The twins were fighting in their mother’s belly?
Recently, the news that "twins fought in the belly and were bruised after birth" has aroused heated discussion among netizens. The news publisher also uploaded images and fetal movement videos. The content was quickly questioned by medical professionals. At present, the publisher has deleted the relevant information.
Doctors said that the vast majority of twins cannot come into contact with each other in the mother's belly, unless they are monochorionic twins, which is an extremely high-risk twin pregnancy, but the probability of occurrence is not high.
A screenshot of a video of twins with multiple bruises on their bodies after birth was circulated online.
Twins fighting in the belly may be a false proposition
"Everyone might as well imagine what it feels like when we want to move in the swimming pool." In response to the viral story on Weibo about twins fighting in the belly and being covered in bruises after birth In the video, a health blogger named "Dr. Chen of Obstetrics and Gynecology" posted on Weibo.
The above video is from a Hunan mother. In the video, the twin brothers seemed to be "punching and kicking" their mother's belly, causing the mother's belly to rise and fall. The twins were covered in bruises after they were born.
This news quickly aroused heated discussion among netizens. Questions such as "Is the fetus so strong?" and "How uncomfortable must the mother be?" also appeared in the comment area.
In the opinion of "Dr. Chen of Obstetrics and Gynecology", it is a false proposition that twins are fighting in the belly. Fetuses don't have good control of their hands and feet, she said. The reaching and kicking they did in the womb were all unconscious behaviors and were not fighting. The hands and feet of the fetus are not as strong as adults, and they are buffered by amniotic fluid . She said, "When they move their hands and feet, they can't actually cause substantial harm to each other."
A health blogger named "Dr. Xu Chao" on Weibo also described it as "too much to say but no mouth" on Weibo. This news. He said that the movements of the twins in the womb were basically unconscious. They were not fighting when they stretched out their hands and feet, and there was amniotic fluid buffering them across the amniotic sac, so they would hardly cause "harm" to each other.
He also mentioned that the image of the twins in the video came from the Internet and was similar to the video he had shared. As for the fetal movement video taken, it cannot be determined whether it comes from the uploader himself.
Weibo screenshot of health blogger "Dr. Xu Chao".
What’s the matter with newborn’s “bruises”?
As for the marks on the twins in the video after they were born, they were bruises caused by "fighting", but doctors do not agree with this statement.
An obstetrician from Jiangsu Maternal and Child Health Hospital said in an interview with the media that the scars on the head mentioned in the video may be caused by the child's calcium deficiency. As for bruises all over the body after birth, newborns in this situation are basically the same. Yes, it is a congenital hypermelanosis, also called Mongolian spots, which will gradually fade away.
According to "Dr. Chen of Obstetrics and Gynecology", Mongolian spots and bruises look similar, but they are not bruises. Mongolian spots are common in yellow people and usually disappear by preschool age.
In addition, the incidence of birthmarks in newborns is about 10%. Whether it is birthmarks or Mongolian spots, they are very common in newborns.
She said that most birthmarks do not need to be treated, and a few that will affect health should be actively treated. For example, animal skin moles may turn into melanoma and should be surgically removed.
There are also a few birthmarks. If they are longer than the face or other exposed parts of the body, they will affect the appearance and further affect the child's psychological development, and should also be actively treated.
screenshot of the doctor’s video refuting the rumors.
This type of twins requires special attention.
So, how do twins get along with each other in their mother's belly?
It is understood that twins are medically divided into double cashmere twins, single cashmere twins and single cashmere twins.
Among them, the twin cashmere twins develop from two fertilized eggs respectively, so there are two gestational sacs, two placentas , and the fetuses can have different genders. Monochorion twins are fertilized by one follicle and , so there is only one placenta and two yolk sacs can be seen, which are separated.
Weibo screenshot of health blogger "Dr. Xu Chao".
To put it simply, double cashmere twins are like two people living in two houses, while single cashmere twins are like two people living in a house, but in different rooms. In most cases, there will be no "conflict" between these two types of twins.
The most likely problem is monochorionic monosheep twins, that is, they develop from the same fertilized egg, so the two fetuses share a placenta, but there is no amniotic membrane isolation between the placentas, and the fetuses have the same gender. This is equivalent to two fetuses living in the same room.
WeChat public account "Popular Science China" once published an article introducing that a few years ago, there was a video of twin sisters "fighting" in their mother's belly. It also received tens of millions of views and became a hot spot.
The twins that the above-mentioned expectant mother was pregnant with were single-cushion single-sheep twins, and she also went through a difficult and anxious process of preserving the pregnancy.
The article mentioned that monochorionic twins are a very high-risk twin pregnancy . Intrauterine accidents are more likely to occur due to the entanglement and knotting of the umbilical cord. According to statistics, through natural conception, the probability of conceiving twins is 3%, while the chance of twins with monochoriasis is only 1-2%, and only 50% of monochrysalis twins are successfully delivered.
Therefore, doctors also remind pregnant women with twins to pay attention to prenatal check-ups.
Source: China News Network
