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Question: Too much amniotic fluid
Q: “I am 27 weeks pregnant and have been told that there is too much fluid around the baby. One of the suggestions was that it could be Diabetes, the other was that the baby might not be swallowing properly. If the correct diagnosis is the latter of the two, what sort of long-term problems…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy
Tagged Amniotic fluid, diabetes, identical twins, Polyhydramnios
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Are my twins identical?
Expecting twins is very exciting and many parents experience double the excitement at their prenatal scans, but during prenatal scans almost 15% of parents may be misinformed about whether their twins are identical or not, says a new study from UCL. The research has highlighted the difficulties associated with determining whether same-sex twins are from…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Baby, News
Tagged dating scan, fraternal twins, identical, identical twins, News, Prenatal development, scan, Twins
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Why do twins occur?
Over 9,500 sets of twins were born in the UK in 2001. But, how and why do twins ‘happen’, and how do you tell if you’re carrying identical or fraternal twins? Twins can occur in two ways. In around a third of cases just one egg is fertilised but within days it splits, each half developing…
Posted in Multiple Births, Pregnancy
Tagged Baby, conception, Conjoined twins, fraternal twins, identical twins, Multiple birth, Placenta, Twin, Twins, why
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20 questions about twins
When parents find out that they’re expecting twins, their initial reaction is often one of shock. Regardless of whether or not this is a first pregnancy, most couples have a lot of questions that they need answering. Nurse, and mum of twins, answer your most common queries. How common are twins? Twins occur in about 1 in 80…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, fraternal twins, identical twins, morning sickness, Multiple birth, Pregnancy, premature, scan, Special Care Baby Unit, support, Tamba, triplets, TTTS, twin pregnancy, Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, Twins, Ultrasound
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