Conjoined Twin Engaged
January 14th 2009 03:10
It was announced on XM Radio that conjoined twin Brittany Hensel is engaged. The connected twins were born in Minnesota and sky-rocketed to fame the moment they were born. To heighten peoples’ curiosity, Brittany and Abby filmed a popular documentary for the TLC channel and have been seen in various esteemed magazines.
Though Brittany is engaged, Abby (her other half) is not engaged. They also have separate driver’s licenses, favorite foods, distinct personalities and so forth. So why is it so shocking to know one is engaged? What about sex? Let’s face it. Sex is the question on everyone’s mind. It’s not like one can leave while the other is having sex. Will both enjoy the sex together? If they have children whose child will it be? I suppose what is awkward to us is normal to them. Best of luck Brittany, and congratulations on your engagement.
The Anatomy of the twins from Wikipedia:
Most of Abigail's and Brittany's shared organs are located at or below the level of the navel and their merging coccyx.
•2 heads
•2 completely separate spinal cords
•2 spines with ribs bridging the two columns
•1 broad ribcage, with surgery to correct scoliosis and expand the pleural cavities
•2 breasts
•2 highly fused sternums, traces of bridging ribs
•4 lungs (medial lungs moderately fused, not involving Brittany's upper right lobe); three pleural cavities
•1 diaphragm with well-coordinated involuntary breathing, slight central defect
•2 hearts in a shared circulatory system (nutrition, respiration, medicine taken by either affects both)
•2 stomachs
•2 gallbladders
•1 liver, enlarged and elongated right lobe
•Y-shaped small intestine which experiences a slightly spastic double peristalsis at the juncture
•1 large intestine with one colon
•2 left kidneys, 1 right kidney
•1 bladder
•1 set of reproductive organs
•2 separate half-sacrums, which converge distally
•1 slightly broad pelvis
•2 legs
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I do wish them all the best though and hope the girls can find happiness, I'm sure their lives must be a nightmare.
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These girls really are two separate people- two minds, to hearts... sure, they share the reproductive organs, but all that really means is if one was to fall pregnant the other is like a semi-surrogate mother I guess.
Why does Brittney's fiancé have to be a sick weirdo? Don't we all like to spout shit about how it's whats on the inside that counts?? Well, these twins merely share some transport- but as far as the minds are concerned they are as unique as any of us!!
Comment by Teresa Ralton
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I rarely think of other people having sex, I'm really not interested; but with something so very unusual ... my mind goes into overdrive. That's pretty normal, I'd say. There was a pair of Siamese twins, I think it was the originals, who had a falling out and didn't speak for about 10 years. That's weird too.
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Comment by Anonymous
Give this guy a break for Christ sakes. There are a few of us guys who do look for that inner beauty, the soul of that person. Big hooters, juicy buttocks, take them all. Give me someone who is comfortable in her own body, isn't selfish and egotisic and has some smarts about her. Besids gravity is gonna take over in the long run but that inner beauty never fades unless it is ignored.
So to the twins, you go. I wish you all the happiness and love you can handle!
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He is marrying both of them if the other got married as well then both men would be sharing the same arms when cuddling and the same sex organs.,
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So I guess what you're all trying to say is that women without reproductive organs aren't really women at all?? Fuck- there's a lot of nill-gendered people out there, isn't there--- what should we name these mystical creatures with breasts and no ovaries of their own?? hmmm, Men? Nope, shit, they don't have dicks either-- Oh well, lets just call them freaks and write nasty little comments about how kinky their sex lives must be!
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Hmmm. Good on 'em though. It's hard enough for a single-headed girl to find a decent bloke these days. I'm well impressed.
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I'm sure all three people are as happy as they can be, and I'm shocked at Teresa's implication that the twins parents might not have let them live. Nowhere in this post was there even a hint of such murderous intent from anyone.
Oh, and imagine if they read this? How do you think they would feel? It's also never nice to assume things about people you've never met, like the kind of people they attract. Why do we have to jump to conclusions?
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No-one was making assumptions, PMC, simply throwing a few thoughts into the air, as people do.
As for the implication that the twins parents might not let them live: I was told years ago by nurses that when babies are born with deformities such as this it is left up to the parents to decide if they are to live. I just assumed everyone knew this. If more people looked beyond 'normal' then we would have many more strange looking people. Have you ever seen the 1932 film 'Freaks'?
I'm sure these girls have plenty of more important things to deal with in their lives than to worry about a few people discussing how they would have sex.
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Well thank god Teresa, in Australia we've a multitude of specialist facilities (institutions) where these "strange" people are locked up and kept away from us "normal" people.
I don't know Teresa, why do people get so worked about about off-hand comments on blog sites? You seem to be a prime example--- and if you have an issue with any of my, OFF-HAND comments, perhaps the best person to address these with is me, not just random bloggers whom have no control over me as the individual entity that I am (just a thought!).
Comment by a mother of conjoined twins
sorry your thoughts and feelings are what they are...your comments effect more than the girls themselves, but all the people who know them and other families and friends of conjoined twins like ourselves. Each of us are a miracles, and I feel blessed God chose me to be the mother of my two beautiful daughters. My advice to those of you with your curious minds...channel your energy to volunteering somewhere to be helpful rather than wondering how God has already decided for us how our lives will go...
