Do multiple babies share the same placenta?
Only identical twins, which would come from the same egg that splits, could share the same placenta, a pancake-shaped organ that attaches to the inside of the uterus and is connected to the fetus by the umbilical cord. The placenta delivers nutrients and oxygen from the mother’s blood to the fetal blood, while transferring the baby’s waste in the other direction. The other babies, which come from separate eggs, would each pull nutrients from a separate placenta.
