HI everyone,
Some recent posts about TTTS got me thinking. My mono/di girls were watched closely for TTTS and one was always bigger than the other, but it never passed over that magic point (20 percent difference?) where any action was required and they never called anything TTTS. K weighed 11 ounces more than O at birth (5.7 and 6.2) and to this day is always between a half and a whole pound heavier.
So is this weight difference (both at birth and still) just because she had a better position in the placenta? She started out as Twin B but at about 24 weeks moved vertex and stayed there, stretched out, while her sis was crammed in a breech position under my ribs for the last 13 weeks (ugh). Or perhaps when the zygote spilt, was K's somehow bigger/stronger or something?
Of course this is a completely frivilous question -- they are here and healthy and fine (more than fine!) at 21 months. But I always wondered if it wasn't TTTS, why the fairly substantial difference in weight? Will K likely always be a little bigger?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you have! And congrats to all the new pregnant MOMs!
Some recent posts about TTTS got me thinking. My mono/di girls were watched closely for TTTS and one was always bigger than the other, but it never passed over that magic point (20 percent difference?) where any action was required and they never called anything TTTS. K weighed 11 ounces more than O at birth (5.7 and 6.2) and to this day is always between a half and a whole pound heavier.
So is this weight difference (both at birth and still) just because she had a better position in the placenta? She started out as Twin B but at about 24 weeks moved vertex and stayed there, stretched out, while her sis was crammed in a breech position under my ribs for the last 13 weeks (ugh). Or perhaps when the zygote spilt, was K's somehow bigger/stronger or something?
Of course this is a completely frivilous question -- they are here and healthy and fine (more than fine!) at 21 months. But I always wondered if it wasn't TTTS, why the fairly substantial difference in weight? Will K likely always be a little bigger?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you have! And congrats to all the new pregnant MOMs!