Know anyone who miscarried a baby early, but a twin survived?

[minniecarousel]

A friend of mine miscarried 2 weeks ago at 5 or 6 weeks and she is still pregnant with a twin. Anyone ever heard of this? Anyone know if the chance of carrying this baby to term is good? She is 40 and running out of time to get pregnant and really wants a baby. She miscarried almost exactly a year ago too.

 

[Qtips4Mick]

A dear friend of mine was the survivor of such a miscarriage. Her Mom miscarried the other fetus. It was some 50 some odd years ago so it happened even before all of our scientific advances. Good luck to her!

 

[Octoberbride03]

This happened to my cousin. Miscarried 1 twin but went full term with surviving twin. I think he's almost a teenager now.

 

[mamacatnv]

We suspect that is what happened to my BFF. Shortly after she found out she was pregnant she had an episode of bleeding, I mean change the sheets, clotting, nasty, heavy chunky bleeding.
She was convinced she had an early term miscarriage. She called her Dr. who brought her in several times over the course of 2 weeks for blood test that showed the increasing levels of whatever that hormone is that is found in pregnancy. Lo and behold, she was "still" pregnant. He is now 3.5 years of age.

Down the road it was discovered that she had a single artery in her umbilical cord which according to her Dr. is seen more frequently in multiples, thus furthering the theory that she had indeed lost a "twin".

 

[not_minnie]

One of my employees got pregnant with triplets and one died very early. She gave birth to the other two 3 weeks ago. Both were completely healthy, but of course she was monitored very closely throughout her pregnancy.

 

[LilyLake]

Yes. My mom. I had a twin who was miscarried. This was quite a while ago, too, so there were no ultrasounds. The doctors wanted to do a D&C. She said "no" because she was still pregnant. She just knew that she was. They told her that she wasn't. She said "yes I am".

Best wishes for your friend.

 

[~disneydiva~]

This happened to my cousins wife. She lost one, and the other one was just a couple weeks early, but healthy. She just turned 3.

 

[minniecarousel]

Thanks for the quick replies. I thought I'd heard of this. Her docotor is monitoring her very closely. She's trying to be "cautiously optomistic". So am I!

 

[Ohiodislover]

A good friend of mine was a twin. The other didn't survive. She is 50 now though, so they didn't even have the technology to recognize it. When she had a hysterectomy a few years ago, one of the tumors on her ovary had nails, hair, and teeth. They told her it was her twin that never developed.

I have heard of cases were women miscarry one, and the other survives. Like others have said, I'm sure its super risky, and needs closely monitored--Best wishes to your friend.

 

[NEM]

Yes, this happened to me in my first pregnancy. I lost the twin at around 9-10 weeks...it is called "vanishing twin". I bled until week 17, somtimes very heavily and it was very very disconcerting. I did lots of googling and was suprised to learn that it is estimated that only 30% of twin pregnancies results in twin births. It helped me realize that it was not uncommon. Eventually the miscarried twin was reabsorbed back into my body, but I admit there was a definite twinge every time I had an ultrasound to see where the previous twin had been and see the remnants of the twin. By the last few months of pregnancy it was completely gone. Emotionally it was a struggle too as you mourn the miscarried baby and are still thrilled and terrified for the one remaining.

I was sure with every episode of bleeding that I had miscarried the other one. They put me on low activity, though not bedrest, and I had to wait and see. The doctors said it was up to a higher power at that point. I was 40 at delivery as well. Ultimately, I had a wonderful happy healthy baby boy...and am pregnant again with a single this time.

It is not uncommon, but it is very stressful for the mommy to be.

Good luck to your friend. I remember the emotions of it all very well.

 

[DisMN]

Hi minniecarousel! This happened to my mom.......at 3+ months along she "miscarried". She saved the "item" so the doctor could verify and yes, it was a baby. They didn't offer a D&C and a few weeks later it was clear she was still pregnant. With me!

Interesting to hear from others how often this happens!

 

[*BTMRR*]

This happened to my friend. She was pregnant with twins (confirmed on ultrasound) and one was miscarried at about 8 weeks. The other was fine and is a happy healthy little girl.
My OB said he doesn't like to "diagnose" twins before 12 weeks because it's so common to start out with a twin pregnancy and have one miscarry in the 1st trimester.
Edited to add, I really hope your friend's baby will be okay.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

I wish I could say yes.....I miscarried a twin during the first trimester & the other baby in the second trimester.
It's something you never recover from 100%

 

[princess pooh]

That happened to me. I had spotting at 6 or 7 weeks and the ultrasound showed only one twin with a heartbeat. My son was born perfectly healthy

 

[Liberty Belle]

Yes. I miscarried my son's twin at 13 weeks. My son is now 6 and just fine.
Apparently it happens quite often and usually the surviving twin is as healthy as a baby who did not have a twin.

 

[tar heel]

My 21-year-old likely had a twin. I had heavy bleeding around 5-6 weeks. Had an ultrasound that showed one fetal sack and no heartbeat. Had another a week later and there was a sack with a heartbeat and a collapsed sack next to it. I had bleeding off and on until about five months.

This is well documented and there's some speculation that the mom or living twin absorbs the dead one. There's instances of fetal tissue being found during surgery in older people. Pretty weird.

Interestingly, my son has always been attracted to twins. He's had several sets as friends through the years and is long-time girlfriend is a twin.

 

[mom2travel]

my sister was pregnant and discovered it was ectopic after some bleeding/cramping. had surgery to try to keep the tube from rupturing. they ran tests a couple days later to make sure everything was okay when releasing her from the hospital. the doctor calls to tell her to come back in - they found out she was still pregnant... the twin was a normal pregnancy. I am happy to say that that baby is now a happy, healthy 4 year old

 

[raysnkaysmom]

A friend of mine miscarried 2 weeks ago at 5 or 6 weeks and she is still pregnant with a twin. Anyone ever heard of this? Anyone know if the chance of carrying this baby to term is good? She is 40 and running out of time to get pregnant and really wants a baby. She miscarried almost exactly a year ago too.

So weird...this happend with an old boss of mine... She was 40-42ish... had 2 miscarriages previously, then got pregnant with twins...
I can't remember how soon on she lost the one twin...but it was within the first couple months I know..... The doctors did nothing as the second twin was thriving.....
She gave birth to a full term healthy baby girl...

 

[WDWBarb]

I had a miscarriage in my first trimester of my first pregnancy. A few weeks later, my GYN found another heartbeat - I was so excited! I didn't even know I was carrying twins. After that loss it was a miracle that I was still pregnant.

When I went for my next checkup, the second baby was gone.

 

[Nie0214]

One of my friends who is 24, is the twin who survived. She always tells the story by saying that she "ate her twin".

It's definitely more common than you would think!