Fertility clinics were issued with fresh guidelines yesterday to help reduce the number of women who have multiple pregnancies after IVF treatment. Britain has one of the highest rates of multiple pregnancy in Europe, with doctors warning that they put women and their babies at far greater risk of medical complications. Under the guidelines, clinics will be encouraged to transfer only single embryos to the womb whenever the procedure is likely to be successful.
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Lack of IVF funding 'putting mothers at risk from dangerous multiple births' - The Telegraph 3rd August 2008
New IVF guidelines 'could hit the childless' with single embryo limit - Daily Mail 3rd September 2008
New IVF guidelines 'could hit the childless' with single embryo limit - Daily Mail 3rd September 2008
Single embryo guidance to clinics - BBC Health News 2nd September 2008
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