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In an extremely rare 1% possibility, US couple welcome set of 'MoMo' twins

25/02/2023 06:07 PM | Click to read full article

Britney was pregnant again only six months after giving birth to her first set of identical twin boys. “While extremely rare, MoMo twin pregnancies have a high risk of fetal complications,” said Rachel Sinkey, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. “They share everything except umbilical cords, which can easily become entangled in a single sac. Unfortunately, there is a high rate of stillbirths associated with MoMo twins.”

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