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Color Coding Your Babies And Other Tips For Raising Triplets

Audrey Degraaf (left) found out this summer that she's pregnant with triplets. Lorie Shelley gave birth to triplets — two boys and a girl — nearly 20 years ago. Courtesy of Audrey Degraaf; Lorie Shelley hide caption

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Color Coding Your Babies And Other Tips For Raising Triplets

Audrey Degraaf is having triplets and is pretty terrified. Lorie Shelley just sent her triplets to college. Get ready for exhaustion and giggling, and to be amazed at your capacity for love, she says.

Color Coding Your Babies And Other Tips For Raising Triplets

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Fertility Drugs, Not IVF, Are Top Cause Of Multiple Births

Nurses tend newborns at Sloane Hospital for Women in New York City. Pat Carroll/Getty hide caption

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Fertility Drugs, Not IVF, Are Top Cause Of Multiple Births

For years doctors have been telling women that it's risky to implant multiple embryos when they do in vitro fertilization. They've listened, and the number of multiples from IVF has dropped. But the number of births of triplets or more has barely budged because of women's use of fertility drugs.