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Ive never experienced it but I wish her luck and hope that both babies stick! And that is so exciting that you get to go through this exciting time together

i've heard about it, but never experienced it. why was she told she might be having twins? did they see 2 sacs or something? i'm having twins and luckily one didn't vanish.

My husbands cousin had this happen. It was difficult for her knowing that it happened but honestly it was very clear something was wrong. She was very very sick at the beginning of the pregnancy and never felt right. But as soon as one of the twins vanished her pregnancy was 100% smooth sailing. She was very sad to lose one of the babies but she also knew that losing one of the babies probably allowed her to bring a perfectly healthy baby boy into the world.

I've never heard about vanishing twin, but my friend had a vanishing baby. She got a positive pregnancy test, they saw the sac but no heartbeat ever. Her belly continued to grow, but there was no baby. Weirdest thing.

@banana: yeah, usually it happens before we even know there are twins. well, i can tell you when i had my first u/s at around 6 weeks? they weren't sure whether i had twins. they said it COULD be twins. they weren't able to tell more clearly until the 7th week u/s. even then, one twin was "smaller" than the other and they said there was a chance it might "vanish".... but luckily, now, they're both the same weight - so i wish the very best for your sis. 5.5 weeks is still really early!!!

When we went for our first appointment with our OB, we were shocked to find out we were having twins. However, the OB was concerned because one sac was about a third the size of the other.. the babies were pretty similar in length though. We were torn how to feel about this because of the idea that one of the twins could vanish and should that happen we wanted to be okay with having one baby as well. The following week their sacs were the exact same size and the OB said they'd be fine moving forward. We're half-way through our pregnancy now and thankfully our twins are both thriving. I hope your sister receives some good news when she returns to her OB... The waiting period is difficult! Best wishes!