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Multiple Pregnancy

Lance Townsend

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Twin pregnancies occur in about 1 in 80 pregnancies, and triplets in 1 in 6,400. Quadruplets and greater numbers are very rare. The incidence of twin pregnancies increases with maternal age and parity.

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Twin pregnancies occur in about 1 in 80 pregnancies, and triplets in 1 in 6,400. Quadruplets and greater numbers are very rare. The incidence of twin pregnancies increases with maternal age and parity.

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Twin pregnancies occur in about 1 in 80 pregnancies, and triplets in 1 in 6,400. Quadruplets and greater numbers are very rare. The incidence of twin pregnancies increases with maternal age and parity.

Key concepts: Quadruplets, Twin Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Parity (physics), Incidence (geometry), Pregnancy, Medicine, Fetus

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