Clara Maia Details Acute Twin-to-Twin Transfusion That Forced 27-Week Emergency Birth

Overview

• Maia said the pregnancy developed an acute form of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome that progressed so suddenly there was no opportunity to attempt fetoscopic laser surgery.
• The twins were delivered by emergency cesarean at about 27 weeks of gestation, according to the parents’ accounts reported by the press.
• Túlio, identified as the recipient twin, was born at roughly 995 grams with severe cardiac overload and died shortly after birth, while Theo, the donor twin, was born at about 680 grams and is hospitalized in the NICU.
• In recent updates, Maia described Theo as stable within the limits of extreme prematurity, and the couple has thanked followers for messages and prayers.
• Reports explain that TTTS affects identical twins sharing a placenta and often leads to prematurity, and coverage notes the couple are also parents to older twins, José and João.