The stories where the baby survived are marked with green,
the stories where the babies did not make it are marked with blue.
Black means it was a pregnancy with multiples
with different outcome for the babies, or that the outcome is unknown.
| Name (Year) |
PROM week | Delivery week | PROM Days | Sinnanna (2010) |
10 weeks & 6 days | 25 weeks. | 100 | Multiples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After 3 years of fertility treatment I finally became pregnant with twins March 2010. From week 5 I started spotting and bleeding a little bit. Week 10+6 I lost the amniotic fluid on ou... Read more » | Crissy (2010) |
11 weeks & 4 days | 30 weeks & 3 days. | 132 | Multiples |
| I wanted to share my story to hopefully give a little encouragement to whoever reads this-it truly can all work out! This website both encouraged me and scared me to death... Read more » | Debbie (2000) |
12 weeks | 24 weeks. | 84 | Multiples |
| Soon after I found out that I was pregnant I started to bleed, and continued to bleed unitil 11 weeks. Every time I had a change in the type of bleeding I rushed into the doctor... Read more » | Erin (2012) |
12 weeks | 27 weeks. | 104 | Multiples |
| I was 12 weeks pregnant with B/G twins when my water broke following a minor auto accident. I went in for a \"peace of mind\" ultrasound and it was confirmed that all of the fluid for b... Read more » | Marianne (2002) |
13 weeks | 31 weeks. | 126 | Multiples |
| On September 11, 2001 at 1:45 am I awoke to find my pajama pants were wet. I went to the bathroom and there was a gush of fluid. I called my OB who told me that I probably pee... Read more » | Jody (2005) |
13 weeks | 33 weeks & 5 days. | 145 | Multiples |
| On Dec 31, 2004 after dinner with my family, I went to the restroom and passed a small blood clot. I spoke with my OB and she said that this was nothing to be concerned about u... Read more » | Katherine Keleko, (2007) |
13 weeks | 25 weeks & 4 days. | 88 | Multiples |
| I'm sharing my story as I know I scoured this site and the stories on it so many times whilst I was on bed rest looking for something to give me hope.... This was my first ... Read more » | Stacie (2003) |
13 weeks | 31 weeks. | 125 | Multiples |
| I want to share my story to give hope
for those who are dealing with PROM. I thought I was pregnant with twins, but after four ultrasounds a third sac appeared. I was 12... Read more » | Veronica (2007) |
13 weeks & 2 days | 20 weeks & 5 days. | 52 | Multiples |
| Hi everyone, my name is Veronica and I just lost both of my babies on June 1st. I'm not sure what to say so I will just tell you my story. When I found out I was preg with twi... Read more » | Lind (2013) |
13 weeks & 5 days | 38 weeks & 4 days. | 174 | Multiples |
| Firstly I would like to thank all the brave and amazing Mums and Dads on this site who have shared their stories, i had read them all in a time of need, and found the successful stories... Read more » | Julie (1997) |
14 weeks | 30 weeks. | 112 | Multiples |
| At 14 weeks they determined that I was leaking fluid and I was put on bedrest. At 21 weeks (I think due to the stress of my husbands office wanting to send him to Germany the ne... Read more » | Lisa (2001) |
14 weeks | 28 weeks & 5 days. | 103 | Multiples |
| After 1 year of infertility treatments, I was pregnant with triplets. At 8 weeks, one of the heart beats stopped and i was left with a twin pregnancy. During this time, I starte... Read more » | Lisa (2003) |
14 weeks | 32 weeks. | 125 | Multiples |
| I had on and off cramping for several weeks in my twin pregnancy. I was not concerned because my doctor had told me to expect cramping as a result of the scar tissue we knew I ... Read more » | Sean (2004) |
14 weeks & 2 days | 34 weeks & 5 days. | 143 | Multiples |
| My wife and I counted ourselves lucky when we found out we were pregnant. Better yet we found out we were expecting twins. We were cautious in our hopes for the first 14 weeks ... Read more » | Daisy (2001) |
14 weeks & 3 days | 29 weeks. | 102 | Multiples |
| I wrote about my pregnancy for the Denver Post. Here is my story. Bittersweet emotions attend birth Grief, joy spring from in vitro twins By Daisy Whitney Speci... Read more » | Tess (2001) |
14 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 4 days. | 36 | Multiples |
| My name is Tony, Tess's husband and I am posting this story for my wife. It rips my heart out to write this story, since I was so hopeful I would be writing it with a different ... Read more » | Lakshmi (2012) |
