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We had been trying to get pregnant for
over three years with no success.
After months of fertility drugs,
IUI's, and finally IVF, I was finally
pregnant with twins. Everything was
going along just fine until my water
broke on one of the babies at 19
weeks. The doctors said the baby would
not survive since it was too early but
if I could keep him inside me until 24
weeks then there was a chance of
survival. They gave me all the risks
and stats, and what they would do if I
developed an infection which was to
induce labor. A couple of days later I
felt something in my vagina which
turned out to be a foot. The docs
admitted me to the hospital and
expected me to deliver within 24
hours. A week later I started to have
contractions. Daniel was born but only
lived for 15 minutes and I was happy
to have the chance to hold him. The
doctors tried a procedure where they
leave the fetus inside me and close
the umbilical cord to the other baby
to try and save the other baby.
Unfortunately, later that night I
started to have chills, a very high
fever (104 deg), and had developed an
infection in my uterus which had also
entered my bloodstream. The only way
to get rid of the infection was to
induce labor to clear everything out
of my uterus. My little girl, Denise,
was born (stillborn) the next morning.
I had the opportunity to hold her too.
It was so devastating to see two
babies that look just like me and my
husband although they were very tiny.
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