I thought: Ill set up a monthly newsletter for members and associates. Three weeks later its done. It is an interesting idea - who do I send it to? Just members and associates? Well, I sent it to people who are directly involved with this project and whose email addresses I have. If you are reading this and think you would like to be on the list, just click here to subscribe.
I hope that as many more people hear about this project the word will spread. There is so much ignorance about the reality of " vanishing twin" phenomenon. Here is what one mother, who conceived through IVF, said on her blog:
"Before week 10 there is a 1 in 5 chance of having a "vanished twin" where one embryo is absorbed into the uterus lining. "
The embryo is not "absorbed". The body of the embryo dies and gradually disintegrates but the cord and the sac do not. They are not living tissue and therefore cannot die. Some remnants of the sac and cord may still be visible after birth, attached to the placenta. For the survivor, these little remains are there as the aftermath of a tragedy that is beyond words. It could be that the tendency to hoard material such as paper and other reminders of the past is a wordless way to express a deep sense of someone beloved gone away, leaving only a cord and an empty sac to show that this little lost twin had ever existed.
There is an article about this here.
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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