2007-06-14 11:57:44 · 15 answers · asked by laila s 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Yes, it is! If the twins were fraternal, then they were in two separate sacks, and loosing one does not affect the other one. The surviving twin can be carried to term!!
However, if they were identical twins, then they shared a sack, and they would both be lost, at the same time.
2007-06-14 13:03:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kaytee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I acutally recently had this exact experience happen to me. In my situation, I never bleed. I woke up one morning at about 3 months pregnant with a weird pain in my stomach. I went to the hospital and was told I was pregnant with twins but one of the fetuses were not developing at the right speed. I went for a sonogram once a week for 3 weeks and as it turned out after the third sono, my body absorbed the fetus. The other fetus was perfectly fine and I'm looking at my beautiful 16 month old baby boy now.
If you want more info on this subject, more of a medical idea of it...I found looking up Vanishing Twin Syndrome on the computer helped me alot. I really hope this helps. All will be OK!!!
2007-06-14 20:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by mamaof4lovies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! One of my closest friends was supposed to be a twin. She is 22 years old and she is perfectly fine. I had a miscarriage in which I lost the first twin at about 6 weeks but I later went on to lose the second twin. That is one individual case though and you can carry the other twin to full term!
2007-06-14 19:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by vickilouise85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, very possible. Many women who lose a twin, never know it because it can happen early enough in the pregnancy that the baby is just absorbed back into the body. I have a couple of friends who have lost a twin and went on to have perfectly normal children.
2007-06-14 19:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by jp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This same thing happened to me. I bled for the first 3 months of my pregnancy and at first the Doctors thought I was having a MC because they didnt see the other baby in the ultasound. I carried my daughter until 7 months, (my water broke at 5 months) and while delivering her they found the other baby not developed passed the 3rd month. Needless to say I was very sick with a bad infection b/c of this, but my daughter is now a happy, healthy 10 yr old.
2007-06-15 05:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by ambientwinter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In fact my sister was pregnant with twins. When she was 2 months pregnant she woke up in the night bleeding heavily. She miscarried one baby and was able to hold the other baby until 1 month before her due date. She had to be put on bed rest for a while and monitored closely.
2007-06-14 19:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by dirtbikegirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! This is an option that the doctor gave me with the one that I am carrying now because I was bleeding really bad at the beginning of my pregnancy. I am carrying a baby right now and not 100% sure what the blood was about, but the doc said that is what could have happened!
2007-06-14 19:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by Amy V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it happens a lot actually. but most don't ever know that there were 2 because one vanishes early on. If you are later in pregnancy, you would have to carry the one that passed until delivery. You deliver the surviving one first, and the one that passed away. It's really day.
2007-06-14 19:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I work in a newborn ICU and we see this happen every once in a while. Whether or not twin two survives depends on at what gestation twin one died. But we have had very healthy twin two's survive losing their sibling in-utero and go on to live a healthy life.
2007-06-14 19:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by I Love My Job 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible. You'll just have to be monitored closely for any distress in the remaining twin.
2007-06-14 19:00:43 · answer #10 · answered by nimo22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