To conceive quadruplets naturally, you have to beat one in 700,000 odds. Shontae Minor, 22, and Khristian Rohena, 34, one-upped those odds after naturally conceiving and giving birth to quads, despite the fact that Khristian had been diagnosed with a medical condition should have prevented him from being able to conceive children.
A Mexican woman who recently gave birth to sextuplets prematurely is now facing those odds and the entire world is watching, waiting and hoping for the best.
In vitro fertilization is often a last resort for couples who want to conceive. While there are other ways to experience parenthood, such as surrogacy or adoption, no other options exist for experiencing pregnancy or birth. For this reason alone, couples may often be more desperate to try any measures possible to conceive
For Emma and Martin Robbins, just seeing their quads healthy and thriving is enough; it’s not about the odds. But according to experts, the circumstances that surrounded their birth made Emma and Martin winners of a “baby lottery” of sorts.
The rate of multiple births have been on the rise for quite some time now, so it’s not surprising that many schools across the country have a set or two in their district, but a school district that has 23 sets of multiples is news worthy!
A recent story in The New York Times, “The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy,” has sparked a lot of controversy. What’s the controversy about? To put it plainly – abortion. In this story, however, even the pro-choicers are struggling with the ethics and morals of reducing a multiple pregnancy.
More triplets are being born, and not all of them are through IVF a new study is showing. Unfortunately with these rising numbers come rising risks.
Thanks to modern medical advances, more multiple-child pregnancies are able to happen. However, the rates of twins and triplets is still fairly rare. That is, except at one school that seems to have more than it’s share.
Amber Ali and Andre Whitaker are proud parents with a very interesting story. They were expecting to have one baby, but they ended up having three. While that would be somewhat normal in this new era of fertility treatments, Amber’s story is extraordinary because she is a triplet.
