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Janet Grant's 7-week ultrasound showed one healthy baby. The same technician at 20 weeks nonchalantly informed her she was having twins.
"I honestly thought she was joking, and this was just some sick sonographer's humor," says Grant, mother of five from Tallahassee, Fla. "My husband exclaimed, 'But you told us 13 weeks ago that there was only ONE!' She was so stunned that she'd missed twins at 7 weeks, she stopped the ultrasound then and there to go look for the old films."
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Later that day, the technician tracked them down to tell the Grants that even knowing there was a second baby on the films, she still couldn't find it.
"I asked her if she could tell if they were identical or fraternal," says Grant. "I have identical twin brothers, so I was guessing that mine were, too. She simply said, 'I think they're identical. They look to be in the same sac.' I thought that all identicals were in the same sac. Wrong!"
This article is typical drivel. Monoamniotic twins have a very high success rate as long as they are monitored heavily
In this article, when the woman finds out she has this type of twins, she goes into a bathroom and cries for an hour? That's so ridiculous, and a typical drama Queen response.
Why work yourself up over something that could happen?
My advice as a soon to be father of monoamniotic twins... don't think about the what ifs or buts, just make sure you keep your appointments, ask questions and go to the best equipped hospital.
Articles like this just increase stress, and my advice is ignore most sites like this, they only hype up the possibilities of complications.
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