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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With IVF there will be a higher chance of multiples.   Is your friend prepared to parent multiples or would she choose to selectively reduce?

I have a friend from high school in somewhat similar circumstances.   In her late 30's and was not in a relationship but knew she wanted to be a mom and worried about getting older...
She had IVF with sperm donation and conceived triplets. She was carrying all 3 but sadly one died in the womb, so only two babies were born.

In her situation, her mom was local and extremely helpful;  I think the mom actually moved in with her full time for the first year or so.  My friend is a teacher, so her job schedule is more conducive to parenting (off during school breaks and such.)[/quote]

They don't really put multiple embryos in anymore.[/quote]

Yeah, I don't think the PP understands IVF. You just transfer one embryo at a time if you don't want twins, etc. (Embryos can always split, but that's a risk with any pregnancy.)
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Maybe it was IVI and not IVF. I went with my single friend to the IVI clinic. The pictures clients had sent in were mostly twins, followed by many triplets and a few with just one dotted here and there. Procedure was done and they told her the odds were good as she had three eggs good to go. She kept repeating all the way home " Three eggs? Three eggs. Three! I'm going to need a mini van!!" She ended up pregnant with twins, but lost one early on. A few years later she had another by IVI and donor sperm.

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