Re: Vanishing Twin?

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With only one follicle on scan before ovulation, it is unlikely that you ovulated two eggs. The fertilized egg could have divided, creating two embryos. >
>2. Looking at other ultrasounds of vanishing twins on the internet,
>they do not have a uterus full of blood, just a placenta getting
>smaller. Why would mine be a pool of blood instead of a formed
>placenta? Is this normal?

It can be normal, depending on when the scan is done in relation to the loss of the twin. >
>3. I've run across brief suggestions that vanishing twin syndrome is a
>higher risk for cerebral palsey. Any thoughts?

Probably not this early in pregnancy. This suggestion is related to a twin lost later in the pregnancy. There are probably many pregnancies that begin as a twin gestation. I have heard one suggestion of as many as 40% of pregnancies begin as twins. I think this a bit high, but I think it is more common than we know. >
>4. What else could this blood be from?

Marginal seperation of the placenta, threatened abortion >
>5. I have a 16-month old. Could I have done damage by playing with her
>too rough--running, wrestling, picking her up?

Very doubtful. You really can't do much to a healthy first trimester pregnancy. They are very well protected... Lynn

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Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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