IVF clinic says 50% of couples want twins

Half of Irish couples undergoing fertility treatment wish to have twins, according to a study by a leading international clinic.

In 2011, 142 Irish women attended a Spanish fertility clinic, mainly for egg donation to help to conceive a baby — with 70% over the age of 40.

A study on the Irish patients revealed how one-in-two told doctors at the Institut Marquès in Barcelona they wanted to give birth to twins — to have a readymade family with one pregnancy.