This problem of high order multiples is a LOT more common with procedures that don’t involve fertilization outside of the body. With IVF, there is an option to limit how many embryos are put back in, unlike using fertility drugs to make a woman produce multiple eggs and then allowing fertilization to take place internally (either the natural way or via intrauterine insemination). This couple had had zero embryos take in two previous rounds of IVF, so the chance of more than one taking from 5 transferred back was small, and the chance of more than two very very small — they gambled, almost certainly due to financial constraints — and got the improbable and unwanted result of too many. The net result, however, is two very much wanted babies who otherwise would never have come into the world.
“The net result, however, is two very much wanted babies who otherwise would never have come into the world.”
Don’t stop there...the “result” is also two dead boys.