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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who haven't done IVF in a while - even within a year or two - most of the reputable REs won't do 2 anymore anyway... for all the risks mentioned.  Nothing against twins - mine are awesome - but I had an intensely scary and unhealthy pregnancy, one kids with mild disability issues and one born with a slight physical malfunction from basically being smushed in the womb.  I have loved every minute of life with my twins, but in retrospect & with science knowing now what it didn't know then, there's really no excuse for transferring multiples anymore.[/quote]

Is this true? They aren’t doing 2 embryos with IVF anymore? So will people look back on the 2000s and 2010s as the big twin baby boom? Are the days of 3 sets of twins in one classroom going to be a thing of the past?[/quote]

I think the onset of PGS/PGD testing really lead to fewer twin outcomes, particularly for younger women with DOR who if they generate blasts are likely to have good ones. That said there is a bit of a rebound of higher order transfers with the transfer of mosiacs and the concern about false abnormal PGS testing in difficult cases.

When I began IVF my first RE was focused on PGS testing and putting back one embryo. For example once cycle I had just 2 fertilized embryos, they grew them out to 5 days and put back the one that reached blast (untested). They should have put both back on day 3, which is perfectly in line with SART guidelines.

After multiple failures including the transfer of 2 PGS normal embryos that didnt take, I am seeing a new RE. Given my previous difficulties he has recommended skipping PGS testing and putting back 2 or 3 blasts at a time.  Since I am older he says the chances of twins are small bc of egg quality.

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