14 weeks & 6 days | 15 weeks & 3 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| My husband was born without a vas deferens and I have PCOS. The only way for us to have a baby is via IVF. We did a fresh and a frozen cycle which failed. We did another fresh cycle and... Read more » | Lakshmi (2014) |
14 weeks & 6 days | 37 weeks & 2 days. | 157 | Multiples |
| I lost twins to pprom in 2012. You can find my pprom story here under 14 week pprom. The autopsy showed baby a was actually a girl. Baby b was a boy. In 2013 we tried again and it wa... Read more » | Ginger (2006) |
15 weeks | 15 weeks & 3 days. | 3 | Multiples |
| My husband and I have been trying to build our family for about seven years now. We have undergone 6 IUIs, then 2 failed IVFs, then a surgery, then one more IVF. I was ready for... Read more » | Nancy (2013) |
15 weeks | 25 weeks. | 70 | Multiples |
| I became pregnant with twins through IVF. This was my second pregnancy, my first being a healthy singleton pregnancy. Late in my first trimester I experienced some bleeding/spotting... Read more » | Marion (2008) |
15 weeks | 28 weeks & 2 days. | 92 | Multiples |
| HI. I hope my story can give you hope if you find yourself in this terrifying situation. I was pregnant with IVF twins and after quite a bit of bleeding and lots of mornin... Read more » | Terese (2004) |
15 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks. | 47 | Multiples |
| I was diagnosed with PCOS and after two years of trying, my husband and I conceived twins by artificial insemination in July. Our first ultrasound at seven weeks showed three ... Read more » | Peggy (2003) |
15 weeks & 3 days | 29 weeks & 4 days. | 99 | Multiples |
| I was pregnant with identical triplets and suffered from atrocious morning sickness. By my 15th week, I was just becoming adjusted to the idea that we had triplets and was begin... Read more » | Heather (2006) |
15 weeks & 3 days | 32 weeks & 6 days. | 122 | Multiples |
| We found out very early on that we were having twins. At my first exam at 6 weeks I had high blood pressure & was "larger" than i should have been for 6 weeks, so I went for an earl... Read more » | Leslie (2003) |
15 weeks & 4 days | 32 weeks & 6 days. | 121 | Multiples |
| In July 2002, my husband and I found out we were pregnant. Because we had been taking fertility medicine, we knew there was an increased chance of multiples, so we did an early ... Read more » | Laura (2005) |
15 weeks & 4 days | 28 weeks & 3 days. | 90 | Multiples |
| I went to the ER when I first noticed the leak at 15 weeks - I was terrified and worried that my water had broken, but they sent me home. I think they thought I had wet my pants... Read more » | Kiersten (2010) |
15 weeks & 4 days | 31 weeks & 5 days. | 113 | Multiples |
| My water broke with baby A at 15weeks and 4 days. Baby B and baby C weren't ruptured. We were advised to wait a day and more than likely we'd be in labor and have to deliver. We... Read more » | Vanessa (2003) |
15 weeks & 5 days | 23 weeks & 6 days. | 57 | Multiples |
| 3 months later I feel I can tell our story. We found out I was pregnant with twins, a total surprise. Everything was going well until one night I woke up with water running do... Read more » | Kari (2011) |
15 weeks & 6 days | 16 weeks. | 1 | Multiples |
| We finally got preg after 2 long rounds of ivf. And then to find out it was twins. The preg started bleeding from positive beta with subchrionic bleeds. Finally things were going great... Read more » | Tamara (2000) |
16 weeks | 16 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| After 13 years of marriage my husband and I decided to go through In-vitro fertilization. (required due to lack of fallopian tubes) Our first attempt was unsuccessful -- our sec... Read more » | Randy (2000) |
16 weeks | 27 weeks. | 77 | Multiples |
| I hope that this story, although it is lengthy ,will incourage someone who is losing hope. My wife and I after trying to get pregnant for almost two years were told we would hav... Read more » | Jodi (2001) |
16 weeks | 16 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I am now 35 years old. I have two beautiful boys 6 1/2 and 2 1/2. I have had prom twice, one a beautiful girl at 21 weeks who is an angel in heaven and the other prom at 21 we... Read more » | Debbie (2002) |
16 weeks | 16 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| After five years of infertility and one miscarriage at 8 weeks my husband Jeff and I finally concieved on our first try of IVF we found out at 7 weeks on my birthday that we wer... Read more » | Kimberly (2004) |
