With the invention of medical technology and the practice of performing sonograms on mothers as early as 5-6 weeks, doctors are noticing a new trend. Mothers will appear to be carrying twins but another sonogram done later in the pregnancy only finds one fetus. Doctors are now estimating that approximately 1 in every 8 pregnancies could have begun as a twin pregnancy. Vanishing twin syndrome is when an early sonogram confirms the presence of two sacs and a subsequent sonogram confirms there is only one sac, or that the other twin has vanished. Generally, the result is a normal and … Continue reading →