Posted on 01/20/2015 5:06:44 PM PST by Morgana
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Christian Examiner) -- When doctors told Carmelle Hartgrove the odds of survival for the twin girls in her womb, she chose to gamble and won. The doctor claimed the girls had only a 30 percent chance of survival because they shared an amniotic sac and placenta, and recommended she abort one to save the other -- something she refused to even consider.
While the rare condition exists and the complications are real, the rate of death may have been overestimated, Dr. C. Brent Boles, a Tennessee obstetrician and gynecologist, told Christian Examiner.
Explaining there is risk one baby could get entangled by the other's umbilical cord and experience restricted oxygen and nutrients, Boles said it is not as high as many present it. "Textbooks state a high death rate of almost half the time, but if you break that down at 30 weeks gestation, 70 percent of babies will be okay," he said.
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It’s like “Sophie’s Choice”, how horrible.
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