16 weeks | 16 weeks & 5 days. | 5 | Multiples |
| Here is my story. We conceived in March of 04 and found out in May that we were expecting twins. We were not only surprised, but just so happy beyond belief. We never even ... Read more » | Julie (2007) |
16 weeks | 26 weeks & 5 days. | 75 | Multiples |
| This is the story of Miracle Maggie and Terrific Tom. Maggie's amniotic sack had ruptured around week 16/17. She was leaking most of her fluid. Without it, she has no lun... Read more » | Samantha (2010) |
16 weeks | 32 weeks & 2 days. | 114 | Multiples |
| After years of trying to get pregnant on our own my husband and I turned to IVF. On our first round we implanted two embryos and were so excited to find out that they both ... Read more » | Hannah (2017) |
16 weeks | 34 weeks & 3 days. | 129 | Multiples |
| In November 2015 after trying to conceive for only 3 weeks myself and my partner found out we were expecting twins. Along with our 4 year old daughter, we were over the moon. At our 1... Read more » | MICHELLE (2010) |
16 weeks | 33 weeks & 4 days. | 122 | Multiples |
| So this was my first pregnancy. At 15 weeks I had an ultrasound and learned that I was having fraternal twin boys. Everything was going well at that point. At the time I exper... Read more » | Blair (2005) |
16 weeks & 2 days | 36 weeks & 4 days. | 142 | Multiples |
| After years of infertility treatment and what I previously thought had been a complicated pregnancy with my daughter, we became pregnant with twins in Feb. 2004 after another IV... Read more » | Sandra (2002) |
16 weeks & 4 days | 29 weeks & 6 days. | 93 | Multiples |
| I was pregnant with triplets. My water broke at 16 1/2 weeks on one of my triplets (a high baby not the one presenting near the cervix). I never resealed and leaked amniotic fl... Read more » | Mayme (2013) |
16 weeks & 4 days | 29 weeks. | 87 | Multiples |
| I was pregnant with di/di twins. I had a very normal pregnancy with no complaints until at 16w4d I started leaking amniotic fluid with no other symptoms. I had an ultrasound that day ... Read more » | Trine (2015) |
16 weeks & 4 days | 26 weeks. | 66 | Multiples |
| Our story is unfortunately not a survival story but it is a story of a boy who made it all the way to viability and a little beyond and who didn\'t actually die because of bad lungs eve... Read more » | Liz (2009) |
16 weeks & 5 days | 23 weeks & 3 days. | 47 | Multiples |
| After 2 years of trying to conceive, we decided to try the IVF route. Our first try was successful, so successful, that were were elated to learn we were expecting twins. For ... Read more » | Carmell (2009) |
16 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks & 5 days. | 70 | Multiples |
| I came on this website when i pprom'd, i was realy hoping my story would be marked in green and even with the odds against it, i realy thought that everything would be ok. i was... Read more » | Ozi (2007) |
16 weeks & 6 days | 35 weeks & 2 days. | 129 | Multiples |
| PROM at 16.6 weeks on Baby B. Then kept on bed rest with bathroom access and one quick shower a day. My doctors were very surprised at how well we did. No issues with Baby A, no... Read more » | Liz (2008) |
16 weeks & 6 days | 26 weeks & 6 days. | 70 | Multiples |
| Hello everyone. My water broke at 16w6d weeks on my twin a from an amnio. I started leaking fluid that night and it totally broke the next morning. I never regained fluid. ... Read more » | Aesha (2012) |
16 weeks & 6 days | 17 weeks. | 1 | Multiples |
| My husba nd and I are IVF patients we concieved on our first try . We were super excited. I started spotting around 10wks and9 days then it went away. And everything was/f... Read more » | Lara (2000) |
17 weeks | 17 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| Its only been 12 days since I had PROM at 17 weeks. I delivered two beautiful baby girls (Elizabeth and Sydney who now are my little angels). I have so many questions, they all ... Read more » | Tammy (1998) |
17 weeks | 24 weeks. | 49 | Multiples |
| My husband and I decided I would go off birth control in March 1998. He had lung surgery in May 1998, while he was in the hospital I started having morning sickness, but chalked... Read more » | Jill (2000) |
17 weeks | 33 weeks & 6 days. | 118 | Multiples |
| My DH and I had to go through IVF to get pregnant, and when we found out we were pregnant we were so happy - when we learned we were having twins, we were absolutely ecstatic!! ... Read more » | Katie (2000) |
17 weeks | 36 weeks. | 133 | Multiples |
