A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate...

This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable higher order (4+) multiple births and pregnancies. Twins and triplets are sufficiently common...

and the calf progresses through the birth canal. The complete delivery of the calf (or calves in a multiple birth) signifies the end of stage two. The...

The cause of spontaneous preterm birth is often not known. Risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple gestation (being pregnant with more...

delivering a low birth weight baby. Women younger than 15 or older than 35 are at a higher risk to have a low-birth weight baby. Multiple births, where a mother...

A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first, as is normal. Around 3–5% of pregnant women at term (37–40 weeks pregnant) have...

relatively high birth rates of twins have been documented. In 2008, Massachusetts has emerged as the most prolific producer of multiple births in the United...

Silent birth, sometimes known as quiet birth, is a birthing procedure advised by L. Ron Hubbard and advocated by Scientologists in which "everyone attending...

the 19th century as births began to take place in hospitals. Multiple studies have been performed concerning the safety of home births for both the child...

Water birth is childbirth that occurs in water, usually a birthing pool. It may include the use of water for relaxation and pain relief during the first...

involve multiple factors. Birth defects may be visible at birth or diagnosed by screening tests. A number of defects can be detected before birth by different...

Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period...

other, reaching similar findings Multiple birth, because having twins is sometimes called having "multiples" Multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disease...

multiple birth is a multiple. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgänger. The human twin birth rate...

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying...

3390/medicina56020049. PMC 7074401. PMID 31973138. "Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and MS". Multiple Sclerosis Society. Serafini B, Rosicarelli B, Franciotta...

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy. Birth control...

This is a list of notable twins, siblings resultant from a multiple birth. Kaya and Sarp Akkaya (1980–) Shawn and Aaron Ashmore (1979–) Conrad (1923–2013)...

citizenship or only do in certain cases (e.g., inheriting multiple nationalities at birth). This may be by requiring an applicant for naturalization...

The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish...

A birth attendant, also known as skilled birth attendant, is a health professional who provides basic and emergency care to women and their newborns during...

can have one or more gestations at the same time, for example in a multiple birth. The time interval of a gestation is called the gestation period. In...

attention when she gave birth to the first surviving octuplets in January 2009. The circumstances of their high-order multiple birth led to controversy in...

Asynclitic birth, an abnormal birth position Birth defect Childbirth positions Coffin birth Ferguson reflex Maternal health Multiple birth Obstetrical...

the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth), these are monochorionic multiples. Monochorionic twins occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies...

The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the...

maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Kozhimannil KB, Hardeman RR, Attanasio LB, Blauer-Peterson C, O'Brien M (April 2013). "Doula care, birth outcomes...

children being orphaned, with average spacing between births, without twins and other multiples, and with surviving children not having severe physical...

A vaginal delivery is the birth of offspring in mammals (babies in humans) through the vagina (also called the "birth canal"). It is the most common method...

Denmark between 1980 and 1993. They studied the birth records to identify the effects of multiple birth, birth order, age of parents and the sexes of preceding...