I’ve looked up Vanishing Twin Syndrome, and almost every article I have seen said that VTS typically only happens during the first trimester of the pregnancy.

But here’s the catch: My mom didn’t realize or know she was pregnant with me until 7 months into the pregnancy. And when she found out, the ultrasounds did show two babies. Me and my twin.

If Vanishing Twin Syndrome usually only occurs during the 1st trimester, is there a reason why it can happen so late during the pregnancy, as in the case with my mom and my twin? Or is there technically another name for this specific situation?

      • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        Ok look, if you trust your mother completely, and you think she isn’t lying, that’s fine. But people can be fed information they think it’s true and then spread a falsehood, thinking they told the truth. Also people forget and misremember stuff. So maybe the doctors lied or didn’t tell her something. Or maybe she forgot.

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        17 hours ago

        Like the other guy said, the second fetus was probably very small, so it’s possible that it “vanished”. But for sure there weren’t two developed 7 month babies in the womb.