Clomid helps ovulation and is vital for women who find it hard to conceive. They doctors can take the eggs and fertilise them outside the womb.
Now the number of identical twins among the IVF pregnancies is much higher than the average of 2 per thousand births. In this video, we see a couple who had two embryos transferred back into the womb but one of them made identical twins, so they ended up with triplets - a pair and a spare.
Many womb twin survivors who contacted the womb twin research project decided, as part of their healing journey, that they are one of triplets, and at first that seemed rather outlandish as an idea - however here it is, taking place before your eyes!
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Were you once a triplet?
Comments and stories welcomed!

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.
Important post
Tributes to Althea Hayton
Althea Hayton, founder of Womb Twin, passed away peacefully on August 13 (sorry for the delay in posting this news on the blog). We are all ...
Monday, May 05, 2014
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Monday, April 21, 2014
2020 - the year of the twin. How about that?
In an article about twinless twins, Althea writes:
My research appears to validate a finding [4] by Joan Woodward, founder of the Lone Twin network [5]. She found that the loss experienced by the survivor when their twin died near birth or during pregnancy was experienced with no less intensity than by twins whose co-twin died much later in life. This finding appeared to go against common sense and therefore remained un-examined in her book "The Lone Twin." [6] Recent research is beginning to validate it.The various twin-less twins groups around the world also cater for some womb twin survivors, because we all have a similar psychological reaction. We should all get together,
How about starting a campaign to make 2020 into the YEAR OF THE TWIN and get everyone together?
Who would be interested in taking this forward?
Read more
Comments welcomed...
Monday, April 14, 2014
Koko is here!
Here is KOKO, the imaginary friend... as a special workbook for young womb twin survivors
In the very beginning there was Someone with me who was there but not there, like an invisible friend. The Someone seemed to make a big hole inside me and I didn’t understand. I felt very sad.

When I came into the world I wanted Mummy to be my Someone, but she was too squashy and big. I thought my Daddy could be my Someone but he was too spiky and noisy. Then I chose Teddy to be my Someone and he let me cuddle him all day, which was fine. The hole inside me got a little bit smaller when Teddy was there, but it still wasn’t filled up.
But Teddy didn’t talk to me, so I looked in the mirror and there was another me, and the other Me could be my Someone.
In the very beginning there was Someone with me who was there but not there, like an invisible friend. The Someone seemed to make a big hole inside me and I didn’t understand. I felt very sad.

When I came into the world I wanted Mummy to be my Someone, but she was too squashy and big. I thought my Daddy could be my Someone but he was too spiky and noisy. Then I chose Teddy to be my Someone and he let me cuddle him all day, which was fine. The hole inside me got a little bit smaller when Teddy was there, but it still wasn’t filled up.
But Teddy didn’t talk to me, so I looked in the mirror and there was another me, and the other Me could be my Someone.
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
How to help young womb twin survivors
Young womb twin survivors, even when they start school. may seems distant or dreamy, in a world of their own. They may have an imaginary friend, or just a sense if not quite being alone, yet lonely.
There is a book that can help.
There is a book that can help.
Friday, April 04, 2014
Imaginary friends - why does no one mention womb twin survivors?
This article about imaginary friends is interesting....
This article is interesting, but it does NOT MENTION womb twin survivors. At all.
I wonder why?
In the 1970s, when I was at primary school, I had a friend. He was the sort of friend who would nowadays alert social services. Because he wasn't a child. And he wasn't a girl. No, he was in his 30s. He had a beard. And his name was Klas.
Klas was my imaginary friend. He wasn't about all the time, because he lived near my grandmother in a white house by the station, about half an hour's drive from ours. But as I grew up, he was alluded to. Mentioned. Blamed, even. If I talked when nobody was around, it was to Klas. If I sometimes played without my sister, I was playing with Klas.
This article is interesting, but it does NOT MENTION womb twin survivors. At all.
I wonder why?
Sunday, March 30, 2014
How can we help the teenagers?
As we know, adolescence is the stage in life when a young person begins to explore who they really are. If they are womb twin survivors, this is a particularly difficult time, because it is common for parents not to understand the consequences for the survivor of losing their twin in the womb., or even around birth.
Althea Hayton has created an illustrated PDF ebook teenagers, using "Onli" - a cartoon figure with a tiny womb twin in his heart, who illustrates the twenty most common character traits exhibited by womb twin survivors, according to the womb twin survivors research project.
Here is Onli, feeling abandoned:
And again, feeling as if something is missing:
Its free. watch it here ( you can download it to print out)
Althea Hayton has created an illustrated PDF ebook teenagers, using "Onli" - a cartoon figure with a tiny womb twin in his heart, who illustrates the twenty most common character traits exhibited by womb twin survivors, according to the womb twin survivors research project.

