As we know, the end goal of all couples that are suffering from infertility is having a child. When patients are tired from all infertility treatments, they resort to assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization or surrogacy treatment as a final and practical solution.
In the last few decades, surrogacy has been a common infertility treatment with good and acceptable outcomes.
There is a fact that children are a gift of the Lord, and they make life happier, and they are as source of energy for their parents but sometimes because of the unfavorable economic conditions of the family and parents involved in business and other difficulties, the couples prefer to have just one baby. For these reasons some patients emphasize these issues to their specialist.
The chance of having twins with surrogacy causes some couples with poor economic conditions to be scared of IVF and surrogacy treatment.
In addition to the expensive prices of surrogacy procedures, the parents may need a nurse to take care of their newborn children full-time.
Also, women who have carried twins should tolerate many more difficulties during pregnancy. In other words, they may face much tiredness, hunger, nausea, and vomiting.
Therefore, carrying twins or triplets is not easy for a surrogate mother. And it may have some risks for her.
Despite these problems, some intended parents and surrogate mothers would prefer to opt for a multiple birth because they desire having multiple babies during one process, and it is affordable for them.
So before taking any action, we should know what the reasons are for having twins or triplets with surrogacy. Do infertility specialists confirm it or do they not? Can we avoid twins or triplets?
Having twins with surrogacy
If you are suffering from infertility and you have dreams of getting pregnant or dreams of having a newborn but you doubt that IVF treatment or getting a surrogate mother is right for you or not, please read this article carefully as we explain the reasons for getting twins or triplets with surrogacy in this article.
We assure you that it will be useful for you and answer your questions and reduce your concerns.
When are having twins or multiple births during surrogacy possible?
First of all, we should understand why twin pregnancy is more common in surrogacy and when it usually happens.
We have explained surrogacy treatment in previous articles, but if we want to review it shortly, we should say surrogacy is one of the fertility treatment methods in which fertility specialists remove an egg from the woman’s ovaries and then fertilize it with sperm in a laboratory environment. After that, the new embryos are transferred to the uterus of the woman or a surrogate mother to grow and develop.
But when a single fertilized egg (called an embryo) splits into multiple cells or when the fertility specialists transfer more than one embryo to the uterus, the twins or multiple births take place.
So as it is clear, surrogacy needs much time and has expensive prices.
Therefore, it is normal that the intended parents and the fertility specialists expect to achieve to positive outcomes and they don’t want the treatment to get failed results.
Therefore, it is normal that the intended parents and the fertility specialists expect to achieve positive outcomes, and they don’t want the treatment to get failed results.
In order to reduce the risk of the failure of the surrogacy process, the specialists usually implant more than one embryo into the womb of the surrogate mother. Also, you should know that implanting multiple embryos does not always give you twins or multiple babies.
Sometimes multiple embryos transferring just lead to born one baby. Actually the fertility specialists just attempt to increase the chance of the success rate of the treatment. For this reason, the fertility specialists encourage women to transfer multiple embryos to prevent and avoid the lower success rate and financial and emotional failure of patients.
Can you have twins via surrogacy?
The answer to this question is yes. Since in the surrogacy process the embryo is transferred to the surrogate mother’s uterus through IVF, you can have an increased chance of having twins if more than one embryo is transferred. If more than one embryo has high quality, with the decision of you and your doctor, two embryos may be transferred. The chance of implanting both embryos is not so high, but the chances of having twins with surrogacy will definitely increase after that.
Moreover, just like a normal pregnancy, the embryo can have a natural split in the uterus, resulting in identical twins. Studies show that IVF can slightly increase the chance of natural embryo splitting. Although having twins is the dream of many couples, you should have certain considerations before attempting to have multiple babies. In the surrogacy process, you need to consider the risks and the compensation of the surrogate mother because it will definitely raise your expenses.
Why are twins more common in surrogacy?
Having twins are more common in surrogacy since the embryo transfer is done through the IVF process, and in order for IVF to be successful, multiple embryos may be transferred at the same time so that the chance of implanting at least one embryo in the uterine lining goes higher. Consequently, IVF carries a higher chance of multiple pregnancies. However, the desired goal of surrogacy is having a safe delivery and a healthy baby, not necessarily producing twins. Today, transferring more than one embryo is mostly not recommended due to the risks involved, unless there is a medical reason that convinces the doctor to transfer more than one embryo
Final recommendations:
As we always mention in our articles, before taking any action, the patients should research for a professional medical care team and equipped clinics and hospitals for treatment so the patients could trust them and consult with their fertility specialists in all steps of the treatment process.
Also if you intend to have multiple babies, they should consider the surrogate mother’s conditions and other influencing factors so the surrogate mother should accept the transfer of multiple embryos.
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