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When a woman is pregnant with twins, are their two umbilical cords connected to each other, or do they each have a separate one? ~

Posted - March 6, 2018

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  • 33765
    Each child has its own umbilical cord. Identical twins often will share the same placenta. 
      March 6, 2018 7:25 PM MST
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  • 53345
    Do the two umbilical cords ever meet? (As in a "Y" connection to the mother's body.)
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      March 6, 2018 7:31 PM MST
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  • 33765
    Yes but it sounds like it is very rare and very dangerous. 
      March 6, 2018 8:15 PM MST
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  • 17560
    We all get our very own cord.
      March 7, 2018 12:22 AM MST
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  • 5451
    My twins both had their own cord, their own placenta and their own amniotic sac.

      March 7, 2018 3:36 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I think some twin out there stole my umbilical cord.  I have no belly button.

      March 7, 2018 3:54 PM MST
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