I wanted to clarify where we got the 1 in 70 million odds of having 2 sets of identical twin quadruplets. There has been several numbers quoted in different articles. 1 in a million or 1 in 70 million, we think our babies are heaven sent!!! Identical twins result when a fertilized egg splits into two embryos. Twins occur in about 2% of all pregnancies, according to the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Of those, 30% are identical twins. The odds of having two sets of twins at once is about 1 in 70 million, said Dr. Alan Penzias, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. (quoted from CNN news) Dr. Alan Penzias attended medical school at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, before completing his residency at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He then completed his fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI). He is board certified in Reproductive Endocrinology. Dr. Penzias not only serves as the Waltham Center’s Medical Director, but also as an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. There, he teaches Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. He is also associated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School as the Director of the REI fellowship program. Dr. Penzias is on the board of directors for the American Fertility Association as well as part of the executive counsel for the Society for Associated Reproductive Technologies. He has served as editor for multiple medical journals including Reproductive Biomedicine Online and Fertility and Sterility. He has also been on the Medical Advisory Boards for various pharmaceutical companies and laboratories.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:25:54 +0000
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