What does it mean when they say Im carrying Monoamniotic twins?
This means that both babies share the same living space. They don’t just share their house, they share a bedroom, bathroom, and playroom. While it is still possible even for a singleton to become tangled in his or her own cord, monoamniotic twins have to worry about becoming tangled in their sibling’s cord, too. Cord entanglement (also called “Cord Accidents”) are the number one risk in this type of pregnancy. However – to put this danger in perspective – virtually all cases of monoamniotic twins will have tangled cords. (There are a few very, very rare cases where it is found after birth that there was no entanglement at all. But for the purposes of pregnancy management, it should be assumed that they all will become tangled to some degree.) It appears impossible for two babies to exist in the same sac without at least twisting their cords. So simple entanglement is *not* a death sentence! In order for entanglement to become dangerous, there must be cord compression. It is very possib