| Hello! My baby girl was born under the most amazing circumstances. I was diagnosed with acardiac twins. In order to save my healthy twin, I had to have a special procedure.... Read more » | Ellen (2000) |
17 weeks | 28 weeks. | 77 | Multiples |
| I am so glad i found this website so I can give hope to other moms with PROM. I was pregnant with twins and had PPROM on one twin at 17 weeks. The doctors were very pessimistic ... Read more » | Jodi (2002) |
17 weeks | 26 weeks & 5 days. | 68 | Multiples |
| My story begins last Sept. When we found out I was pregnant. We were so excited because I had a miscarriage one year prior. We went for an ultrasound to find out I was having ... Read more » | Dusti (2004) |
17 weeks | 33 weeks & 3 days. | 115 | Multiples |
| I was 16 weeks when i found out i was pregnate with twins and they saw that my twins were identical twins with there own sacks, and they had twin to twin transfusion syndrome. b... Read more » | Alyssa (2007) |
17 weeks | 30 weeks. | 91 | Multiples |
| My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for over a year-in-a- half. I had been diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis, so after a lap. and drugs to help me ovulate, we we... Read more » | Chelsea (2010) |
17 weeks | 20 weeks & 3 days. | 24 | Multiples |
| I have a very long story. I had a complicated pregnancy from the begining. I went in for my very first appointment and I knew I had some sort of infection because I was having a greenis... Read more » | Nikki (2009) |
17 weeks | 34 weeks. | 119 | Multiples |
| My story is special. I had Prom at 17 weeks and was told that my babies would not make it. I was put in the hospital for 2 weeks to see if I would go into labor. I did not and I... Read more » | Andrea (2011) |
17 weeks | 25 weeks & 6 days. | 61 | Multiples |
| My husband and I had been trying to conceive for over 1 year and decided to move to IUI which did not result in a pregnancy. We then moved on to IVF. The first IVF did not yield a pre... Read more » | Toni (2005) |
17 weeks & 2 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 18 | Multiples |
| My name is Toni and my DH is Justin. We were married in June of 2000 and after about 10 months of marrage desided to start our family. Well after 15 months of TTCing on our o... Read more » | Cecilia (2006) |
17 weeks & 2 days | 25 weeks. | 55 | Multiples |
| I wondered for months how my PROM story would end. I went to this web site often during my ordeal and it gave me a lot of information and hope. I hope that some day our story ... Read more » | Anne (2009) |
17 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 4 days. | 15 | Multiples |
| It was one month ago today that we lost our babies. In early July, I was 17 weeks and 2 days pregnant with our twins when I noticed a slightly watery discharge. I worried ... Read more » | Beth (2008) |
17 weeks & 4 days | 26 weeks & 4 days. | 63 | Multiples |
| My first pregnancy could not have been more uneventful. We did use IUI to get pregnant, but after that everything was a breeze, including the delivery. My second pregnancy c... Read more » | Rachel (2013) |
17 weeks & 4 days | 19 weeks & 6 days. | 16 | Multiples |
| My story with a heart breaking ending. I am sharing to help others who may be searching for someone who has experienced the same as them. I had a twin pregnancy through IVF and at 1... Read more » | Marla (2004) |
17 weeks & 5 days | 27 weeks. | 66 | Multiples |
| After 7 years, 2 surgeries, 4 inseminations and an IVF/ICSI cycle, my husband and I found out we were pregnant with twins! We were so excited and had the perfect 1st 12 ... Read more » | Mary (2005) |
17 weeks & 5 days | 21 weeks. | 24 | Multiples |
| My husband Jacob & I started trying to get pg in Oct. 2003, just a few months after our July wedding. We wanted to start right away since I had problems four years earlier with... Read more » | Jubeda (2006) |
17 weeks & 6 days | 21 weeks & 6 days. | 28 | Multiples |
| Hello everybody, my name is Jubeda, i got prgnant with twins when i was 19 years old and me and my husband were both excited, We knew we were both young (both 19) and we knew th... Read more » | Yolanda (2000) |
18 weeks | 18 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I was at work on mother\'s day last year 5/9/99 when I lost my twins boys. All morning I keep feeling trickles come down but didn\'t think any thing of it. Around 10:30 am I sta... Read more » | Abby (2003) |
18 weeks | 27 weeks & 6 days. | 69 | Multiples |
| After 2 1/2 yrs and 5 ivf's, we became
pg with twin boys. I was ecstatic but
cautious throughout my entire pregnancy.
