TTTS - They had given up hope of both of them surviving
18 Jun 2009 - 3:05pm 0 CommentsTwenty Fingers, Twenty Toes
by Nikki Carpenter
1st October 2003 my body was at a three year olds birthday party, my mind was still recovering from the 5 pregnancy tests I had taken yesterday. The new digital pregnancy test had just been released and I was convinced they didn’t work properly, but somehow the following 4 tests I took didn’t make it real either. It was a planned pregnancy, but I didn’t expect to fall pregnant within the first week of trying, I....
Twin terminology - what does it all mean ?
15 May 2009 - 1:58pm 0 CommentsTwin Terminology
There are 3 main reference points which you may hear a lot of from now on in. They include the chorion (placenta), the amnion (the sac containing fluid in which the baby grows) and the zygosity (referring to the egg). These terms refer to whether the babies have their own amniotic sac, their own chorion (placenta) and whether they came from one egg or two.
A prefix of mono means one, so monochorionic means one placenta, diamniotic means 2 amniotic ....
