(Multiple Fetal Pregnancy Versus Singleton Pregnancy in Ain Shams Maternity Hospital during the Last Three years (2014- 2016

Abstract

A ‘multiple fetal pregnancy’ is the term used when you are expecting two or more babies at the same time. It occurs in about one in 80 pregnancies for twins and one in 8000 pregnancies for triplets. Fertility treatment increases the chances of multiple pregnancy. The incidence of multiple pregnancies varies worldwide, twin pregnancy comprise an increasing portion of total pregnancies in developed world due to the expanded use of fertility treatments and older maternal age at childbirth. In the United States, twin births account for 3.3 percent of live births in 2011. Twins pregnancy accounts for 96 percent of multiple births in United States. Dizygotic twins are more common than monozygotic twins 69 and 31 percent of twins’ birth (respectively in the absence of use of assisted reproductive techniques “ART”). The incidence of monozygotic twins is relatively stable worldwide at 3 to 5 of 1000 births.