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Re: I can't think of an appropriate subject for this question but please do read it!From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:41:22 -0600 (CST)
At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >I have read a lot that with IVF after 2 or 3 embryos are inserted into >uterus and if later on only 1 is alive the other 2 would be absorbed by >the body and will not affect the live embryo or cause infection or >whatever. The same is with vanishing twins. One of the twins who is >dead would not affect the other twin. Then why with a conception of >singleton when a missed abortion happens the dead embryo is not absorbed >by the body sometimes it is, or it passes naturally
and if it does not pass out there would be a risk for
>infection? What's the difference here? some of the difference has to do with how far along the embryos got -- and some is due to the fact that in a multiple gestation, the remaining embryos continue to make hormones
>Sorry if this sounds ignorant to you and Thanks for your educated
-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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