My mother lost my twin early - around the 60th day. She thought she had miscarried until a doctor said no, she was still carrying a live fetus. It didn't occur to her until years later that she had lost a twin.
I don't know if 60 days is too early to have a psycho-spiritual impact on the survivor, but it would seem not.
As far back as I can remember, I've been melancholic, as if I was born in mourning.
And while this may be stretching it, I've also had a strange affection or leaning toward needy women in distress, which makes me wonder if my lost twin was a sister and whether subconsciously I've been trying to save her ever since.
It's hard to deny the impact of this phenomenon on parents and surviving siblings.
When a twin dies before birth, the sole survivor needs help and understanding. Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. This group, 1 in 10 of the population, includes survivors of a stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion and a "vanishing twin" pregnancy. It is a story of a twin bond broken by death, leaving a lonely survivor.
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