Twin Pregnancy - Double the Trouble?
Multiple pregnancies demand much closer scrutiny to ensure happy, healthy arrivals, writes obstetrician Dr Emma Parry Many …
Twins or More
Every year in New Zealand around 1000 families will welcome twins, triplets or occasionally even higher order multiples. That number is increasing every year, partly due to the increase in fertility treatments such as clomiphene and IVF which have a higher chance of producing multiples, and partly due to women leaving it longer to start their families - women over 35 are more likely to conceive twins or triplets.
Finding out you are pregnant with twins or more can be a huge shock! All of a sudden the baby you have been planning for has become two, or three, or even more! This section on Twins and More to give you an insight into what life with twins and higher order multiples is like!
Multiple pregnancies guide weeks 5-8
Week 5 At this stage you will probably still not know that you are carrying multiples, as the babies are still too small to …
Zygosity
Monozygotic twins are twins which are the result of a single fertilised egg splitting to form two separate babies. They are more commonly known as identical twins, and they share all the same genetic markers. They are always the same sex. However, …
Two for the price of one
For most people, finding out they are expecting twins comes as something of a shock, with plenty of things to consider. Twice as nice, but also twice the preparation - two cots, two car seats, two sets of clothes, and only half as much …
Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome is a disease which affects twin or higher order multiple pregnancies where one or more babies share a common placenta. It is caused by abnormalities in the interconnecting blood vessels in the placenta which supply …