From the beginning, nothing was easy. At 6 1/2 wks I... Read more » | Silje (2007) |
18 weeks | 21 weeks & 6 days. | 27 | Multiples |
| I have had 3 PPROM pregnancies. Vilde was my first.... I started bleeding at 8-9 weeks. We found that I had a vanishing twin, which caused the bleeding. Vilde was doing... Read more » | Julie (2008) |
18 weeks | 32 weeks. | 99 | Multiples |
| After trying to get pregnant for a year my husband and I decided to just go for it and give IVF a shot. We were exstatic to find out we were pregnant the first try. A few weeks ... Read more » | Sarah (2010) |
18 weeks | 32 weeks & 5 days. | 103 | Multiples |
| Our miracle story begins in 2006 when my husband and I learned I was in premature menopause and would not conceive a baby on my own. After several years of discussing options, ... Read more » | Vicki (2002) |
18 weeks | 27 weeks & 2 days. | 64 | Multiples |
| My pregnancy was IVF/ICSI and at 6 weeks we were thrilled to find out we were pregnant with twins. We had been trying to concieve for 3 years and this was our second round of IV... Read more » | Kirsten (2009) |
18 weeks | 21 weeks. | 20 | Multiples |
| I concieved my fraternal twin boys last June (2008) using IVF/ICSI, it was our third attempt. I knew I had twins long before the scan, I felt them both implant and I just knew s... Read more » | Kaitlyn Michael (2004) |
18 weeks & 2 days | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 14 | Multiples |
| My husband and I were so excited after learning of our pregnancy and even more so when we found out there were twins. I was so sick the first 3 1/2 to 4 months with morning sick... Read more » | Jenny (2008) |
18 weeks & 2 days | 27 weeks & 3 days. | 64 | Multiples |
| Monday, October 1st I was 18wks and 1 day pregnant with my twins, I had had a completely normal and uneventful pregnancy. That day we went to the Perinatologist for our ultrasou... Read more » | Julie (2011) |
18 weeks & 2 days | 29 weeks & 3 days. | 78 | Multiples |
| I promised myself I would write our story on this website if it had a positive outcome. Every day after our PROM, I checked this website, reading through the stories, looking for advice... Read more » | Hege (2012) |
18 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks & 6 days. | 32 | Multiples |
| I was having what I thought was a \'perfect pregnancy\' with no problems at all. The only thing I remember was a little bit of bleeding around the time of implantation, and an infection... Read more » | Cheri (2001) |
18 weeks & 3 days | 26 weeks. | 54 | Multiples |
| I always said I would share my story no matter what the outcome had been, and so here I am. Carrying twins,I began losing fluid from one of the sacs at 18 weeks. The d... Read more » | Melissa (2007) |
18 weeks & 3 days | 18 weeks & 6 days. | 3 | Multiples |
| July 3rd 2007, I lost my baby to PROM. My pregnancy began with twins, which i was terified about. I have a daughter who is one years old and the thought of three babies at the... Read more » | Nicole (2008) |
18 weeks & 3 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 9 | Multiples |
| My husband and I were so happy to finally be pregnant after years of unexplained infertility. We had successfully conceived after our first attempt at IVF with a twin pregnancy... Read more » | Rick & Berry (2014) |
18 weeks & 3 days | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 13 | Multiples |
| My partner and I have spent 17 wonderful years together and have always wanted to start a family. In January 2013, we decided to explore and move forward with surrogacy. We were matched... Read more » | Marisa (2007) |
18 weeks & 4 days | 20 weeks. | 10 | Multiples |
| Well now I begin my heartbreaking story. My husband and I were trying to concieve for almost 1 year. I finally went to a RE and after 5 months and 3 IUI's with Gonal-F I got ... Read more » | Kathleen (2001) |
18 weeks & 5 days | 22 weeks. | 23 | Multiples |
| My water broke while I was at work. I was 18 weeks 5 days along. I had just been to the doctor the day before because I had a large mucus discharge, what I thought was my "plu... Read more » | Michelle (2004) |
