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fraternal twins

So one baby has a sac and one doesn't! What does that mean?
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Hopefully they just couldn't see the sac in your scan. The amniotic sac is where baby gets almost all of its nourishment and protection - a zygote that isn't surrounded by a sac will not survive.
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Could you have misunderstood?
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