The incidence of multiple births continues to rise (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2011) with a current rate of between three and 5% of all births (National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, 2011).
Lead researcher Dr Jennifer Hollowell of the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University, said that the increased risk was fairly modest for obese women who did not have conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes or a previous caesarean section, and the risks were quite low if the woman had given birth previously.
The study, funded by the Department of Health and carried out by the national
perinatal epidemiology unit at Oxford University, found 76% of women were not left alone at a time when it worried them during labour or afterwards.
Dr Marian Knight, of the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University, led the study.
The study by the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) at Oxford University found that the procedure can leave women 3.5 times more likely to have a hysterectomy.
In 2006, the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit claimed that 88.5% of primiparous women were offered classes at their local hospital or clinic (Redshaw et al, 2007).
A 2010 study by the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit reported that 65 percent of men helped 'a great deal' with nappy changing.
The National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) carried out the survey and it invited 4,800 postnatal women to complete a questionnaire about their experiences during summer 2006.
Nevertheless the majority of the children born following IVF will have a good outcome just like any other children," said Prof Jenny Kurinczuk, director of the National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford.
In the report, Dr Claire Carson, a researcher at the University of Oxford's National
Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, analysed data on 12,136 children included in the Millennium Cohort Study.