Here is Onli, feeling abandoned:
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Abandoned..... |
And again, feeling as if something is missing:
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Something missing...... |
Its free. watch it here ( you can download it to print out)
Monday, March 24, 2014
The death of a twin before birth: cerebral palsy
This article published in 2000 says:
Death of One Twin Before Birth Leaves Survivor at High Risk for Cerebral Palsy
May 8, 2000 -- British researchers have determined
that when one twin dies before birth, the surviving twin is left with a
20% greater risk for cerebral palsy and other brain impairments than when both twins survive. The findings were reported in the May 5 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
My dermoid cyst and my twin sister
A dermoid cyst is a twin who died. The person in whose body the cyst remains is a womb twin survivor. When a twin dies before birth, the sole survivr needs help and understanding. However the medical profession at a whole seems to be ignoring the simple fact that a dermoid cyst is all the remains of a lost twin.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Selective fetocide - what about the sole survivor?
Three babies - now only one. No comment from us. We know that we all carry a memory of events in the womb. Maybe you would like to express your own feelings about the way the survivors will feel.....
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Suicide and rebirthing
A lot can happen when we include prenatal memories in the diagnosis of psychological problems.
See article here
To carry out a kind of "rebirthing" resolves trauma. It doesn't require a specialist. In this case a suicide attempt and the trauma thereof were both resolved by a medical doctor working in general practice in the UK.
Womb twin survivors are haunted by prenatal memories - its about time these were taken seriously!
See article here
To carry out a kind of "rebirthing" resolves trauma. It doesn't require a specialist. In this case a suicide attempt and the trauma thereof were both resolved by a medical doctor working in general practice in the UK.
Womb twin survivors are haunted by prenatal memories - its about time these were taken seriously!
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
How did your parents tell you about your twin?
Twinless
Twins of Reddit:
If your twin died while you were in the womb, or while you were babies, how did your parents tell you about them while you were growing up? [Serious] (self.AskReddit)
This is the article
If your twin died while you were in the womb, or while you were babies, how did your parents tell you about them while you were growing up? [Serious] (self.AskReddit)
This is the article
Friday, February 28, 2014
Homosexuality begins in the womb....
Homosexuality begins in the womb…
After ten years of research into the physiology and
psychology of womb twin survivors, I have come to the astonishing
conclusion that all homosexual individuals are womb twin survivors. That
is to say, it would appear that in each case their homosexuality is
connected in some way to the life and death of their womb twin. This
article will explore the various different manifestations of
homosexuality. In ech case I will attempt to explain homosexuality in
terms of a particular prenatal story: the presence and eventual absence
of a womb twin (or more than one.)
The womb twin survivor spends his or her life in a
perpetual search for their womb twin. That, I have come to believe, is
the reason for the homosexual relationship that develops. The homosexual
partner is the surrogate twin.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
A parent cries out for help: how can I help my womb twin kid?
I have a 10 year old girl who was born at 33 weeks. Her identical twin died before she was born. I don't know when. As a young child, she smiled alot and was loved by every adult that met her. Unfortunately, she was marred by ill health and we had countless hospital visits. At age 6-7, she was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality
In the last two decades, dozens of scientific papers have been published on the biological origins of homosexuality - another announcement was made last week. It's becoming scientific orthodoxy. But how does it fit with Darwin's theory of evolution?What do think? I have my own theories - It's perfectly clear to us hatt all (and I mean all) homosexual people are womb twin survivors. Their partner is their surrogate identical twin. Identical twinning is random and not an inherited trait, as far as research seems to suggest. Any thoughts?
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