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Multiple-Birthing Trends: Impact on Couples and Families

Idaho State University

C. R. Auxier

Idaho State University

Todd M. Frye

Idaho State University

Current treatments for infertility often involve medical interventions that offer promising and sometimes unexpected results. One consequence has been a burgeoning of multifetal conceptions throughout the world. The purpose of this article is to review research on the effects of the multiple-birth experience on couples and families. Needs for future research and implications for couple and family counselors are presented.

The Family Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, 380-386 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480700084008


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