Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome is an unpredictable disease that few pregnant women know about. It affects over 6,000 babies a year and if left untreated it has a 90 percent fatality rate.

Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Awareness Day is Dec. 7. Even though I’m a doctor and learned about pregnancies in medical school, “TTTS” was something that wasn’t well understood.

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a rare but serious condition in pregnancy involving identical twins who share one placenta (also called monochorionic twins).

Mary Slaman, 59, was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in 1989. TTTS impacts about 20% of identical twin pregnancies. One of Slaman's sons died from the disease.

In twin to twin transfusion syndrome one twin essentially donates blood to the other. The donor twin becomes anemic, can’t produce urine, and fails to grow while the recipient receives too much ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome is a rare pregnancy condition affecting identical twins sharing the same placenta afterbirth and a network of blood vessels that supply ...

As a survivor of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, I always sought it right to spread awareness, hoping others diagnosed can make it through as well. After becoming a video editor, I realized this ...

On May 12, a Colorado couple is challenging people around the world to do a dozen acts of kindness. It is their way of honoring their twin sons who died before their first birthday.

Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome is unequal blood flow between twins sharing a placenta resulting in one twin having too much amniotic fluid and one too little. Skip Navigation.

INDIANAPOLIS — The arrival of identical twin sisters by C-section last week at IU Health's Riley Hospital marks a medical milestone. The girls, each weighing a little more than 3 pounds, are the first ...

They had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome where blood flows through the single placenta away from one twin and into the other. Kelly Finley was expecting identical twins, but there was a problem ...

Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, or TTTS, is a rare condition that can advance to critical stages in a matter of days. UH is at the forefront of a new procedure.