Gerbers grateful for in-state care for twins | UNC-Chapel Hill

Gerbers grateful for in-state care for twins | UNC-Chapel Hill

Excitement. Disbelief. Panic. Emotions are mixed for families expecting twins. Many complications can occur with a twin pregnancy: premature birth, low birth weight, preeclampsia or gestational diabetes. There are also rare cases of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. TTTS is a prenatal condition in which twins share unequal amounts of the placenta’s blood supply. This results in the two fetuses growing at different rates, a high-risk condition t…