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Parental expectations are usually very high. Often given responsibility and expected to set an example. May become authoritarian or strict. Feels power is his right. Can become helpful if encouraged. Second Has a pacesetter, always someone ahead. Is more competitive, wants to overtake older child. May become a rebel or try to outdo everyone. Competition can deteriorate into a rivalry.
Middle Is "sandwiched" in. May feel squeezed out of a position of privilege and significance. Body type: Fraternal twins are more common in large and tall women than in small women.
Certain treatments for infertility may increase the likelihood you'll become pregnant with twins, triplets, and higher-order multiples because they boost ovulation. For example, gonadotropins are injectable fertility medications that stimulate your ovaries to produce multiple eggs during ovulation.
If more eggs are released, that increases the likelihood that more than one egg will become fertilized, hence a multiple pregnancy. Using assisted reproductive technology ART , such as IVF, boosts your chances of having twins, but you can prevent a multiple pregnancy by asking your doctor to transfer only one embryo at a time.
According to preliminary national data, the percentage of IVF treatments that resulted in twin births after all embryo transfers are as follows:. Fertility treatments aren't an easy way to boost your chances of having twins, though.
They tend to be very expensive and aren't always covered by health insurance. And fertility treatments are generally reserved for people who have been diagnosed with infertility.
There were approximately , twin births out of 3. This was a 2 percent decline from and a 5 percent decline from Meanwhile, there were about 88 sets of triplets and higher-order multiples per , births — a 6 percent decline from Although the twin birth rate rose by 76 percent between and , it declined 4 percent between and — the lowest rate in more than a decade. For women age 30 to 34, the twin birth rate declined by 10 percent; 12 percent for women age 35 to 39; and 23 percent for women age 40 and over.
It's possible that the birth rate for twins has slowed down because fertility treatments have improved. For example, with in vitro fertilizations IVF , doctors would usually transfer multiple embryos into the uterus at once to increase the chances of having one successful pregnancy. This also raises the likelihood of twins, but now doctors are transferring just one or, rarely, two embryos at a time to reduce high-risk pregnancies. That's because women who have a multiple pregnancy carrying more than one baby are at a higher risk for complications, including preterm birth, low birth weight, preeclampsia high blood pressure , gestational diabetes, and a cesarean birth.
Although the birth rate for triplets and higher-order multiples had quadrupled between and , it declined by 6 percent in and was down 55 percent from the peak in The number of triplet and multiple births was 3,, which is the lowest number reported since It's also less than half of 7, — the highest number of triplet and higher-order multiple births ever reported in Similar to twin births, the slowdown in triplet and higher-order multiple births is likely due to the improvements in fertility treatments.
About 20 years ago, fertility specialists would transfer four embryos routinely for women of all ages, but now women are getting, on average, half as many embryos transferred at one time. BabyCenter's editorial team is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world.
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