Women Giving Birth to Twins Face Twice the Risk of Heart Problems, Study Finds

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Women who give birth to twins are twice as likely to experience heart-related complications compared to those who have singleton births, a study released on Monday reveals.

Published in the European Heart Journal, the research found that mothers of twins face a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized for heart disease within a year after giving birth. The study highlights that the risk is even greater for women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy, a condition known as preeclampsia.

The study, led by experts from Rutgers University in the United States, comes as the global rate of twin pregnancies has increased in recent decades, largely due to fertility treatments and older maternal ages.

Dr. Ruby Lin, a maternal-fetal medicine fellow at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the study’s lead author, explained, “The maternal heart works harder during twin pregnancies than during singleton pregnancies, and it takes weeks for the maternal heart to return to its pre-pregnancy state.”

This research underscores the added cardiovascular risks that mothers carrying twins may face, calling for increased monitoring and care.