title: Welcomed triplets following gestation with retained intrauterine device.
abstract: Multiple gestations with concurrent intrauterine devices (IUDs) are rare events. We handled the case of a woman who discovered she was pregnant with triplets after the 12th week of gestation. Upon the mother's request the IUD was removed immediately and the pregnancy led a normal course until the planned caeserean delivery of three baby girls. This is the first report of triplet births after an early sharing occupancy of the narrow uterine cavity with an IUD. Such a gestation upon discovery should not automatically be presumed undesirable. Especially when faith issues are predominant such cases may end with satisfied parents as demonstrated in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine SIAL Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. sodyna@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Naimer Sody
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Abby
authors.forename: Maymon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eli
authors.forename: Biton
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amnon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014310:Triplets