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Selective reduction is the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, such as quadruplets, to a twin or singleton pregnancy. The procedure is also called multifetal pregnancy reduction. [3] The procedure is most commonly done to reduce the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy to a safe number, when the multiple ...
Superfecundation is the fertilization of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse, which can lead to twin babies from two separate biological fathers. [ 1][ 2] The term superfecundation is derived from fecund, meaning able to produce offspring. Homopaternal superfecundation is fertilization of two ...
Superfetation. Superfetation (also spelled superfoetation – see fetus) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing offspring in the same animal. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In mammals, it manifests as the formation of an embryo from a subsequent menstrual cycle, while another embryo or fetus is already present in the uterus.
Teen Mom 2 alum Kailyn Lowry is pregnant with twins — and she thinks she might be having two girls. “I went to a new nail place today and I’m just sitting there talking to the girl next to ...
Lowry, 31, excitedly announced in an Instagram video on Monday, November 6, revealing the sex of the twins she’s expecting with her boyfriend, Elijah Scott. In the video, Lowry seemingly found ...
Specialty. Obstetrics and gynaecology. A vanishing twin, also known as twin resorption, is a fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed. [ 1][ 2] In some instances, the dead twin is compressed into a flattened, parchment-like state known as fetus papyraceus. [ 3]
The pregnancy was confirmed via ultrasound on Aug. 11. On Aug. 14, Ying Ying exhibited signs of active labor such as increased activity and irritability. Her water broke around 10 p.m. that same day.
Fetus in fetu (or foetus in foetu) is a rare developmental abnormality in which a mass of tissue resembling a fetus forms inside the body of its twin. An early example of the phenomenon was described in 1808 by George William Young. [ 1] There are two hypotheses for the origin of a "fetus in fetu". One hypothesis is that the mass begins as a ...