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...
On Apr. 22, the couple discovered that their surrogate was pregnant. Then on July 7, the pair announced that they were expecting twins and shared a video of their travels to Seattle to see their surrogate's six-week ultrasound. The couple explained that they wanted to document the journey ...
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...
Twin Ultrasound To Determine Gender 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 ...
Two weeks later, another ultrasound was performed; two fetuses with a common heart were observed. In 10th week of pregnancy, two fetuses with two hearts and an attached thorax were observed. A diagnosis of thoracopagus was made, and the pregnancy was terminated. Conclusion(s) Conjoined twins ...
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 ...
This twin baby carrier arrived on the scene in 2011 and now has an original version as well as the "TwinTrexx 2". It was invented by a mother of twins and offers some helpful configurations for babies from 7 to 25 pounds. It can be used front to back, side to side or as a single...
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 ...
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...
If paternity of the set of twins is in question and the twins are thought to beidentical: A DNA paternity test can be performed by comparing the twins’ DNA to the alleged father(s). It is recommended that the mother participate in the testing, but it is not required. ...