My twins were conceived via IVF/ICSI
May 2000.
From 7 weeks till the day I delivered
I suffered from severe all day and
night morning sickness (hyperemesis
gravidarum) and from week 18, I also
started to get braxton hicks (BH)
contractions.
I spent a lot of my pregnancy in bed
as I felt so incredibly awful, not
quite the pregnancy I thought I'd have
but hey I was still pregnant and very
grateful.
My BH got tighter and tighter around
30 weeks and were becoming quite
painful, but apart from this the twins
(b/g) were doing really well and there
were no other signs of PTL.
At 31w 2d I felt the best I'd felt
since week 7 so I went on a shopping
spree and brought my twins bouncy
seats and a backpack. The next morning
at 6am my waters broke.
We were met at hospital by my
specialist and I was started on
subutinol, to stop the contractions
which had started and I had the first
of 2 steroid shots for the twins
lungs.
The next day I received my 2nd lung
ripening steroid shot.
I was now at the hospital till
delivery. If I hadn't delivered by 34
weeks then I would be induced.
2 days later Finn and Bree were
delivered vaginally 6 minutes apart,
9th of December 2000. Finn received
apgars of 9 and then a perfect 10,
Bree an 8 (she was born a little blue)
and then also a perfect 10.
They weighed Finn, 3lb6 and Bree,
3lb3.
Neither needed ventilation or
CPAP
Finn stayed in NICU for 4 weeks with
only a few little preemie probs of A's
and B's.
Bree stayed for 8 weeks as she was
also born with congenital heart
defects and had her first of 2 heart
ops when she was 3 weeks old.
My docs weren't able to discover the
reason I had PPROM, tests for
infection came back negative. I tend
to put it down to a combo of BH,
multiple pregnancy and hyperemesis
gravidarum (severe morning
sickness).
Today my twins are almost 2 1/2 years
old, Finn is perfect as is Bree,
although she is a little
developmentally delayed and is a tiny
dot.
You can read more of their story at
the website
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/twinzland/
index17.entry.html
Thank you for reading.
Karyn.
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