In multiple pregnancies, the gestational period is usually shorter unlike a normal pregnancy. According to a study by experts, the best time for twin birth It is when you reach 38 weeks of pregnancy.
Thanks to assisted reproduction techniques, there is an increase in multiple pregnancies and this entails some risks, such as the possibility that the gestational period is not completed and babies must be cared for by medical staff, since not ending this period does not end It has completed its maturation or taken the necessary weight.
A single fetus pregnancy has an average time of 40 weeks, while a multiple one is around 35-37 weeks. After the study conducted in 197 women with twin pregnancies, they have concluded that the optimal gestational age is 38 weeks, since the maturation of the fetuses is complete. We could say, complete? There are still a couple of weeks left. Well, according to studies, the lungs of twin children mature earlier than if it is a child alone and let the pregnancy lengthen until 40 weeks, the only thing that would really do would be to increase the risks of a serious problem for children. Children say that in this way the high mortality figures in these types of births are avoided. This is one of the recommendations of the American Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
