Conjoined twin Abby Hensel is now married

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

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Anonymous wrote:The parents should have separated them.

One would have to die. It would be like Sophie’s choice. I think they did the right thing.

Sometimes parents have to make tough choices.

I don't know if this is posted somewhere already, but the parents must have known there was a conjoined fetus the mom was carrying. Were they not advised about the details & what it would mean if they carried to term?

No, she didn't even know she was having twins until the birth. They were only supposed to live a few days but miraculously we know the outcome.

"Parents Patty and Mike Hensel didn't know they were expecting conjoined twins. Patty's pregnancy appeared to be going swimmingly, and there was nothing alarming about any of her ultrasounds. Doctors later concluded that the twins' heads must have been perfectly aligned during each sonogram, giving the appearance of a fetus with just one head instead of two. However, their father may have caught on to a major clue during the pregnancy. In a 2001 piece, Time revealed that Mike had reportedly heard two heartbeats during one sonogram, but his observation was dismissed.

At the time of the twins' birth, Patty was scheduled to undergo a C-section because doctors thought the fetus was in the breech position — a term used to describe when a baby is positioned in the womb bottom-first rather than head-first. When the conjoined twins were pulled out, revealing two heads, their physician, Dr. Joy Westerdahl, admitted that everyone in the delivery room was so stunned that the room fell silent "for about 30 seconds."

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What are the odds two heads would perfectly align in each of multiple ultrasounds given?

Someone messed up big time.

U/S technology was lacking back then. Many kids were "misgendered" in utero in the 80s/90s and came out as a surprise to their parents. Technology has come a LONG way.

Misgendered is not the same thing as missing a heartbeat and another head. The care team was definitely lacking.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

I think you mean bigamy not bigotry.

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Anonymous wrote:The parents should have separated them.

One would have to die. It would be like Sophie’s choice. I think they did the right thing.

Sometimes parents have to make tough choices.

I don't know if this is posted somewhere already, but the parents must have known there was a conjoined fetus the mom was carrying. Were they not advised about the details & what it would mean if they carried to term?

No, she didn't even know she was having twins until the birth. They were only supposed to live a few days but miraculously we know the outcome.

"Parents Patty and Mike Hensel didn't know they were expecting conjoined twins. Patty's pregnancy appeared to be going swimmingly, and there was nothing alarming about any of her ultrasounds. Doctors later concluded that the twins' heads must have been perfectly aligned during each sonogram, giving the appearance of a fetus with just one head instead of two. However, their father may have caught on to a major clue during the pregnancy. In a 2001 piece, Time revealed that Mike had reportedly heard two heartbeats during one sonogram, but his observation was dismissed.

At the time of the twins' birth, Patty was scheduled to undergo a C-section because doctors thought the fetus was in the breech position — a term used to describe when a baby is positioned in the womb bottom-first rather than head-first. When the conjoined twins were pulled out, revealing two heads, their physician, Dr. Joy Westerdahl, admitted that everyone in the delivery room was so stunned that the room fell silent "for about 30 seconds."

Read More: https://www.nickiswift.com/109973/dont-know-abby-brittany-hensel/"

What are the odds two heads would perfectly align in each of multiple ultrasounds given?

Human perception is actually pretty fascinating.

We tend to see what we expect (hence why people often miss motorcycle on the road. They are looking out for cars)

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

It's totally weird and the posters gaslighting like they wouldn't have questions if their son walked in with a girlfriend like Abby are delusional. Also saying they're not medical abnormalities. They are and they've been studied their whole lives. That will probably continue. It's a pretty unique thing, odd to act like it's not. I'm a twin myself but my BIL doesn't have to screw me as someone along for the ride. That's VERY odd. They're anatomically a 2 headed person.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

And same body from shoulders down so how is it not cheating? This could be a semester’s worth of material for an ethics class.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

They've probably already covered this and any potential children/legalities with their lawyer. I don't know the answers but hopefully they do.