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leave teresa alone, shes got a much better point than any of you realize. most parents would have risked an almost certainly fatal surgery (which im sure you'll argue with).
and now that ive put my normal two cents in, now im going for the horrible two cents.
double head, that would be freakin' sweet. thats right, i went there.
So if god created them, what the fuck was his plan?
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So it was important to make that distinction for the purpose of marriage.
In reality its a two for one deal for the husband.
My advice is not to rush into marriage but live with them and see how things go.
The kinky thrills might wane pretty quickly.
Also remember sex isnt only involving the genitals.
I hope that they can take turns at blow jobs.
He should be able to count on double the bj action.
In a way thats a fair compensation for twice the nagging he will need to put up with.
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...think about it.
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Also, if it becomes pregnant, who knows whose egg it will be?
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Comment by lifestudent
As each partner (or single, if masturbating) approaches orgasm, their bodies put hormones into their blood stream. When these super-concentrated hormones reach the brain, they burn-in whatever image, feeling, sensation, or any other input the person is receiving. This burned-in sensation is now a turn-on.
As my own curiosity permited, I masturbated to the idea of my girlfriend and I hugging and the lighthearted feeling she created. As a result, when we hugged and/or kissed, I got aroused. (for those curious, this was when I was in Highschool and still learing more rapidly than I could keep track of.)
All this to say that when/if Brittany has sex with her hubby, Abby will become attached to him emotionally as well. If she has a strong, stubborn mind, and is extremely disinterested in every way, she will probably fight it off pretty well, but these hormones are powerfull. If she doesn't have a strong mind (like 99% of humanity, including me) she won't stand up long at all and will probably end up wishing within the year that He was her husband too.
To help show how powerfull these hormones are, I will share that I am one of those few guys out there who love a woman for her soul, not her chest or bjs or whatever your thing is. Being the loving man I am, I don't want to lust after my girlfriend's body, therefore I am currently single until I get my hormones straight (14 months so far, and still no idea of when I can permit myself to love another) of course, concerning mattes of love, my mind is weak. concerning most other matters, I am very loud and stubborn, a very testing predicament I have been battling since I started puberty and have yet to solve.
If you wish to ask me questions or discuss something, feel free to email me at lifestudent101@gmail.com because I more than likely will not visit this page again.
Comment by lifestudent
As each partner (or single, if masturbating) approaches orgasm, their bodies put hormones into their blood stream. When these super-concentrated hormones reach the brain, they burn-in whatever image, feeling, sensation, or any other input the person is receiving. This burned-in sensation is now a turn-on.
As my own curiosity permited, I masturbated to the idea of my girlfriend and I hugging and the lighthearted feeling she created. As a result, when we hugged and/or kissed, I got aroused. (for those curious, this was when I was in Highschool and still learing more rapidly than I could keep track of.)
All this to say that when/if Brittany has sex with her hubby, Abby will become attached to him emotionally as well. If she has a strong, stubborn mind, and is extremely disinterested in every way, she will probably fight it off pretty well, but these hormones are powerfull. If she doesn't have a strong mind (like 99% of humanity, including me) she won't stand up long at all and will probably end up wishing within the year that He was her husband too.
To help show how powerfull these hormones are, I will share that I am one of those few guys out there who love a woman for her soul, not her chest or bjs or whatever your thing is. Being the loving man I am, I don't want to lust after my girlfriend's body, therefore I am currently single until I get my hormones straight (14 months so far, and still no idea of when I can permit myself to love another) of course, concerning mattes of love, my mind is weak. concerning most other matters, I am very loud and stubborn, a very testing predicament I have been battling since I started puberty and have yet to solve.
If you wish to ask me questions or discuss something, feel free to email me at lifestudent101@gmail.com because I more than likely will not visit this page again.
Comment by Anonymous2
that last link leads to a pornography site.
Comment by GlenB
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At least Brittany's sister couldn't screw her husband behind her back!
Comment by R. Willis
I think that both of them know that their situation is different from most americans and this way they can both get a legal christian marriage. I am sure that God knows the situation they are presented [although I am a believer in science] and it would be improper for them to have two separate husbands sharing the same vagina--because it would complicate things between both sisters and the men as to producing offspring with different dna from the same organism and its also incest for both of them being both mom and aunt [atleast from a religous point of view]. The government will not allow one man to marry both of them because that would open up a large array of problems with the homosexual marriage situation.
I think that the man 'britney' is marrying will be a great husband to both britney and abigail. He is probably one of their close friends and the three of them have come to terms with the fate. I think that he is getting two special women who will love him unconditionally.
This family situation is great because there will be three incomes and when the kids are born, they may have to deal with teasing, as I am bure brit and abby have come to terms with over the years, but will be better cared for than most children in the american population.
Besides, individuals how have come before and after me, sex is a private matter! Exactly how do you have sex with your spouse? How deep is your wife's vagina or how big is your husband's penis? Uncomfortable, right? Let them decide how they will have sex because its really not a public matter.
