A woman carrying twins should visit her obstetrician more frequently than a mother carrying one child, as twin pregnancies require more monitoring. Mothers with twins usually require more ultrasounds to monitor the growth of both children. Morning sickness may worsen for a mother carrying twins. Hig...
Finally, we compared gestational age between boys and girls separately by 7 birth weight classes of 0.5 kg (0.75–1.25, …, 3.75–4.25 kg) and 5 birth length classes of 5 cm (32.5–37.5, …, 52.5–57.5 cm). For these analyses, in addition to the exclusion of unrealist...
In the present study, the authors focused on the association between inter-twin growth discordance (ITGD) based on estimated fetal weight (EFW) using ultrasound during pregnancy and the later development of preeclampsia (PE) [1]. ITGD is defined as the percentage difference in EFW or actual ...
"When she found out she was pregnant she was sick a lot and I told her she was going to have twins, she said, No, I said, yes you're going to have twins, and she went to the doctor that day and they took an ultrasound and she came back and she was crying and I said, 'wha...
Between June 2001 and February 2004, twins conceived spontaneously or following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were prospectively studied by ultrasound from 11–14 weeks' gestation onwards at 2–4-week intervals. Oral informed consent from parents was obtained in all cases. The chorionicity ...
My wife and I went in a had our 18 1/2 week ultrasound. We have 1 girl for sure, but the other baby we could not tell, but we were told it was another … Too Much of a Good Thing? My husband and I moved 10 hours away from family due to a job change for him. We have a...
Ultrasound detection of first trimester malformations: a pictorial essay IlseCastro-AragonMD,DeborahLevineMD, inRadiologic Clinics of North America, 2003 Conjoined twinsare rare, estimated to occur in 1:30,000 to 1:100,000 live births[40]. Conjoined twins aremonozygotic twinsthat had a late and...
Paternity DNA testing for twins presents unique challenges that require attention to additional details. Before beginning the DNA testing process on twins who may have different fathers, there are several factors to consider. There are two possible scenarios when the paternity of a set of twins is...
… includedexcellent prenatal carefor all three pregnancies;multiple screening ultrasounds(which I came to enjoy once the tech said that everything “looks great”);severe morning sicknessfor all three (requiring medication during twin set 2 and 3), whichalways ended by week 14(glorious week 14...
Although this seems conceivable only for monoamniotic twinning, the presence of a single yolk sac on ultrasound investigations in monochorionic diamniotic human twin pregnancies (as represented in Figure 3) has been reported to occur to such a degree that it is discouraged to use the number of ...