18 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks. | 52 | Multiples |
| We did IVF after male factor. Our first attempt at IVF was successful - twin boys due 12/8/2003. I had spotting between week 9 through 12. One July 12, 2003 I felt very tired... Read more » | Melissa (2006) |
18 weeks & 5 days | 21 weeks & 6 days. | 22 | Multiples |
| Well I just typed my story and it all erased so I will leave the link to my blog---it has my whole story in detail. Just rememeber to pray pray and pray some more, I truely be... Read more » | Melissa (2006) |
18 weeks & 5 days | 21 weeks & 6 days. | 22 | Multiples |
| After two IVF's and 1 son later I became pg with twin girls. I was so so happy I really thought my family would be complete. I had little bits of spotting here and there through out... Read more » | Heidi (2008) |
18 weeks & 5 days | 31 weeks & 5 days. | 91 | Multiples |
| What a heartbreak it is to hear confirmation that you have ruptured. For those who don’t go into labor immediately there is the fear and sense of dread that early labor is ... Read more » | Aimee (2006) |
18 weeks & 6 days | 28 weeks & 4 days. | 68 | Multiples |
| My husband and I were excited and shocked to find out I was carrying twins for my 2nd pregnancy. I had some spotting off and on for the 1st trimester. My husband is in the ... Read more » | Kristine (2011) |
18 weeks & 6 days | 25 weeks & 3 days. | 46 | Multiples |
| We found out we were pregnant with identical twins in June of 2011. We were excited but also very nervous about caring for two babies. We also have a three year old and lost our first... Read more » | Yolanda (2000) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks. | 7 | Multiples |
| After a long battle with dealing with the lost of our sons Esar Alfred & Naszeem Shakur we finally got pregnant 14 months later. I got pregnant with my second set of twins 14 ... Read more » | Kristine (2002) |
19 weeks | 30 weeks. | 77 | Multiples |
| I want to share my story with you because when I was going through my very difficult pregnancy all of these stories and several other websites helped me. My husband and ... Read more » | Sharon (2003) |
19 weeks | 23 weeks. | 28 | Multiples |
| At 18 weeks I started to bleed quite heavy, we rushed to the hospital, where they kept me in doing every test going. They eventually found that baby and I were fine but I had lo... Read more » | Joy (2005) |
19 weeks | 21 weeks & 3 days. | 17 | Multiples |
| I had a completely uncomplicated first pregnancy and even this pregnancy was going great despite getting really big fast, we were excited about having ID twin boys. It was a hol... Read more » | Dee (2003) |
19 weeks | 20 weeks & 4 days. | 10 | Multiples |
| 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 ... Read more » | Paula (2003) |
19 weeks | 19 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| After over 5 years of infertility, we finally conceived twins via our second IVF/ICSI cycle. We were both just thrilled to be completing our family all at once. Other than ... Read more » | Kelly (2016) |
19 weeks | 34 weeks. | 104 | Multiples |
| I found out that I was pregnant with monochorionic diamniotic twins at 8 weeks when I started to bleed. The ultrasound showed a moderate sized subchorionic hematoma. The hematoma reso... Read more » | Jennifer (2004) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 34 weeks. | 103 | Multiples |
| Up until the PPROM, I was having a normal twin pregnancy. I had a 2 year old son, Harrison, at home, and he was a normal full-term pregnancy, so I had no reason to think that a... Read more » | Karen (2009) |
19 weeks & 2 days | 26 weeks. | 48 | Multiples |
| 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 sub... Read more » | Christine (2004) |
19 weeks & 5 days | 19 weeks & 5 days. | 0 | Multiples |
| My husband and I have a 2 year old. We decided to do IVF treatment again as we did with our daughter. I found out we were pregnant with twins in June. The pregnancy was diffi... Read more » | Christina (2006) |
