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This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable higher order (4+) multiple births and pregnancies. Twins and triplets are sufficiently common to have their own separate articles. With the use of reproductive technology such as fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization (IVF) such births have become increasingly common. This list ...
In 1982, twins who were born with two different skin colors were discovered to be conceived as a result of heteropaternal superfecundation. [5] [7] In 1995, a young woman gave birth to diamniotic monochorionic twins, who were originally assumed to be monozygotic twins until a paternity suit led to a DNA test. This led to the discovery that the ...
The resultant age is known as fertilization age, conceptional age, embryonic age, fetal age or (intrauterine) developmental (IUD) [28] age. Gestational age, in contrast, takes the beginning of the last menstrual period (LMP) as the start point. By convention, gestational age is calculated by adding 14 days to fertilization age and vice versa. [29]
A study in 2013 involving 106 participating centers in 25 countries came to the conclusion that, in a twin pregnancy of a gestational age between 32 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days, and the first twin is in cephalic presentation, planned Cesarean section does not significantly decrease or increase the risk of fetal or neonatal death or serious ...
The Teen Mom 2 alum, 31, shares the twins and son Rio (who she gave birth in late 2022) with boyfriend Elijah Scott. She previously welcomed son Isaac with ex Jo Rivera in January 2010, son Lincol
Odalis Martinez De La O, 26, fell pregnant with her first baby on the last day of her menstrual cycle - before she conceived a second five days later
Bolt took the 100m and 200m Olympic gold medals in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Games and retired after the 2017 World Championships.
The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 9.4 to 16.7 twin sets (18.8 to 33.3 twins) per 1,000 births. [5] The Yoruba people have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, [6] [7] [8] possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may ...