In the past five months there have been 11 cases of triplets in the Dominican Republic. Of the cases, 10 were not the result of fertility treatments. Of the 11 cases, 10 were born to parents that do not have the means to adequately provide for three babies at once. The president of the Dominican Society of Gynecology, Dr. Alejandro Paradas said there could be hereditary factors involved, but he said it would be very interesting to carry out research to determine what is causing this extraordinarily high rate of multiple-births. Of the births, six have been born in the National District (Santo Domingo), and the other five have been born to mothers in Moca, Nagua, Salcedo, San Pedro de Macorís and Baní. Of the 33 children, 19 are boys and 14 are girls, according to a report in El Nacional newspaper.
