news: two sets of identical twins

V. wrote:

Doctors implanted two eggs, which is normal to increase the chances of
success. But both eggs were fertilised.

Huh?

I think that should read that the doctors *transferred* two fertilized
eggs (called embryos) which THEN implanted.

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DeliciousTruffles wrote:

V. wrote:

Doctors implanted two eggs, which is normal to increase the chances of
success. But both eggs were fertilised.


Huh?

I think that should read that the doctors *transferred* two fertilized
eggs (called embryos) which THEN implanted.


That's what I thought, too!

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Emily
mom to Toby 5/1/02
Scheherazade, stillborn at 20 weeks, 3/2/04

Good catch. Wouldn't be the first time that the media messed up on the
details.

I've heard of an embryo splitting in IVF, and have even heard of this
happening more than once. Rare, but cool.

But the names are terrible.
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V. wrote:

Doctors implanted two eggs, which is normal to increase the chances of
success. But both eggs were fertilised.

Huh?

I think that should read that the doctors *transferred* two fertilized
eggs (called embryos) which THEN implanted.

--
Brigitte aa #2145
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/
http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrow...elected=782084

"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."
~ Harriet Martineau