In January 2008 I had my first round
of IVF and found out a few weeks later
that I was pregnant with twins. At 9
weeks I started bleeding and found out
I had what was called subchorionic
bleeding. The doctor said I had about
a shot glass of blood in me that had
to come out but that both babies were
doing well. The bleeding stopped and
the pregnancy continued to go well. I
found out at 18 weeks that I was
having a girl and a boy.
I woke up when I was 19 weeks and 2
days pregnant and went to the grocery
store. I came home and put the
groceries away, then sat and relaxed
and talked to my mom on the phone for
an hour. I got off the phone and went
to use the bathroom. When I finished
going I stood up and all of a sudden
felt a huge gush. I knew I wasn't
going to the bathroom since I had just
gone. I called my husband who came
home and got me and we went to labor
and delivery to meet my ob. He
confirmed that my water had broken on
baby a, my girl. He then had the high
risk doctor examine me who also said
the sac on baby a had ruptured. I
hadn't started to have contractions
and my cervix was still closed. I was
told I would either go into labor and
lose both or one of the babies, hold
onto both babies, or baby a could die
in me and I could stay pregnant with
baby b. I was admitted to the hospital
and put on bedrest. A doctor from my
regular ob group came to see me every
day and they kept telling me they
could give me something to end the
pregnancy if I wanted but I didn't
want to. I knew baby b had not
ruptured his sac and both babies had
good heartbeats and were moving
around. My high risk group was a
little more encouraging. They had seen
situations where the baby was fine
after a rupture or where the other
twin survived even if one of the twins
was delivered.
At 20 weeks, 2 days I started to have
contractions but the doctors didn't
want to stop them because they thought
most likely the rupture was caused by
an infection even though I never
showed any signs of infection. The
next day I got up to use the bathroom
and immediately ran back to the bed
because I felt the baby right there. I
delivered her. The doctor then told me
he could give me something to speed up
contractions so that I could deliver
my other baby but I wanted to see what
would happen. I stopped contracting on
my own, my cervix closed, and 5 days
later I had a cerclage and was sent
home on bedrest.
At 26 weeks I started to bleed and
went back to the hospital. The doctor
thought I was bleeding from my girl's
placenta since they had to leave it in
me. I was given a steroid shot and the
next day wound up having an emergency
c section because the baby was in
distress.
Brandon was born weighing 1 pound, 14
ounces and was 13 inches long. He
spent 12 weeks in the NICU and had a
relatively easy course. He turned one
two days ago and is 18 pounds, 28 1/2
inches today and doing great.
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