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Twins born in Queensland, Australia have been found to belong to an extremely rare in-between type known as “semi-identical” twins. This is only the second known case in the world, and the first time it was identified during pregnancy using genetic testing.
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Knowing whether you’re having fraternal twins or identical twins can be important for your antenatal care and also for your children’s health later in life.
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Did you know there are more types of twins than just identical or fraternal? I didn’t realize that until I was pregnant with twins and started doing my research, and I’m glad I did since my twins were at higher risk and I needed to be seen more often but my OB didn’t know that.
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What's the difference between Fraternal Twins and Identical Twins? Fraternal twins are “dizygotic,” meaning that they developed from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, while identical twins are “monozygotic” i.e., they developed from a single fertilized egg that split. The likelihood of identical...
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A high risk twins pregnancy is an emotional journey. In addition to the surprise of an identical twins pregnancy--we learned we were expecting momo twins.
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