Multifetal Pregnancy

Multifetal pregnancy is a pregnancy where there are two or more fetuses. The most common types of multifetal pregnancies are twins (two fetuses), but pregnancies can also involve three (triplets), four (quadruplets), or more fetuses.

Multifetal pregnancies can be classified into two types:
 
1. Monozygotic (identical): This occurs when a single fertilized egg (zygote) splits into two or more embryos. These babies share the same genetic material and are always of the same sex.
 
2. Dizygotic (fraternal): This occurs when two or more eggs are fertilized by separate sperm. These babies can be of the same sex or different sexes and share about 50% of their genetic material, just like non-twin siblings.

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