Womb Survivors The sole survivors of a twin or multiple conception Since the 1980s and the discovery of “” pregnancies, more and more babies are being identified as womb twin survivors. Until recently, it has been generally believed that the loss of a twin during pregnancy or around birth is of little or no importance. It is rarely mentioned, if ever, to the surviving twin. All that is about to change: we now know that the loss of a twin before birth has a profound psychological effect on most womb twin survivors. There are more than 600 million womb twin survivors in the world, one in almost every family. It has been calculated that for every intact twin pair who reach birth alive, there are ten babies born alone who were conceived as a twin or multiple - womb twin survivors. Among the many physical indications of being a womb twin survivor are cerebral palsy, epilepsy, extra fingers and toes, left-handedness, midline defects such as “harelip” and gender dysphoria - which may include secondary sexual characteristics of the opposite sex.

Are you a womb twin survivor?

Physical signs Psychological signs

A A lifelong sense of something missing A fetus in fetu Fear of rejection A or dermoid cyst Not realising one’s potential A fetus papryaceous Feeling different from other people A “vanishing twin” pregnancy Searching for something unknown The miscarriage of one twin Feeling alone, even among friends The abortion of one twin Fear of abandonment Death of one twin in the Feeling of inner emptiness womb Two very different sides to your character One twin stillborn Unexplained feelings of sadness One twin dies close to birth Hypersensitivity

We are a non profit organisation founded in 2007 providing information and support for womb twin survivors and their families

Visit our web site today www.WombTwin.com

We are based in England but we have contacts all over the world. We aim to become a major charity one day, but as yet we are very small. Please help us to grow, so that we can reach out to more and more womb twin survivors and their families over the years to come: JOIN US as a member SUPPORT US as an associate MEET other womb twin survivors COME to one of our events TALK about how it feels on our forum FIND out more about our research SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter MAKE a donation VOLUNTEER to help us

For further details please contact: Womb Twin PO Box 396, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 6NE, England Phone/text : +44 (0)7977 210331 Email: [email protected]