University of Adelaide researchers say women pregnant with twins should elect to give birth at 37 weeks to avoid serious complications.
The advice is based on the world’s biggest study addressing the timing of birth for women who have an uncomplicated twin pregnancy, the results of which are published June 13 in the British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Studying 235 women in Australia, New Zealand and Italy, researchers found that babies born to women in the early birth group (37 weeks) were significantly less likely to be small for their gestational age compared with babies born to women in the standard care group (38 weeks or later).
Lead researcher Professor Jodie Dodd from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute and the Women’s & Children’s Hospital says: “Infants of a twin pregnancy are recognized to be at risk of problems during pregnancy, particularly from a slowing of the rate of growth in one or both twins.
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Truth About Twins 
There is a Threat to the MoDi Identical Twin Pregnancies, where the twins share a placenta, known as Acute TTTS. Acute TTTS occurs when a blood clot gets lodged in the placental vasculature, which upsets the placenta's fluid balance into a Highly Transfusing state. It can Kill within One Hour, with No Warning. The risk of Acute TTTS rises dramatically past Week 34. Note that Acute TTTS is a separate & distinct condition from "Classical TTTS", in which abnormal blood-vessel growth in the placenta causes unbalanced blood flow between the twins. Acute TTTS is but one threat to Identical Twin Pregnancy, & is one of the reasons for the early birth recommendation talked about here…
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