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The TTTS Foundation Top Ten Questions

Ask first 3 questions at the first ultrasound
Ask remaining questions at every ultrasound

  1. Is the placenta monochorionic?
  2. Do the cords have 3 vessels or two?
  3. Are the cords fully attached to the placenta?
  4. What is the biggest pocket of fluid for each baby?
  5. Can you see the bladder of the donor baby?
  6. Is the heart enlarged or thickened in the recipient baby?
  7. Are the dopplers normal?
  8. What is the measurement of your cervix, is it long and closed or thinning or dilated?
  9. Does the recipient baby have hydrops?
  10. What are the weights of the babies in grams?

 


-Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is a disease of the placenta (or afterbirth) that affects identical twin pregnancies.

-TTTS affects identical twins (or higher multiple gestations) who share a common monochorionic placenta.

-The shared placenta contains abnormal blood vessels which connect the umbilical cord and circulations of the twins.

-The common placenta may also be shared unequally by the twins

-The events in pregnancy that lead to TTTS are all random.

-TTTS is not hereditary or genetic, nor caused by anything the parents did or did not do.

-TTTS can happen to anyone.
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Last Updated September 23, 2007