I had the perfect pregnancy until
22w/6d when my water broke. My
husband took me to the hospital only
to have them tell me it wasn't
amniotic fluid and discharge me. I
knew deep down they were wrong so I
made them test me again and it was
positive this time.
They admitted me to the high risk
pregnancy floor. That was my home so
I could keep my babies baking. I was
on strict bedrest, but was allowed up
to go to the bathroom, take a shower
every other day or so, and to get my
daily sonograms to check fluid.
After 4 weeks I finally started having
intense contractions that they
couldn't stop. All I remember is them
yelling and prepping me for a stat-
section and waking up to my husband
whispering "Good Morning Mommy". Twin
A was born weighing 1 lb 14 oz, 13
1/2" long and Twin B at 2 lb 4 oz, 14"
long.
Twin A was very sick because he was
the one that was ruptured. His lungs
were more like a 23-24 weeker. He
needed to have a cocktail of stuff
just to get him off the oscillator.
He spent 99 days in the NICU.
Twin B wasn't as sick. He seemed to
do exactly what the doctors had
expected him to do. He spent 72 days
in the NICU.
The boys are now almost 2 and happy,
healthy toddlers. They were
discharged from all specialists within
6 months after leaving the NICU. They
did receive Early Intervention which
helped them both tremendously. No
problems to report...they are both
pretty little, but to me they are the
strongest little boys I've ever met.
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