Alive and Dead: Vanishing Twin Syndrome

by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Feb 6, 2020 | Birth You Desire Blog

Vanishing Twin Syndrome is a term for early loss in a twin pregnancy- where one twin is miscarried but the other continues to live and grow and thrive. It’s a strange dichotomy where both life and death coexist simultaneously in the same uterus. It is reported in 20-30% of the time in multifetal pregnancies (twins, triplets, etc.).