corporations will help out with the physical and financial burdens of multiple births.

Blacks traditionally have had a higher rate of multiple births than whites.

But others say the disparity is simply attributable to the increase in multiple births.

In the case of multiple births, I believe that leave should be extended correspondingly.

Women who choose to have their children later in life also have a greater chance of a multiple birth.

Twins account for about 98 percent of multiple births.

And it would have shown on the certificate, the time of birth - it's only done for multiple births.

Q. Did anything prepare you for a multiple birth?