"Incidence 0.3%
Higher risk of
- miscarriage
- anaemia
- haemorrhage
- early labour
-caesarean section
- ventouse
-forceps delivery
25% complicated by pre-eclampsia.
Likely to have gestational diabetes.
Multiple Birth Death Rates:
Twins are 5 times more likely than singletons to die within a month of birth.
Triplets are 15 times more likely to die within a month of birth.
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