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Labour and Delivery Care

Labour and Delivery Care

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Types of twin pregnancy: (a) Fraternal or non-identical twins usually each have a placenta of their own, although they can fuse if the two placentas lie very close together. (b) Identical twins always share the same placenta, but usually they have their own fetal membranes.
Figure 8.8  Types of twin pregnancy: (a) Fraternal or non-identical twins usually each have a placenta of their own, although they can fuse if the two placentas lie very close together. (b) Identical twins always share the same placenta, but usually they have their own fetal membranes.

 8.7.1  Types of twin pregnancy