Does anyone know the symptoms of vanishing
twin syndrome?
Thanks
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 752 Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
Posted: 02-08-06 23:18pm
With ultrasound, it is now possible to
know as early as five or six weeks that
you are pregnant. However, with these
first trimester, early ultrasounds an
interesting side effect has occurred. The
early ultrasound confirms two or more
fetuses and a subsequent ultrasound
reveals the 'disappearance' of at least
one of the fetuses and an empty sac may be
visible. This 'disappearance' is called
vanishing twin.
Researchers now suspect that many more
multiples are conceived than previously
thought and unexplained bleeding early in
the pregnancy may be the miscarriage of a
multiple. In the past, women usually had
their first ultrasound later in their
pregnancy (after 12 weeks pregnant) and
therefore would never have known that they
were carrying multiples. Nowadays the use
of early ultrasound (in some cases as
early as five weeks pregnant) can confirm
a multiple birth pregnancy, while a later
ultrasound confirms the loss of one or
more of the babies. While not all cases
of vanishing twin are associated with
bleeding, this may explain why some women
experience some cramping, bleeding or
passage of tissue early in their
pregnancy, but nevertheless the pregnancy
continues, is uncomplicated and culminates
with the birth of a healthy child(ren).
Vanishing twin can also occur within
higher order multiple sets. I made an
initial contact for registration for
multiple birth prenatal classes with a
family 8-1/2 weeks pregnant with triplets.
When they arrived for the first class at
just over 13 weeks pregnant, they advised
that a subsequent ultrasound had shown
that they were now carrying two babies and
an empty sac was visible on the
ultrasound. This family had very sad
feelings because two other families in the
class were carrying triplets and they
should have been part of that group.
It is not uncommon for families with
vanishing twin to experience feelings of
sadness, grief and loss as they had
anticipated and looked forward to a
multiple birth.
It is not clear why one (or more) fetus
fails to develop and is either miscarried
or reabsorbed into the mother's system.
I supposedly had that happen to me cause I
had 2 amniotic sacs, but it's weird cause
I had my first u/s at 5 weeks and there
was only one sac but whenmy son was born,
I had my water break once on it's own and
then the doc had to burst another bag.
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QueenBee2_3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 194 Location: CT U.S.
Posted: 02-09-06 10:05am
lil_blaze2004
wrote:
i supposedly had that happen
to me cause I had 2 amniotic sacs, but
it's weird cause I had my first u/s at 5
weeks and there was only one sac but
whenmy son was born, I had my water break
once on it's own and then the doc had to
burst another
bag.
your water can break on its' own, but not
have a huge tear. The waters continue to
replenish even after breaking, until the
baby is delivered. Chances are that a
"second bag" wasn't broken but the same
bag of waters was broken again with a
larger hole. That happened to me for all
3 of my deliveries.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 02-09-06 13:45pm
queenbee2_3
wrote:
lil_blaze2004
wrote:
i supposedly had that happen
to me cause I had 2 amniotic sacs, but
it's weird cause I had my first u/s at 5
weeks and there was only one sac but
whenmy son was born, I had my water break
once on it's own and then the doc had to
burst another
bag.
your water can break on its' own, but not
have a huge tear. The waters continue
to replenish even after breaking, until
the baby is delivered. Chances are that
a "second bag" wasn't broken but the same
bag of waters was broken again with a
larger hole. That happened to me for
all 3 of my
deliveries.
