Single Embryo Transfer 🤱🏻eSET
Having twins or boy-girl twins is one of the most common requests from couples who come for consultation.
To be honest, seeing someone walking outside with an adorable pair of boy-girl twins can make many people feel envious.
However, from an obstetrician’s perspective, multiple pregnancy is considered a high-risk pregnancy.
For the mother, the risks of gestational hypertension, diabetes, cesarean section, and blood loss all increase.
The greatest concern, however, is premature birth.
For the babies, there may be pregnancy loss during the course of pregnancy, and the most common issue is still premature birth.
Because premature babies have immature lungs, they may need a ventilator or admission to the intensive care unit.
They are often underweight and may also face feeding difficulties.
In the long term, a child’s growth and development, hearing, vision, and even learning ability may all be affected.
In fact, if a baby is born prematurely, the effects of prematurity may last a lifetime.
The parents may also spend the rest of their lives caring for premature children.
For the family, this creates a major burden in terms of caregiving manpower and financial cost.
The purpose of pregnancy is to give birth to a healthy and normal child, then raise and educate the child well into adulthood.
Over the past decade, reproductive medicine communities both in Taiwan and internationally have increasingly favored single embryo transfer.
The goal is to avoid multiple pregnancy and reduce the risks it may bring to the mother, babies, and family.
I strongly support this concept.
Please remember: The Power of One!
Yun-I wishes you good pregnancy luck!
