Womb Twin Survivors Have Lower Birth Weights
New study explores whether singletons with a vanishing twin have lower weights at birth.
Category: Pregnancy
Motherhood: Women are being presented to destructive themes
By reading popular magazines, young women are being presented to a number of meddlesome or destructive themes about pregnancy and birth. This was the conclusion of an Australian study.
TTTS: New study examines outcome of early laser surgery
Researchers explore the outcome of early laser surgery for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) compared to laser surgery after 17 weeks of gestation.
IVF-conceived twins are more likely to be born preterm
New study examines the risk of spontaneous preterm birth in IVF-conceived twin pregnancies.
Color difference may help distinguish between acute TTTS and TAPS
New study finds that color differences of the placenta might help distinguish between acute Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) and Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence (TAPS).
New Study on Guidelines for Twin Pregnancy Weight Gain
New study explores outcomes for babies and mothers, who’ve gained weight below, within and above the NAM provisional guidelines on twin pregnancy weight gain.
TTTS infants more at risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension
Infants with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) have a 10-fold increased risk of developing persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) compared to other monochorionic twins.
New study looks at growth restriction in monochorionic twins
New Australian study explores twin pregnancies that are complicated by selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR).
TTTS Survival Rate After Laser Surgery
New study looks at the survival rate for twins who’ve undergone fetal laser surgery for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) at a treatment centre in Japan.
Older mums of twins aren’t at higher risk
A twin study from Japan indicates that pregnant women aged 40 and older aren’t more at risk for premature delivery and hypertensive disorders compared with younger women.
