Early detection of placenta sharing is necessary so your twin pregnancy can be watched very closely. Frequent ultrasounds and visits to your health care professional are vital in detecting TTTS as early as possible.
How Twin to Twin Transfusion Occurs
TTTS is something that can happen during any twin pregnancy when they share a placenta, it’s a case of timing of when the egg split, and how the vessels in the placenta have connected.
TTTS can happen during anytime of the pregnancy. It’s not genetic or hereditary, it just one of those things that happen randomly. There is no prevention for this.