My perception may be incorrect, but I hope britney and abigail have a wonderful life that is full of love, passion, romance, and most of all happiness. Everyone has struggles and it brings joy to my heart to see how these two sisters have coped with their biological status--and have unconditional love for each other.
Comment by Judy, Florida
You should be thanking God that you did not have to go through it either in your life or your childrens life.
Pray for them and their spouses and children to be. Grow up and find another site to trash.
Scripture tells us to be thankful in all things. Are you??
Comment by ValMickey
I must say, I'm fascinated by both of them. I hope things turn out well for the both of them.
Comment by Anonymous
And anonymous who is calling them 'a monster", don't you think there are child rapists and serial killers to scream that at? I guarentee you the true monster is in the mind, and it seems you are one as well.
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and if your askin why im in this then? its to get mad responses out of you
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Comment by Abby & Brit Supporter
They are indeed separate individuals that just happen to have their bodies conjoined. They each have separate heads, mouths, esophaguses, stomachs, and lungs although the lungs facing each other in the middle conjoin toward the bottom lobe. Their small intestines start out as separate then conjoin and from there on, everything is one. One large intestine, one bladder, one colon, one reproductive system. They do have 3 kidneys and an XL conjoined liver. They each control their respective sides of the body -- Abby controls the right arm and right leg, Brittany controls the left arm and left leg. When they took their driving tests, Abby controls the pedals and the shifter, Brittany controls the turn signal and the windshield wipers, and they both steer. They accomplish this easily because they've grown up since birth learning how to coordinate their halfs of the body -- they walk, run, swim on a swim team, play softball, play volleyball, type e-mails together, etc. If you spent every waking moment with someone from birth to almost 19 years of age, you would learn to be coordinated with them too. Plus twins have that special psychological connection, thus they understand each other and are on the same wavelength. It's no different than identical twins who live across the country from each other and somehow just "know" when something is wrong with the other. These two just happen to be conjoined. The girls had to be authorized 2 driver's licenses because they have 2 separate social security numbers, thus the government identifies them as 2 separate people. I would assume that this also means they cannot marry the same man as it would be illegal. HOWEVER, this would be something that would be individually decided by the girls AND the court system as needed -- just like when they discussed if they got pulled over and recieved a traffic ticket...they would let the court decide who would get the ticket based on the infraction and who was controlling the corresponding part of the vehicle (or if both would get a ticket). As for sex -- because there's a split right down the middle of the body in terms of nerve endings, they both would feel it. And for their sake, I hope both would be able to get enjoyment out of it. If you think about it, they have done all intimate things together since birth -- urinating, defecating, dealing with their period, bathing, dressing, etc...sex would be right along the same lines and probably not bother either to have to be present. If the other didn't want to partake in the act, they would either not go through with it or the non-participant would probably put on headphones and tune it out or something. Just like other conjoined twins do when one is doing something the other doesn't want to be part of. It's something they will have to decide how to handle between themselves and also with their respective partner(s), who obviously will have had to think about that situation and be comfortable with it before they even started dating either of them.
In regard to the comment above from whoever said they were told by nurses that parents could choose whether deformed babies live or not...that only applies to babies with massive deformities that require them to be on some kind of life support -- respirator, dialysis, etc. Parents can choose to pull the plug and allow nature to take its course. In the case with Abby and Britney, they were perfectly functional right at birth and did NOT require any kind of life support, thus they lived on their own and thrived. You cannot choose to "euthanize" them like an unwanted dog. That's disturbing. Also, their parents had no idea they were expecting twins let alone conjoined girls. They were expecting one baby and were surprised right along with the doctors when they pulled Abby and Brittany out.
It doesn't make anyone a "freak" to wonder these types of things about these 2 extraordinary ladies. It is human nature to be curious and inquisitive about things out of the ordinary, and doctors are just as curious about them as the public. However, it has been the parents' and the girls' choice to not be subjected to medical testing unless medically necessary for health reasons. They don't feel that they should be a science experiment, they just want to do everything they can to live normal lives as much as possible and when situations arise, make the best of it and compromise. I think they should be APPLAUDED for their hard work, dedication, and courage.
Comment by adiefiona
As a single person in a single body, I too have a difficult time imagining how both the physical and emotional issues play out in terms of their dating and marriage. No matter what there will have to be some degree of sharing. However, as the lovely person above me pointed out, their conception of intimacy is very different from all of ours, so it doesn't have to make sense to us.
Please, go easy on these ladies. They are beautiful, graceful, and strong, and highly committed to living as normal a life as all their peers do. They accomplish that goal magnificently. If you haven't watched their documentaries, look them up on YouTube: "Joined for Life" 1 through 5. They explain a lot about their lives and you see the remarkable way in which they live in their very unique situation. Anyone who is hating on them will probably feel a lot differently after they watch these. Be kind; they are just other human beings like us, they feel just as we do. Treat them as you would anyone else.
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Their two seperate people! NOT monsters you JERKS!!!
one is in love, im not sure how but yea. and I hope the best for
hermarriage if she goes through with it<3
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