2-for-1 is no baby bargain, doctors say - MSNBC
For couples struggling to conceive a child, news of becoming pregnant with multiples following infertility treatment is often cause for celebration. Some even wish for it.
"I hear that frequently: I want twins. I don't want to pay for this again. The two-birds-with-one-stone thing," says Dr. Robert Stillman, medical director of Shady Grove Fertility Center in Washington, D.C., and a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. They see twins in a stroller at Starbucks and think, I've been at this for four years. Why not just do this two at a time?
But the truth is that having multiples, even twins, comes with significant health risks, and the cost of their care can be staggering.
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