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| File Name : BABYGONE.ASC | Online Date : 10/06/94 |
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| Contributed by : Jerry Decker | Dir Category : BIOLOGY |
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| From : KeelyNet BBS | DataLine : (214) 324-3501 |
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| KeelyNet * PO BOX 870716 * Mesquite, Texas * USA * 75187 |
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The following relates to a phenomenon that is frequently claimed in the UFO
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field but no one ever mentions this natural event (at least I've not seen it
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written about anywhere and tied to the UFO fetus snatching claims).
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Years ago, when I was heavily involved with UFO studies as President of MUFON
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Metroplex here in the Dallas area, we had Budd Hopkins, author and researcher
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of many 'missing time' cases. It was an honor to meet Mr. Hopkins and we had
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a chance to speak about several matters which had been puzzling me.
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Knowing that he had written and spoken on 'alien abductions' of fetuses from
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'alien impregnated' human females, I asked if he had heard of the biological
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phenomenon of the 'vanishing twin' and informed him that it was a common
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occurrence in animals such as cats and dogs which have large litters. Budd
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said yes he was aware of the phenomenon but did not feel it necessary to bring
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it to the attention of the public in his presentations or in his writing.
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I found this intentional failure to provide all relevant information fairly
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disturbing and it made me view Mr. Hopkins ideas with a somewhat more
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skeptical eye than I had before. I believe that all evidence should be
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presented, especially the factual, proven evidence, and let the public decide
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for themselves. It not only FULLY informs everyone who is really interested
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in the phenomenon but also builds the general credibility of the researcher in
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an otherwise highly suspect field.
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From Science Digest - December 1982
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Twin Vanishes During Pregnancy
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An expectant mother, diagnosed as carrying twins, inexplicably produces but a
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single baby. The other child has disappeared without a trace. The
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phenomenon, known in Europe as the "vanishing twin," may be far more
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commonplace than was ever suspected.
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Vanishing twin episodes first came to light ONLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, when
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ultrasound allowed doctors to peek into the womb and see MULTIPLE pregnancies
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very early in gestation. What they began finding was that, with STARTLING
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FREQUENCY, one member of a fetal pair suddenly stops developing IN THE FIRST
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TRIMESTER and is reabsorbed into its mother's tissue.
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Obstetricians Louis Keith and Helain Landy of Northwestern University Medical
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School have begun combing the literature and studying case histories to
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determine the frequency of vanishing twin cases. Precise figures are hard to
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come by; few women are examined ultrasonically early enough in pregnancy to
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detect a second fetus before it has already been absorbed. Nevertheless,
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Keith and Landy believe from their investigations that fully 10 to 20 percent
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of all twins conceived may vanish during gestation.
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Other researchers, notably biologist Salvatore Levi of Brugmann University
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Hospital in Brussels, think the figures are much higher. In a study of
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pregnant women, Levi found that of those carrying twins, a staggering 71
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percent ultimately had a single infant.
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Landy believes that through some unknown process, the mother's system may
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choose the hardier of two wombmates for survival and permit ONLY THAT ONE to
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come to term.
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Keith agrees, remarking, "In many of our reproductive functions, we are no
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different from other animals except for the fact that we don't have litters.
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But maybe we DO have litters. Maybe human beings have multiple fertilizations
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much more commonly than ever believed." He adds, "I think the vanishing twin
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is a biological phenomenon, period. I don't see any way of preventing it."
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For that reason, Keith and Landy stress that physicians should learn to deal
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compassionately with the potential trauma resulting from a vanished offspring.
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"Obviously," Landy notes, "for a woman to be told that she's going to have
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twins and then to find out that she's not - or worse yet, to be told after
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delivery that one of her expected twins never arrived - is quite an emotional
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shock. It's up to her doctor to help her adjust."
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