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[โ€“] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

When my mother was pregnant with me, it was said that I had an opposite gender twin, but then comes my birth and such a twin is nowhere to be found.

[โ€“] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That used to be a theory, but it was looked into and it doesn't seem to be what happened (also didn't know that doesn't just happen to identical twins).

[โ€“] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

Sounds like something a neonatal cannibal would say ;)

[โ€“] CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So like merged into your mother then? How does/would that work?

[โ€“] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

By imagining it more like stillbirth with a minimized trace.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I had the opposite: they didn't know my bro was coming until I was already here and - look! - it's another one!