Info from StatPearls: ✔️Conjoined twins refers to twins that are physically fused in utero and consequently at birth. ➡️It happens when a monozygotic twin pregnancy cleaves more than 13 days after fertilization. ➡️They are monochorionic (one placenta) and monoamniotic (one amniotic sac). ➡️They exist in a female to male ratio of 3 to 1. ✔️Conjoined twins can be broadly categorized into non-dorsally conjoined twins (which includes ventral, lateral, and caudal conjunction) and dorsally conjoined t

A family in Lawrence, Kansas hit the genetic jackpot, and now this rare set of twins is going home. The girls are a rare set of monoamniotic twins, commonly called ‘MoMo’ twins. They make up roughly 1 percent of identical twins and less than 0.1 percent of all pregnancies. “It means they share a placenta and share [an amniotic] sac and that is a very rare type of pregnancy,” said Dr. Thomas Lancaster, a neonatologist at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Lancaster cared for Alijah throughout

Most twins get their own little space in the womb… but we didn’t.🥹 We’re Mono Mono twins! Sharing one amniotic sac and one placenta, a phenomenon so rare it happens in only about 1 in 10,000 pregnancies. 👯‍♀️ While other twins had “rooms,” we floated side by side with no walls, no space, sharing every movement and heartbeat before our first breath. 🥹 This intense connection came with risks like cord entanglement, so we were closely monitored and delivered early at just 32 weeks, weighing only