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[edit] Is it medical article or ..
I find this article, with redirect from Multiple Pregnancy. Looking at this article i don't understand is it medical article or ...zoology, with "List of famous multiple births". Another intersting thing, categories, where this article is included : Biological reproduction | Category:Zoology
So, my suggestion is, if this is med. article, to includ in Childbirth | Pregnancy | Gynecology and make cleanup. otherwise remove redirect to Multiple Pregnancy. thank you Dr.Gangino 03:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cardinals vs. ordinals
Do any of you know about this??
When it comes to how the births are named, 3 of them (5, 6, 9) use the Laitn ordinals whereas all the others use cardinals. Why?? Georgia guy 18:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Race
It is a lie that african women have more twins. I will delete this section since it is used by pseudo-scientific racialist theories. There is no real scientific basis for it.
-- Race and twinning actually does have scientific basis. The Yoruba tribe in Nigeria produces twins at a rate of over 45 per 1000, while Asian populations have a twinning rate of only 4 per 1000. Hormonal rates for egg stimulating hormones have been found in higher concentrations in women of African decent. See the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1989 - "The Yoruban Contribution to the Understanding of the Twinning Process" by M Creinin and L.G. Keith.
[edit] Seized Triplets
Certain cultures consider multiple births a portent of either good or evil. A Korean tradition stating that triplets are 'lucky' has led to the seizure of all sets of triplets born in North Korea, apparently out of leader Kim Jong-il's fear that one may overthrow him in the future.[1]
What happens to these seized triplets? Morhange 21:00, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conjoined triplets
Have there ever been cases of conjoined triplets? I don't see why there couldn't be.
Can conjoined triplets (or other higher multiples) exist? Dr. Rowena Spencer's 2003 book Conjoined Twins: Developmental Malformations and Clinical Implications discusses several cases of supposed conjoined triplets and quadruplets, most of which consist of one autosite with a number of parasites or acardiac twins (see above). However, a 2004 article in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology describes a case of parapagus dicephalus dibrachius dipus twins with triplet joined to the shared sternum, in the manner of xiphopagus twins. All three fetuses were well-formed and had approximately normal heads and extremities. This article provides conclusive proof that conjoined triplets, although extremely uncommon, can occur.
I'd say it's extremely unlikely, but possible. Judging by the fact that I couldn't find anything other than vague reports of supposed cases, I doubt any set has survived very long. Eiffelle 22:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Triplet Link
It leads to a disambiguation page, which leads back here-- circular. Shouldn't there be a page just for triplets? (I'm not entirely familiar with Wikipedia's policies or how to edit this.) 69.9.228.20 04:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
In fact, almost all of the links in that section are messed up. Most of them are circular, and one of them leads to a page about a TV show. I don't know how to fix that either, so can anyone help with that?
