Dr Jan Holte told the annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, that if this model were to be applied in all fertility clinics, it had the potential to reduce the twin rates to the level of just under two percent seen in the normal population. Already, another four clinics have started to use the model.
Sweden leads the world in attempts to reduce multiple pregnancies by transferring only one embryo to a woman’s womb during fertility treatment whenever possible.