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Question
Hello doctor,
My wife has twins in the uterus: 1 placenta, 2 amniotic chambers. One fetus lives in the uterus for about 11 weeks and 5 days, the other stops growing in the uterus for about 8 weeks. So the doctor let me ask pregnant women with twins, is it dangerous for one fetus to stop developing? Thank you doctor.
Trinh Van Manh Kha (1996)
Answer
Answered by Specialist I To Thi Thanh Huong - Obstetrics Department, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
Hi friends,
With the question "Is it dangerous for a pregnant woman to be pregnant with twins, or is it dangerous to stop developing one fetus? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Twin pregnancy 1 stillbirth, 1 fetus develops normally. Actually, this is not uncommon. It is estimated that up to 7 - 36% of twin pregnancies after IVF have an early miscarriage from twins to one pregnancy. In the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, about 5% of twins have 1 or 2 stillbirths. If early miscarriage, the small fetus may disappear and no longer be seen on ultrasound nor affect the remaining fetus. However, if this occurs late, fetal loss can persist to the end of pregnancy with the live fetus and increase some risks to the live fetus such as stillbirth and brain damage. Therefore, your wife still needs to be closely monitored at major medical centers so that the doctor can give detailed advice and closely monitor the pregnancy. In case your wife is stillborn from a very early stage, the pregnancy can disappear and not affect the developing fetus. Your wife should still monitor the pregnancy periodically according to the doctor's appointment and take a full vitamin and mineral supplement.
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