I work in child support (state administrative orders) and I could laugh or more likely cry about how complicated this could be IF they fail to get
everything nailed down legally (determining legal paternity and maternity, for one thing). .

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Why all the negative comments, they seem to be wonderful women and ultimately they are one, the step daughter seemed really happy and quite frankly its rude to make this guy out a fetishist--maybe he fell in love with their soul, their goodness and their personality0we don't now and unless we find out something bad about him we should give him the benefit of the doubt. Its appalling that these girls were who were born this way are made out to be some "weirdos" by DCUM. now if this was a PC topic where "they" stood for something else y'all would all be totally supportive.
hypocritical DMV strike again!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. Like, who gets to have the orgasms. Does the other one just listen to a podcast while Abby is making love? So awkward!

It says they each hav their own nervous system but they only have 1 vagina so who knows.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

They've probably already covered this and any potential children/legalities with their lawyer. I don't know the answers but hopefully they do.

I work in child support (state administrative orders) and I could laugh or more likely cry about how complicated this could be IF they fail to get
everything nailed down legally (determining legal paternity and maternity, for one thing). .

There is no way to cover this because there are no laws covering a two headed one torso human being. There is no issue with legal paternity it is how maternity is established. Why are you assuming they have a lawyer?

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Anonymous wrote:This is probably the first plural marriage situation that kind of makes sense to me - if all are game why not? Love is love.

+1. He probably fell in love with Abby first and then the twin.

I don’t understand how he could fall in love with one first and not both. They never have alone time. It’s clearly a package deal.

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

They've probably already covered this and any potential children/legalities with their lawyer. I don't know the answers but hopefully they do.

I work in child support (state administrative orders) and I could laugh or more likely cry about how complicated this could be IF they fail to get
everything nailed down legally (determining legal paternity and maternity, for one thing). .

There is no way to cover this because there are no laws covering a two headed one torso human being. There is no issue with legal paternity it is how maternity is established. Why are you assuming they have a lawyer?

I imagine if they have children they’ll use a surrogate and put a name on whose eggs they are using (I get they’re twins and share a reproductive system and you can’t genetically tell whose eggs are whose) rather than carry a pregnancy

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Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is disturbing and I'd assume the man is mentally unstable.

How so?

How does consent work in this situation?

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Anonymous wrote:I've followed them for years. They've always tried to stress their unique individualities despite their connectedness. Legalities aside, it's hard to see how someone can be married to one, but not the other. If the husband is really only in love with Abby, how does this not negatively impact Brittany? With the exception of kissing, they will experience the same things physically, but emotionally he is in love with just one? How could that not be difficult? I hope Brittany can find love, too.

And what happens if Brittany wants to date and get married?

Maybe he’s the greatest guy in the world. Or maybe he gets off feeling like he gets to be with two women all the time.

I feel sorry for Brittany regardless.

Yeah I wonder how that would work bc Abby is a married woman and she is now dating some guy ? It doesn’t seem logical that he isn’t married to both of them. and let’s be honest even if he married both of them is it really bigotry? Could anyway really bring themselves to make that argument?

They only have one set of reproductive organs, so it isn't like he can only have sex with Abby. When the husband has sex he is having sex with both of them because they share a vagina. So what if Brittany says no she doesn't want to have sex and Abby wants to have sex with her husband? The whole thing is so bizzare.

They've probably already covered this and any potential children/legalities with their lawyer. I don't know the answers but hopefully they do.

I work in child support (state administrative orders) and I could laugh or more likely cry about how complicated this could be IF they fail to get
everything nailed down legally (determining legal paternity and maternity, for one thing). .

There is no way to cover this because there are no laws covering a two headed one torso human being. There is no issue with legal paternity it is how maternity is established. Why are you assuming they have a lawyer?

I'm assuming they have a lawyer because of their unique situation that can cause complications legally.

In some states, the husband is the legal father of the child even if not the bio father. So.... Brittany has sex with a guy out of wedlock, the guy leaves, the twins get pregnant and now Abby's husband is the legal father. Or... something like that.

They definitely have a lawyer. They're not just out there wingin it.