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“Intro to Twin Pregnancies: Types of Twins, and Why it Matters” – with Dr. Jen Lam-Rachlin

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Is It a Conjoined Twin?

There's a lot of press given to conjoined twins, what used to unfortunately be called simese twins. That's the term that we use when twins are actually conical, like stuck together. They do share the same plasanta, but aside from sharing the same plasanto, they have shared is organs rave their stock together. Based on how they're connected and what they share, it'll change whether they may or may not be able to be separated after birth. And if so, will they both survive? Will only once survive? Right? There's different ways. Yonow, if they share a heart, then clearly they can't be separated. And how both survive

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