Table of Contents

CONTENTS Foreword by Louis Keith, MD, PhD Introduction by Althea Hayton PART ONE: The death of a twin 1. Rediscovering my twin by Anim Forjindam 2. Twin Traditions Worldwide for Life, Death and mourning by Elizabeth A. Pector MD Footprints: a poem by Elizabeth Pector 3. ...And then there was one by Audrey Sandbank 4. Helping multiple loss families by Lynne Schulz 5. The death of a twin by Dr Elizabeth M. Bryan 6. The surviving twin by Carolyn Dawn PhD Wretched: a poem by Nick Owen 7. A story of an identical twin who lost her sister at birth by Bryony Goode (from a book by Joan Woodward) The womb/tomb - a feeling through time: a poem by Richard Moore PART TWO: "Vanishing twin" phenomenon 8. The frequency and survivability of natural twin conceptions by Charles E. Boklage Ph.D In life in death: a poem by Nick Owen 9. What vanishing twins may be telling us by Dr Kerron Harvey In the valley: a poem by Ana Ruiz 10. Where did it go? by Cortney Davis MA, RNC, APRN PART THREE: Do we remember the womb? 11. Martha - A case study by Althea Hayton 12. Babies are conscious by David Chamberlain PhD 13. Memory access to our earliest influences by David Hartman, MSW and Diane Zimberoff, M.A. 14. Mythology and the womb twin by Nick Owen The journey to Ixtlan: a poem by Ana Ruiz PART FOUR: The psychological effects on the survivor 15. When half of you is missing by Tracey Williams A wart on the nose of Darwin: a poem by Richard Moore 16. The Vanishing Twin Syndrome, and the reality of the trauma the loss leaves behind by Dr John James 17. The gift of a vanished twin by Denice M. Moffat MS, DVM, ND 18. Suicide and pre- and perinatal psychotherapy Shirley A Ward MEd. DipEd. 19. Finding the artist Althea Hayton and Mary Beth 20. From discovery to letting go: my healing journey Eloise de Hauteclocque APPENDICES A. Support and information for surviving twins B. Indications of the loss of a twin in pregnancy C. Surviving twins and wombtwin survivors research questionnaire

About the Author

ALTHEA HAYTON (EDITOR) is a graduate of Oxford University and has a diploma in counselling from the University of Hertfordshire. She is founder and Project Director of wombtwin.com, a non-profitmaking organisation created to provide information, help and support to wombtwin survivors around the world. She is sole proprietor of Wren Publications and author of several non-fiction books, notably The Food Addicts Diet (1991), Not out of Mind (1998) and Food and You (2000). She is married with two grown-up sons and lives in Hertfordshire, England.

Reviews

"Ms. Hayton has managed to put together a comprehensive understanding of twinning and twin loss. This is a great addition to a psychological understanding of prenatal development and gives a comprehensive view from a wide variety of experts in the field. This book is a must read for anyone interested in pre- and perinatal psychology, and especially anyone who thinks they may have had a twin." Michael Shea, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, USA.