Vanishing twin syndrome pregnancy. Terrified for the baby that has survived.

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I found out at my 12 wk scan that i had had two babies and unfortunately one of them had failed to continue growing. The sonographer said it wouldn't affect the baby that had survived, but i can't help but worry about my baby. My anxiety is through the roof. Is there anyone who has suffered this and the surviving baby been okay and were born healthy? I suffered the 'vanishing twin syndrome' before 11 wks somewhen, had no symptoms (maybe some cramps). I'm trying to figure out whether i would know if something had happened to the other baby as i didn't have any symptoms the first time.

Hi OP, if you enter "Mumsnet vanishing twin" into Google you'll get several thread with people posting about their experiences. Just in case not so many people respond here, since it's probably fairly rare

My BIL's partner had this. They had bleeding as their main symptom. I'm hazy on the details but I don't think it showed up on a scan.

My DN was born happy and healthy and is now a thriving 10yo.

I guess that to lose surviving baby would give more symptoms as your body is still pregnant after losing the twin and your baby is now weeks older.

You'll be OK! This is one of those things that is more common than people realise. Hopefully more happy tales will follow.