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I had triplets in my baby scan but ended up with just one baby – after my son ‘ate his siblings in the womb'
A MUM has revealed how she thought she was pregnant with triplets, but one of the babies 'ate' his siblings in the womb.
TikTok user @vfbabygirl28 shared how she went on an emotional rollercoaster during her pregnancy.
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In a video which has racked up over a million likes, she firstly shared how she had been told she was having twins at her first baby scan.
However, this changed when she went back in for her second.
She wrote: 'Goes for a second scan and find out I'm having triplets.'
The third scan was the most surprising of all - as two of the siblings disappeared completely.
The shocked mum wrote: 'Goes to the third scan to check the triplets, but this guy just casually ate his siblings.
'Holyf***ingairball.'
She then shared a photo of her newborn baby, who appeared to be healthy.
People were shocked when they heard the story, with one person asking: 'Wait how does a baby eat another baby?'
One person in the comments was quick to explain, and said: 'There are two possible reasons for this.'
They shared: 'In early pregnancy, multiple embryos can start developing (like twins or triplets), but then one or more stop growing and just get absorbed by the mother's body or the remaining fetus.
'I keep thinking I can't get any bigger' exhausted mum-to-be sighs as she leaves people 'wincing' with her GIANT bump
'This is more common.'
It's also known as Vanishing twin syndrome, where one of the fetuses dies and is reabsorbed into the other twin, the placenta, or the mother's body.
Twin resorption can often occur early in the pregnancy, often in the first trimester, and can go unnoticed without routine ultrasound examinations.
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The second explanation, according to viewers, could be Human Chimera, which is rarer.
The person continued: 'If two embryos fuse very early in development, they combine into one person with two sets of DNA and they become a chimera.
'If that's the case, the baby might have patches of skin with different DNA, two blood types; or have a set of DNA in one organ that's different from the rest of their body.
People were quick to comment on the video, with one saying: 'God forbid a baby cares about the family economy.'
A second added: 'He really wanted to be an only child.'
