Australia's IVF birth rate for twins and triplets has plummeted

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Australia's IVF birth rate for twins and triplets has plummeted
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It's the lowest in Australia's 45-year history of IVF and it's a positive result for Aussies needing IVF to conceive, Professor Georgina Chambers told 9News.

found a record low percentage of mothers are having multiple births after falling pregnant from IVF – down to just 2.7 per cent.

"This is a good thing," Chambers, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit told 9News. She said researchers and clinicians in the IVF industry had worked hard for years to bring the rate of twin and triplet births down. Chambers said this new approach had not impacted the success of IVF in Australia, instead the industry had seen an increase year-on-year across all age groups.

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