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In response to "Really? Is this common? I really don't know. -- nm" by TWuG

Actually, it's a little more common than I thought it was, but still uncommon. "That she carried eight fetuses does not necessarily mean eight embryos

Posted by mara Jan 30 '09, 20:13

were implanted, Slayden said. Four to 5 percent of the time, an embryo will split. As few as five embryos could have given rise to the eight children, he said."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/30/embryos.ethics/ (www.cnn.com)

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I actually know a set of triplets where two are identical. But for it to happen more than once in once set of octoplets (as grandma suggests) would be - loosilu Jan 30, 20:21 2
- 1 in 400 for it to happen twice, seems like. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 20:23 1
  - which would still mean they implanted six, which is seriously unethical. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:25
Weird. That's gotta be strange to be a fraternal octoplet AND an identical twin. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 20:20

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