Selective Fetal Reduction

Where to Start for Information on Selective Fetal Reduction:

• Check out the following Creating a Family radio shows:

  • July 27, 2011: So Your Expecting Multiples, Now What?

  • January 27, 2010: Fetal Reduction to Reduce Risk of Triplets and More

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• Washington Post Magazine ran an very thorough article titled "Too Much to Carry? Women pregnant with multiple fetuses face one of the toughest choices imaginable: Risk the health of all, or take the lives of some" May 20, 2007
• Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction is a sensitive article exploring the many issues couples think about when faced with the decision of fetal reduction
• This is one woman’s story of reducing triplets to twins. She is still pregnant with the twins when this story is written and she is struggling with and regretting her decision.
• Well designed decision tree type analysis with good unbiased information from PeaceHealth titled Multiple pregnancy: Should I consider a multifetal pregnancy reduction?  This site was last updated in March 2008, but the information was accurate as far as we could tell.