Twin Weight Difference At Birth May Determine Future Health Risks
Twins rarely weigh the same amount at birth, but often both babies will weigh within a few ounces of one another. In some cases, one twin may be significantly smaller or larger than their sibling.
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Twins When HCG Increasing Too Fast
In most pregnancies, the normal hCG rises is at least 60% over 48 hours. In twins it may rise much more, but it's not possible to diagnose a twin pregnancy just from the hCG levels alone.
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hCG Increasing Fast
There is no sufficient scientific evidence that with twins there is
always a faster-than-usual rise in hCG. Normal hCG values can vary up to
20 times in normal pregnancies.
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Multiple Births - Risks To The Child
The health risks for twins and triplets are greatly increased compared with those for singletons mostly because multiples tend to be born prematurely and underweight.
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Does Bed Rest Work as a Medical Intervention During Pregnancy
The standard of care for premature labor has typically been to place the
pregnant woman on bed rest; limiting activity for the remaining weeks
of pregnancy.
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Progesterone No Help in Preventing Preterm Twin Births
This Lancet study shows that progesterone does not prevent preterm births in twins.
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Eliminating Multiple Pregnancies
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Twin Births are Becoming More Common
After an interesting hCG result on my blood pregnancy test, my obstetrician asked me to come in for an ultrasound. I was just six weeks pregnant, but the blood test told a different story.
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Facts about Twins, Triplets, and More
Fun Facts about gemellology (the study of twins and multiples).
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Risks of Multiple Births
There are serious risks to the health and long-term wellbeing of the child, but the risks of multiple pregnancy and birth are not just confined to the child. Mothers themselves can be exposed to health problems as well as the increased risk of losing their babies.
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All About Twins
When a woman becomes pregnant, the process of conception does not always stop at one baby. A pregnancy of more than one fetus concurrently is called a multiple pregnancy.
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Not All Pregnancies are Created Equal
I was thrilled when I found out I was having twins, but soon after my world was turned upside down.
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Twin Moms Live Longer than Singlet Moms
According to a study on women who lived in the Pioneer lands of the United States in the 1800s, twins are not an accident.
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