Twins: Identical, Fraternal, Bi-Uteral

Twins are two babies one pregnancy. They share mom's uterus from conception till birth. A Florida woman recently gave birth to a set of twins that did not share the same uterus, due to mom's unusual medical condition. The Mother has what is called didelphys, the presence of 2 uteruses. Her first pregnancy resulted in a single birth but with her second pregnancy she over came incredible odds against it and carried a child in each womb. The children, one boy and one girl were born healthy at 36 weeks by c-section.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 09, 2011
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Pretty amazing I think. I never even heard of such a thing before.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/09/11 at 03:41 AM

Nature attempting to catch up with octomom?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/09/11 at 10:15 AM

I guess she synced up with herself.

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 10/09/11 at 10:30 AM

Possibly ges. I believe each uterus was attached to a fallopian tube and they are supposed to alternate dropping an egg every other month. They do both produce at the same time sometimes though producing twins. Considering the odds are not in favor of that happening and that there is about an 80% chance of pregnancy with unprotected sex leaving 20% odds against that for each uterus and/or egg, I think that was it.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/12/11 at 08:20 AM

I can only imagine the children explaining throughout their school years how, though they share the same parents and birth date, they are not actually twins.

Posted by done on 10/16/11 at 09:33 PM

well they are, by definition, fraternal twins. Share the same mom and gestation period. 2 eggs 2 sperm but one pregnancy.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/16/11 at 09:52 PM

BTW, I just read somewhere that twins of different colors (1 white, 1 black) are expected to become more prevalent due to so many mixed people. The genetic combinations will allow for it more frequently.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/16/11 at 09:55 PM

i think the definition needs refined. The fetuses did not develop together, there was a double wall between them - oh well, next we'll have lizard babies.

Posted by done on 10/16/11 at 10:01 PM

Well I did suggest bi-uteral. :cheese:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/16/11 at 10:24 PM

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