A customer writes: I have a question about the missing twins and was wondering if you could answer me:
I have a 10 month old boy. When I got pregnant with him, about five weeks into my pregnancy, they gave me an ultrasound and they told me that I had two bags and that they were twins. At that point they couldn’t get a heartbeat so I went back to the Dr and she told me that she had a baby. The other was what they called a missing twin. She told me that one of the twins absorbed the other?! Anyway, the other bag is gone and I have a baby.
Since all of that, I’ve seen several stories on the Discovery Channel that talked about if one twin absorbed the other, that later, when the surviving twin was six, seven or eight years old… that they might develop a tumor. in her stomach where they had absorbed the other baby. This doesn’t even sound good. I can’t figure out how this would or could happen, but I have seen many stories about this. I wanted to ask someone who might actually know about this. If you could help me, I would greatly appreciate it. thank you margaret
Answer: Daisy. I wouldn’t be too concerned if a cancer started in her abdomen, as this event is extremely rare, but note in her chart that she has a missing twin so she knows.
On rare occasions, one twin can absorb the other, but that’s not usually how it works. A close friend has a missing twin (I never told him this). I could tell, because he had what’s called a dermoid cyst on his forehead. A dermoid cyst is a growth that has every type of cell imaginable. In fact, my friend had a small piece of his fingernail sticking out of the center of the cyst. They removed the entire cyst, but part of it grew back!
I have heard that a fading twin will grow inside the abdomen. Most are absorbed by the mother’s body and are part of the mother’s uterus. This happens all the time in veterinary medicine. I once had a client who was taking an oral HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) spray, and the spray caused the benign dermoid cyst in her uterus to grow into cancer.
What I think you’ll see as you get older are those personality characteristics that seem to occur often in missing twin syndrome, like low self-esteem, lack of self-esteem, self-sabotage, the ability to earn a lot of money but not save. anyone, looking for someone who is “just like him”, and a dislike of competition. Pay special attention to helping him develop self-love, self-esteem and self-esteem from an early age.
There is an excellent book published in 2007 by Althea Hayton that takes an in-depth look at all aspects of missing twin syndrome through the eyes of many, many professionals who have researched and been aware of missing twin syndrome for many years. . Be on the lookout for that.
However, the most important thing is to enjoy your sound. Life is Beautiful. It was the fading twin’s decision to enter his body and leave, giving his son a series of very special spiritual lessons. The twin, and I’m sensing his twin is a female, is usually around during the child’s lifetime. She will take care of him and protect him, so don’t discourage him when he interacts with her “imaginary friend of hers” as he will most likely be able to see and talk to her. I bet he will be more comfortable with women than men in this life and will look for a woman “like him”. You watch and keep in touch. Namaste. dr moffat