T.completely identical blue bows. Three homozygous twins were born at the S. Giovanni di Dio hospital in Florence: a more unique than rare fact, considering that it happens in a only case out of 100 thousand births.
Record birth with homozygous triplets
The three children, according to reports from the news agency HandleThey were conceived naturally from a single egg. This, after fertilization, split: three amniotic sacs were formed with one fetus each but all fed by the same and unique placenta. “Triplets are not a common occurrence, but in such cases monochority is even more rare and certainly not without risks”, Dr. Anna Franca Cavaliere, director of obstetrics and gynecology at the hospital, explained to Ansa.
The conditions of the children
According to the hospital, the babies were born by caesarean section at the 32nd week. Despite being premature, their health conditions are good: they weigh 1,730, 1,724 and 1,500 grams and breathe independently, even though doctors have decided to support them with oxygen. I am currently in the NICU and are doing well. The parents are delighted who now have three perfectly alike babies to hold in their arms.
Another twin birth
Happiness and coincidence. On the same days at the Careggi hospital in Florence, a mother from Prato ‘She gave birth to three homozygous twins also with a single placenta. These are two good news that arrive during the pandemic period and that open everyone’s heart, “said Dr. Cavaliere.
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