What is velamentous cord insertion? Typically, the umbilical cord connects a developing baby's belly to the middle of the placenta. This is where the cord is most secure and can e ...

We feel more blessed than we ever expected to be,” said mother Rachel Vargas, of Cranston, whose pregnancy doctors considered ...

The odds of having identical quadruplets are one in 11 million births. With Rachel Vargas's complications, her babies are one in 40 million.

A Cranston family of four became a family of eight within three minutes last Friday when mom gave birth to four identical twin girls at a Phoenix hospital.

The third baby had a marginal cord insertion. Two of the babies were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a condition in which identical twins sharing a placenta experience uneven ...

Around one in 11 million. Those are the odds medical experts gave Rachel and Marco Vargas for their rare pregnancy.

Additionally, the third baby had a marginal cord insertion, where the umbilical cord attached to the edge of the placenta instead of the center. Rachel and Marco Vargas (Courtesy: Banner Health ...