Question:

　　After two and a half years of marriage, Allah has blessed me to become pregnant. I am now in my fifth month and have just discovered that I have twins in the same embryo sac and that they share one placenta. They are both healthy now, but the doctor told me that there is a high risk of malformation, damage, or death to both, or at least to one, of them. There is another risk facing them, which is that the umbilical cord of one of them might wrap around the neck of the other one and thus result in his death. The doctor is suggesting that I stay in the hospital when my thirtieth week starts and that she should deliver at the thirty second week. Is all she is telling me true? Here in the States, we fast from 5 am till 4:30 pm; will fasting affect my health or that of my twins?

　　Answer:

　　Assalaamu ‘Alaykum dear sister.

　　There are two types of twin pregnancy:

　　1.