WHAT IS THE RISK OF GETTING A MULTIPLE PREGNACY OR AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AFTER FERTILITY TREATMENT?
Because we used to put three embryos in IVF treatment cycle we used to get around 10% chances of twin pregnancies and 3% chances of triplet pregnancy. Since the number of embryos was reduced in the last 7-8 years the twin incidence was reduced to around 5% and triplet pregnancy rate was reduced to 1% We carefully assess each case for age, cause of infertility, quality of eggs, sperm and embryos and then decide how many embryos we want to replace. We also discuss this with every patient before embryo transfer. In young, with previous pregnancy and very good quality embryos we only replace one embryo and freeze the remaining embryos. Thereby reducing the risk of multiple pregnancy. The risk of an extra uterine pregnancy (ectopic) is around 2.5%. We have been unable to reduce this though we can diagnose ectopic pregnancy at a very early stage before it ruptures and treat it either but chemotherapy or by surgery .
