The woman who was pregnant with twins does have challenges. There are some risks that can be experienced by the child or pregnant mother of twins, especially twin’s babies more than two. Twin pregnancies may occur due to various factors, such as heredity from parents or her grandmother, maternal age at pregnancy, maternal height and weight, the effect of previous pregnancies, race, and food consumed.

The biggest risk factor of infant twins were born prematurely, before reaching 37 weeks gestational age because the average age of a single pregnancy is 40 weeks. Some of the baby and placenta is sometimes experienced competition for nutrients from the mother. This could trigger a shortage of nutrients in one baby who was conceived, compared with singleton pregnancies that do not require nutrient competition. In general, the greater the number of babies conceived, the greater the health risks that may be experienced by the baby because it was the experts always try to avoid possible complications that may occur.

Therefore, for pregnant women are known to contain the twin babies need more attention to his nutritional intake and regular exercise control on the development of the baby growth. Most twin pregnancies of more than two babies usually do not occur naturally but rather a result of IVF, artificial insemination or the effect of fertility treatment which makes a woman can get more than one ovum.

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