SUMMER LISTENING: Dealing With TAPS - One Of The Rarest Twin Complications Ever

This summer we've curated your Delivery Room playlist with even more birth stories from our friends at Diary Of A Birth. When Marni's IVF embryo spontaneously split at 13 weeks, she was excited to be bringing not one but two babies into the world. But over half way through her pregnancy her doctors discovered one of the rarest twin complications - TAPS. In today's emotional episode, Marni shares how TAPS turned her pregnancy into a fight for survival, with one twin slowly losing blood while the other's blood became dangerously thick. Marni takes us through the incredible medical interventions that followed—two groundbreaking in-utero procedures at 29 and 32 weeks. When an E. coli infection threatened their survival, Billie and Poppy arrived via emergency caesarean at 33 weeks, beginning a 27-day NICU journey that would test every ounce of Marni's strength. THE END BITS: Support independent women's media Follow Diary Of A Birth on Instagram Listen to more Diary Of A Birth here CREDITS: Host : Ksenija Lukich Birth Story: Marni Cochrane Obstetrician & Gynaecologist: Dr Bronwyn Devine Producers : Ksenija Lukich & Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Tina Matolov Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Support the show:

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SUMMER LISTENING: Dealing With TAPS - One Of The Rarest Twin Complications Ever is an episode from The Delivery Room by Mamamia Podcasts.

This episode is 26:24 long.

This episode was published on Dec 23, 2025.

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