Attitudes of in vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination couples toward multiple gestation pregnancy and multifetal pregnancy reduction.
OBJECTIVE
To determine attitudes regarding multiple pregnancy and multifetal pregnancy reduction in couples embarking on gonadotropin therapy.


METHODS
Questionnaire given to couples initiating gonadotropin therapy.


METHODS
University hospital-based infertility unit.


METHODS
Twenty-seven couples undergoing IVF and 50 couples undergoing IUI.


RESULTS
The groups' responses tended to be quite similar, with all groups reporting declining favorability ratings as the fetal order increased. The IUI group did feel more favorable than the IVF group toward all gestational outcomes and less favorable toward multifetal pregnancy reduction. A history of live births and length of infertility had no significant impact on the results.


CONCLUSIONS
Couples undergoing gonadotropin therapy have an overall favorable attitude toward multiple gestational pregnancies of triplets or twins and an increased willingness to consider multifetal pregnancy reduction for quadruplets and more.
Goldfarb
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
Kinzer
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DJ
Boyle
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Kurit
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D001290:Attitude; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D018607:Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal / Q000523:psychology*; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires