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Selective reduction of twin pregnancy
Hi doctor we did our 1st 6week scan yesterday and we found there are twin sacs with heart rate each of 131 and 119 bpm. Yolk sac is around 5 mm and CRL is around 0.75 for both . We want to have only one pregnancy and our IVF doc suggested to meet fetal specialist and there might be complications also there are chances the other one vanishes . Are there any complications having reduced from twins to one baby? We are not financially well off to have 2 babies so thinking of this . Kindly suggest if this process can be done and what might be risk for other baby .
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Yes there are many complications.... Most common being both fetus can abortion or get expelled..... Since it's IVF pregnancy and only 2 fetus is there....not recommended
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Yes. It is not a foolproof procedure. You can't pick and choose which embryo to be aborted. Both may get expelled. You may get one embryo expelled by choice, the other one may vanish after a few days.
For twins it is not worth it to go for foetal reduction. If you had 3 or more embryos then you could have thought of foetal reduction.
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Dr. Vijaya Gupta
Gynecologist
20 yrs exp
Chandigarh
Yes there are complications in reducing one twin
You might end up losing both
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Dr. Parru Singh
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Lucknow
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