Hilary can't be sure whether it was she or one of her sisters who subsumed their fellow fetus when they were in their mother’s womb, but she enjoys jokingly taking the blame when the matter comes up ...

After the developing twin disappears, its fetal tissue is absorbed by the surviving baby and its mother. A vanishing twin can cause feelings of confusion, anxiety, and grief for people who have ...

early ultrasound or fetal heartbeat confirms the presence of two fetuses. But in later tests, only one fetus remains. The vanishing twin is absorbed by the remaining twin, the placenta ...

Not a trace remains. I was desperate for information, but while I knew what had happened–one twin had been lost in a miscarriage, and the other had absorbed the fetal tissue–nobody could tell ...

transfers blood to the other (the Recipient Twin), which can lead to complications such as Single Intrauterine Fetal Demise (SIUFD). TTTS affects approximately 8% to 10% of MCDA twin pregnancies.

In one case reported in 2008, 11 fetal masses were found inside the abdominal cavity of a newborn baby in the US. The condition arises when a twin is absorbed by another in the womb, says Mark ...