About 12% of pregnancies begin as multiples, but fewer than 2% reach full term. Vanishing Twin Syndrome occurs when one embryo stops developing and is absorbed, leaving a single surviving baby.

Identical twins are not as identical as previously assumed, according to a study published today (January 7) in Nature Genetics. Rather than having exactly the same DNA sequences, twins start ...

A mum who fell pregnant with twins has opened up on her ... forcing her to take sick leave. "My baby had to have an MRI while he was still in the womb to make sure his brain and heart were still ...

Their year-old-twins, Emma and Megan ... who received 11 blood transfusions in the womb. Joanne says: My first baby was healthy and I thought having another child would be straightforward.