Triplets and TTTS: The Craven Family Story
TTTS can affect Triplet pregnancies. Read about the Craven family and what their experience was like with a triplet ttts diagnosis.
TTTS can affect Triplet pregnancies. Read about the Craven family and what their experience was like with a triplet ttts diagnosis.
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Performing surgery on triplets is more complex than on twins. In Tiffini’s case, there were two placentas: Hannah had one placenta all to herself, while Sophia and Isabella were sharing the other placenta, albeit unequally. Sophia and Isabella were affected by TTTS when the volume of blood flow across the connecting blood vessels between them became uneven, with Isabella getting too much and Sophia getting too little.