Thursday, March 28, 2024

Twins Will Have Birthdays ‘Months’ Apart

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Stock photo (Not twins in story)

*When we think of twins we usually assume they were born together, right? I mean, one at least following the other. And that is usually a safe assumption to make.

Until its not.

Imagine your twin being born not days…not weeks…but months after you. Would that still make it your twin?

Well, once you hear the backstory it may not seem so strange.

As of this writing, one couple in Washington state is preparing for the birth of their second twin after the first twin was born on Sept. 29.

The twins Holli Gorveatt was carrying developed a condition called “twin to twin” syndrome, which meant one of the babies was drawing blood from the other one in utero.

The condition can leave both twins negatively affected. One would be bloated and the other one, sickly.     Dr. Martin Walker, the director of fetal medicine at Evergreen Health Medical Center, says the condition is fatal in 90 percent of cases if left untreated.

Read more at EURThisNthat.

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