title: Birth management after in vitro fertilisation: a report of 178 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate birth management after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and the incidence of multi-foetal pregnancies after IVF.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed 178 cases of women who underwent IVF and parturition at the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo (UCCK) in Prishtina, Kosovo. We examined maternal age, gestational age at delivery, mode of birth, indications for Caesarean section, the gender, birth weight, and vitality of the infant, the time spent in our clinic, and the percentage of multi-foetal pregnancies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that 97% of births resulting from IVF were performed via Caesarian section, and that 35% of these births were multi-foetal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on our research, we concluded that a high percentage of births resulting from IVF require Caesarean section. Multi-foetal pregnancies comprise about 35% of these births.
authors.affiliation: Gynecology/Obstetrics Clinic, Clinical Center of Prishtina, Kosovo.
authors.forename: Myrvete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paçarada
authors.forename: Niltene
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kongjeli
authors.forename: Gyltene
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kongjeli
authors.forename: Bujar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Obërtinca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001034:Apgar Score; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012744:Sex Ratio; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology