I look around at the subjects that documentary films deal with and I wonder if anyone will ever make a film about vanishing twin phenomenon and the effect on the people who are the born survivors?
One in ten people is a wombtwin survivor. There are 600 million wombtwin survivors in the world. There are 6 million in the UK. That's a huge potential audience, not to mention the skeptics who will want to argue that the whole idea of any psychological effect on wombtwin survivors is baloney (including of course the few who still cling to the idea that the vanishing twins were abducted by aliens....)
Quite a story.
Any film makers out there?
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.
I totally agree!
ReplyDeleteI've just started a group in the Netherlands, with still only 4 people. It needs more commerce!
I've lost my twinsister around birth, but the feelings are all simular!
Julia from the Netherlands
Yes! There needs to be more information about this. I can tell that my Mom is trying to understand me...but I think it is a little abstract for her to really understand why I feel like I've lost someone very important to me and I can tell she is not sure how she should feel since she has obviously lost a child too. More information out to the public...that is a documentary with real evidence- and real life stories would help clarify things...especially for the non wombtwins and that in turn would help the rest of us to get the understanding and acceptance that we seek. But how and who could do this???
ReplyDeleteBTW...dutchJulia...I am in Germany...if you have any ideas how I could start up such a group...I would be all ears...and eyes!:)
ReplyDeleteGermany, Hmmm, totally another country!
ReplyDeleteI know two people worth visiting about this subject
Bettina and Alfred Austermann
A.R. und B. Austermann
Königstuhlweg 23
12107 Berlin
Tel. (030) 69 81 80 71
Fax: (030) 69 81 80 72
Email:ifosys@msn.com
or
A.R. und B. Austermann
Gichenbachshof 26
36129 Gersfeld
Tel. (06656) 5597
Fax: (06656) 911202
I am ! and i will ! Im still a student, but have been thinking about this already.
ReplyDeleteOf course i need to know more about it, but i am learning.
I totally agree. Even thinking about getting it done nice and good at once so it can go on television as well!
Great! Don't hesitate to get in touch with me, so I can help. I have ten thousand amazing ideas! See my web site http://www.wombtwinsurvivors.com. Are you a film student? Could this be a film project as part of your course?
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