![]() Then, Twin A had what appeared to be a small corpus collosum, which has been linked to developmental disabilities. ![]() At first, we were told that Twin B had a two-vessel cord, meaning that they only had one vein bringing nutrients and one artery taking waste away, instead of two arteries. I cried because I already loved my babies, babies who were about the size of plums, and there was a chance we would have to say goodbye before we even got to say hello.Įvery week, I was back at the hospital for ultrasounds and visits with my doctor, and it seemed like every week, something else was wrong. As she described the risks and how different this pregnancy would be, I cried. Unfortunately, she simply confirmed that everything I had read was true. ![]() So, I hoped that the internet was wrong - I hoped that my doctor, who had delivered my son and had been fantastic during my first pregnancy, would tell me everything would be fine, and that we would end up with two healthy, wonderful babies. I was greeted by scary statistics that many mono mono (sometimes referred to as MoMo) pregnancies end in loss, including stillborn deaths that one or both babies could die due to cord entanglements, twin to twin transfusion syndrome, or cord pinches that all mono mono babies are delivered via c-section by 34 weeks at the latest, if not before then, and that many moms are admitted for inpatient monitoring at 24 weeks.Įveryone told me to ignore the statistics and to stop Googling before speaking with my doctor. Since I had never heard of mono mono twins, I did what I suspect many would do I turned to Google.
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