Comments on: Twins from Different Mothers. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:34:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sarah http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-123131 sarah Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:04:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/#comment-123131 i don't see how this really fits the definition of "twinning". would they still be considered twins if the actual biological mother had one embryo that gestated now and another one from the same harvest two years down the road? they're really just siblings that will likely be born right around the same time. i don't see how this really fits the definition of "twinning". would they still be considered twins if the actual biological mother had one embryo that gestated now and another one from the same harvest two years down the road?

they're really just siblings that will likely be born right around the same time.

]]> By: meg http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-122775 meg Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:54:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/#comment-122775 At the very least they could have tried implanting it into the biological mother a couple months before they tried implanting it into the surrogate. I'm all for surrogacy if you don't want to adopt and can't have a stable pregnancy, but honestly...it seems a little short-sighted to go "Hey let's implant it into the biological mother as well! It wont take, so who cares, at least we'll have one from the surrogate!" At the very least they could have tried implanting it into the biological mother a couple months before they tried implanting it into the surrogate. I'm all for surrogacy if you don't want to adopt and can't have a stable pregnancy, but honestly...it seems a little short-sighted to go "Hey let's implant it into the biological mother as well! It wont take, so who cares, at least we'll have one from the surrogate!"

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-122479 Sid Morrison Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:23:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/10/twins-from-different-mothers/#comment-122479 THe kid from the "surrogate" is going to grow up feeling a little less special than the other. These people are pretty twisted... THe kid from the "surrogate" is going to grow up feeling a little less special than the other. These people are pretty twisted...

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