Vanishing twin syndrome refers to a type of miscarriage. In some cases, when there is evidence of more than one embryo developing, the doctor might suggest the possibility of twins. But during later stages of pregnancy, one of the embryos or fetus may become miscarried, and this is known as vanishing twin syndrome.
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One of the twins got miscarried. Are my reports worrying?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 29 years old. 19 weeks and four days pregnant. My LMP was four months ago. Two months back, I had slight bleeding and passing of some brown tissue. I had a scan and the report showed an empty sac with bleeding and no cardiac activity. Another sac was also present with cardiac act... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. How are you doing? What you had, in the beginning, was a vanishing twin syndrome. The healthier of the twin survived. The baby which disappeared mostly had some genetic problem, which was not compatible with life. The brown discharge you had was implantation blood. ... Read Full »
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