Vanishing twin syndrome??
Apr 27, 2018 18:34:17 GMT -6
Post by chicknik423 on Apr 27, 2018 18:34:17 GMT -6
Hi ladies!
I finally had my first appointment/dating ultrasound. Baby looks good and has a heart beat of around 178 bpm. After the ultrasound, the tech came back with a doctor, which I thought was odd, as a doctor had never talked with me after a dating ultrasound with my other pregnancies.
He said that everything looked good with the baby, but that there was something that he wanted to show me. He pulled up a pic on the monitor that showed 2 sacs-- one with the baby and another that was much smaller and completely empty. He said the pregnancy most likely started as a twin pregnancy, but that the second baby stopped developing at some point and would just be reabsorbed by my body. There was no tissue or anything visible in the sac, so I am assuming it stopped developing pretty early on (I'm 9w 2d right now).
In the moment, I was just surprised and relieved the one baby was doing well. I didn't have time to think of any questions to ask. The doctor made it sound like vanishing twin syndrome is pretty common and the surviving baby usually has absolutely no negative effects. Once I got home, however, I started researching, and came across a study that found that the surviving twin has a three-fold increased risk of having some type of chromosomal abnormality. Cue freakout.
Up until this point, I was going to skip any of the genetic screening/diagnostic tests, as I have done with prior pregnancies. However, now I'm spiraling and worried that there might be something wrong with baby, and I feel like I need to know. Apparently genetic screenings will most likely be inaccurate because it can pick up some genetic info from the "vanished" twin.
I'm not sure what I am looking for here, and I apologize for rambling. My next appointment isn't for another month, which I hope is still early enough for this to be discussed with the doctor and decisions regarding testing to be made. Does anyone have experience with vanishing twin syndrome?
I finally had my first appointment/dating ultrasound. Baby looks good and has a heart beat of around 178 bpm. After the ultrasound, the tech came back with a doctor, which I thought was odd, as a doctor had never talked with me after a dating ultrasound with my other pregnancies.
He said that everything looked good with the baby, but that there was something that he wanted to show me. He pulled up a pic on the monitor that showed 2 sacs-- one with the baby and another that was much smaller and completely empty. He said the pregnancy most likely started as a twin pregnancy, but that the second baby stopped developing at some point and would just be reabsorbed by my body. There was no tissue or anything visible in the sac, so I am assuming it stopped developing pretty early on (I'm 9w 2d right now).
In the moment, I was just surprised and relieved the one baby was doing well. I didn't have time to think of any questions to ask. The doctor made it sound like vanishing twin syndrome is pretty common and the surviving baby usually has absolutely no negative effects. Once I got home, however, I started researching, and came across a study that found that the surviving twin has a three-fold increased risk of having some type of chromosomal abnormality. Cue freakout.
Up until this point, I was going to skip any of the genetic screening/diagnostic tests, as I have done with prior pregnancies. However, now I'm spiraling and worried that there might be something wrong with baby, and I feel like I need to know. Apparently genetic screenings will most likely be inaccurate because it can pick up some genetic info from the "vanished" twin.
I'm not sure what I am looking for here, and I apologize for rambling. My next appointment isn't for another month, which I hope is still early enough for this to be discussed with the doctor and decisions regarding testing to be made. Does anyone have experience with vanishing twin syndrome?