Contents
1 EpidemiologyofMultiple Pregnancy 1
Hong-Thao Thieu and Errol
R. Norwitz
2 Assisted Conception and Multiple Pregnancy: Strategies to Reduce Rates 11
Mariano Mascarenhas and Adam Balen
3 Zygosity, Chorionicity and Amnionicity 18
Waldo Sepulveda and Amy E.
Wong4 Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction 39
Simi Gupta Talati and Andrei Rebarber
5 Gestational Dating in Multiple Pregnancy 48
Pierre Mace, Houman Mahallati and Laurent J. Salomon
6 Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy in Multiple Pregnancy 54
Maria del Mar Gil and Kypros Nicolaides
7 Screening for Fetal Abnormality in Multiple Pregnancy 64
Carolina Bibbo, Julian N. Robinson and Beryl Benacerraf
8 Screening and Diagnosis of Complications of Shared Placentation 76
Caitlin D. Baptiste and Lynn Simpson
9 Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Multiple Pregnancy 92
Ranjit Akolekar
10 Conjoined Twinning: Diagnosis and
Management 99
Alice King and Michael
A. Belfort
11 ManagementofDiscordantFetal
Anomaly 112
Rajit Narayan and Jon Hyett
12 Single and Double Fetal Loss in Twin
Pregnancy 123
Mark D. Kilby, Leo Gurney, Janice
L. Gibson and R. Katie Morris
13 ManagementofTwin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome 135
Christian Bamberg and Kurt Hecher
14 Management of Twin
Anaemia-Polycythaemia
Sequence 147
Liesbeth Lewi and Enrico Lopriore
15 Management of Twin-Reversed
Arterial Perfusion (TRAP)
Sequence 157
Werner Diehl
16 Management of Fetal Growth
Pathology in Multiple
Pregnancy 168
Nikolaos Antonakopoulos and Asma Khalil
17 Management of Monoamniotic Twins 181
Vagisha Pruthi, Shiri Shinar, Johannes Keunen, Greg Ryan and Tim van Mieghem
18 Maternal Complications in Multiple Pregnancy 188
Sarah Rae Easter and Mike Foley
19 Risk Assessment and Screening for Preterm Birth in Multiple Pregnancy 201
Amanda Roman, Alexandra Ramirez, Guillermo Gurza and Vincenzo Berghella
20 Prevention of Preterm Birth in Multiple Pregnancies 210
Abdallah Adra
21 Optimal Antenatal Care in Multiple Pregnancy 221
Leanne Bricker
22 Triplet and Higher-Order Pregnancy: Special Considerations 233
Ann McHugh and Fergal Malone
23 Timing of Delivery in Multiple Pregnancy 241
Laure No¸l and Basky Thilaganathan
24 Mode of Delivery in Multiple Pregnancy 249
Amir Aviram, Jon F. R.
Barret, Elad Mei-Dan and Nir Melamed25 Practical Management of Vaginal
Delivery in Multiple Pregnancy 259
Julian N. Robinson
26 Neonatal Care Aspects of Multiple Pregnancy 270
Alejandra Barrero-Castillero and
DeWayne M. Pursley
27 Lifestyle Considerations for Multiple Pregnancy 282
Nathan S. Fox
28 Emotional and Mental Well-Being in
Multiple Pregnancy 289
Lala Langtry White
29 New Frontiers in Multiple Pregnancy Management 318
Caroline J. Shaw and Christoph C. Lees
30 Multiple Pregnancy Resources for
Professionals and the Public 329
Natasha Fenwick and Jane Gorringe
31 Obstetric Anaesthesia in Multiple
Pregnancy 340
Tarek Ansari
Index 351
The colour plate section can be found between pages 180 and 181
Video content can be found in the resources at www.cambridge.org/multiplepregnancies