A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, where in the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate...

This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable higher order (4+) multiple births and pregnancies. Twins and triplets are sufficiently common...

offspring at a time, although they may have twin or multiple births on occasion. In these large animals, the birth process is similar to that of a human, though...

relatively high birth rates of twins have been documented. In 2008, Massachusetts has emerged as the most prolific producer of multiple births in the United...

other, reaching similar findings Multiple birth, because having twins is sometimes called having "multiples" Multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disease...

The cause of spontaneous preterm birth is often not known. Risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple gestation (being pregnant with more...

A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first, as is normal. Around 3–5% of pregnant women at term (37–40 weeks pregnant) have...

delivering a low birth weight baby. Women younger than 15 or older than 35 are at a higher risk to have a low-birth weight baby. Multiple births, where a mother...

multiple birth is a multiple. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgänger. The human twin birth rate...

involve multiple factors. Birth defects may be visible at birth or diagnosed by screening tests. A number of defects can be detected before birth by different...

Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period...

the 19th century as births began to take place in hospitals. Multiple studies have been performed concerning the safety of home births for both the child...

Water birth is labor and sometimes delivery that occurs in water, usually a birthing pool. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does...

Silent birth, sometimes known as quiet birth, is a birthing procedure advised by L. Ron Hubbard and advocated by Scientologists in which "everyone attending...

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying...

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy. Birth...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This damage disrupts...

citizenship or only do in certain cases (e.g., inheriting multiple nationalities at birth). This may be by requiring an applicant for naturalization...

This is a list of notable twins, siblings resultant from a multiple birth. Kaya and Sarp Akkaya (1980–) Shawn and Aaron Ashmore (1979–) Conrad (1923–2013)...

Asynclitic birth, an abnormal birth position Birth defect Childbirth positions Coffin birth Ferguson reflex Maternal health Multiple birth Obstetrical...

can have one or more gestations at the same time, for example in a multiple birth. The time interval of a gestation is called the gestation period. In...

the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth), these are monochorionic multiples. Monochorionic twins occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies...

The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish...

attention when she gave birth to the first surviving octuplets in January 2009. The circumstances of their high-order multiple birth led to controversy in...

of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to...

maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Kozhimannil KB, Hardeman RR, Attanasio LB, Blauer-Peterson C, O'Brien M (April 2013). "Doula care, birth outcomes...

A litter is the live birth of multiple offspring at one time in animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents, particularly from three...

count. A multiple pregnancy (e.g., twins, triplets, etc.) is counted as 1. Parity, or "para", indicates the number of births (including live births and stillbirths)...

triplets, and six sets of twins, for a total of fifteen births. The number of multiple births was caused by a rare genetic condition causing hyperovulation...

the risk of multiple births. This is directly related to the practice of transferring multiple embryos at embryo transfer. Multiple births are related...