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About this project
Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. There are more than 600 million womb twin survivors in the world - 10% of the entire population - but until recently we could not identify them. We can now: ultrasound scans and other technologies have opened up a window on the womb and we can see these tiny twins.
Every day, pregnant or newly-delivered mothers around the world are learning that one of their twins has died. But that is not the end of the story: the sole survivors have a need to understand why they feel as they do. It is time to find helpful ways of talking to the children concerned about their missing twin.
Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. There are more than 600 million womb twin survivors in the world - 10% of the entire population - but until recently we could not identify them. We can now: ultrasound scans and other technologies have opened up a window on the womb and we can see these tiny twins. Every day, pregnant or newly-delivered mothers around the world are learning that one of their twins has died. But that is not the end of the story: the sole survivors have a need to understand why they feel as they do. It is time to find helpful ways of talking to the children concerned about their missing twin.
"From the time my daughter was old enough to point at what she wanted when
buying toys or treats she demanded two of everything. She could not be
dissuaded, no matter how we tried."
Why WombTwin kids?
Althea Hayton has now created several specialist publications for adult womb twin survivors. Over many years, she has carried out extensive research with adult womb twin survivors, to explore and understand the profound psychological impact on the sole survivor when a co-twin dies before birth.
It is now time to reach out to parents who have a womb twin survivor among their children. The loss of a twin at birth or before has a profound effect on the parents, and the possibility that this loss may also have an effect on the surviving twin is often overlooked. It is a difficult subject to address, so we need to discover positive ways to help parents to talk about the lost twin with their children. The project is all about this: positive, creative and highly therapeutic for all those involved.
