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Kristína Hrehová
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Why Don’t We Apply What We Know About Twins to Everybody Else?
Kristína Hrehová10h30

After more research into twins I found I was wrong. Actually, it is more complicated than I thought and placentas are not so straightforward, so the anonymous poster can be right.

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Why Don’t We Apply What We Know About Twins to Everybody Else?
Kristína Hrehová6d10

When you look at the ultrasound, fraternal twins have separate placentas while identical twins share a placenta. This is already visible at 7 weeks of pregnancy. The difference is very important to care during the pregnancy as identical twins have more risky pregnancies due to more possible complications so I would be very surprised if the obgyn does not notice this. 

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