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Re:After discovering he has at least 17 kids, man sues ferti... by Spooky23 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @11:11AM (#21147933)
It sounds like there were conditions (don't use it in this region, no more than 5 kids, etc) that weren't met.

For IVF, the best practice is to implant 3-4 embryos, sometimes less when the woman doesn't have fertility issues. Obviously circumstances vary and IVF results in more multiples, but you're not going to get 5 sets of triplets if the clinic is doing what they agreed to do.

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Re:After discovering he has at least 17 kids, man sues ferti... by silencio on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:40PM (#21151198)
current best practice is no longer that high unless you have very low quality early embryos and the eggs are from someone that is 38+ years old. even 3 can be pushing it.

i had genetically tested day 5 blastocysts with my last cycle and most fertility doctors will not dare transfer more than one of those at a time regardless of age. but that is the best quality to transfer nowadays.

nobody wants to optimize for multiples any more since the rate of issues for both the embryos and the gestational parent are pretty high.

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Re:After discovering he has at least 17 kids, man sues ferti... by meristem on Thursday October 03, 2019 @12:40PM (#21148929)
The number of live births (rate of success) has increased; even with older mothers there is a push for 1 or two implanted embryos at a time.
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