19 weeks & 6 days | 20 weeks & 3 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| Nick and I decided in April 2006 that it was the right time to start trying for a family. We've been together for a long time and married in November 2005. Well, had we known ... Read more » | Laura (1998) |
20 weeks | 28 weeks. | 56 | Multiples |
| PROM #3: Mark & Michelle My last pregnancy is one of those \"I can\'t believe it happened to me\" stories. I hadn\'t been able to convince my husband to have another one ... Read more » | Annie (2001) |
20 weeks | 32 weeks. | 84 | Multiples |
| Well, Lam will be 6 months old tomorrow. During my PROM pregnancy, I was writing many posts/day to the group, some of the absolute greatest ladies in the world, but then after t... Read more » | Helen (2005) |
20 weeks | 35 weeks & 5 days. | 110 | Multiples |
| Stunned to be pregnant with Twins (first pregnancy) at 38. Started light bleeding from week 10.The scan showed a large bloodclot in uterus so took it pretty easy. Prom twin 1 ... Read more » | Louise (2006) |
20 weeks | 20 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I was 20 wks pregnant with twin boys, i had had a few problems in the early stages of the pregnancy with bleeding but everytime i went into hospital they checked me over and all... Read more » | Diane (2008) |
20 weeks | 28 weeks & 4 days. | 60 | Multiples |
| My entire pregnancy was a roller coaster, starting with the wonderful news that I was expecting twins. From very early on, I had mild spotting which I was told was normal ... Read more » | Melanie (2009) |
20 weeks | 20 weeks & 4 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| I found out I was pregnant with twins when I was 7 weeks pregnant. I was thrilled! I already have two boys, ages 8 and 4, and their pregnancies were perfect... no complications ... Read more » | Yoomi (2010) |
20 weeks | 20 weeks & 5 days. | 5 | Multiples |
| My husband and I were so excited last week because we had made it to 20 weeks. We had an appointment set up for Wednesday so we could find out if we were having boys or girls. ... Read more » | L (2013) |
20 weeks | 27 weeks & 3 days. | 52 | Multiples |
| I was pregnant with B/G twins. Had a small SCH around week 13 that dissapated a week or two later. On January 1st, I woke up in the middle of the night with a trickle dripping down my l... Read more » | Alan (2010) |
20 weeks | 28 weeks. | 55 | Multiples |
| My wife, carrying twins, prom'd at 20 weeks. Consultant told us there was nothing that could be done, and to expect labour within 48 hrs. I searched everywhere for some form ... Read more » | Heather (2009) |
20 weeks & 2 days | 20 weeks & 2 days. | 0 | Multiples |
| I have two sons 16 and 8. I really was unprepared to find out I was pregnant again. I found out in July. I always knew that this pregancy was different. I was unusually sick and... Read more » | Melissa (2011) |
20 weeks & 2 days | 31 weeks. | 75 | Multiples |
| My membrane ruptured suddenly and completely at 20 weeks and 2 days into a twin pregnancy. It was not correctly diagnosed until the following day (and the second hospital) and I was ad... Read more » | Domenica (2012) |
20 weeks & 2 days | 22 weeks & 4 days. | 16 | Multiples |
| Twin pregnancy from first IVF/ICSI. Lost twin A at 8 weeks and pregnancy became singleton. Lost daughter due to pprom at 22 weeks.... Read more » | Kate (2009) |
20 weeks & 3 days | 22 weeks & 4 days. | 15 | Multiples |
| I found the kanalen website so much comfort and help when my waters broke. My waters broke on twin 1 with a gush at 20 weeks and three days (although at the time I thought I was... Read more » | Brook (2005) |
20 weeks & 5 days | 29 weeks. | 58 | Multiples |
| I wasn't surprised to learn that I was pregnant with identical twins during my first perinatologist appointment at 11 weeks. I had been telling everybody I thought it was twins... Read more » | Mary (2006) |
20 weeks & 5 days | 21 weeks & 2 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| After 6 months of clomid, and two IUI’s we got pregnant with twins after our first IVF. We were so delighted could hardly believe it. Around the 10th week I began to have some ble... Read more » | Aisha (2002) |
20 weeks & 6 days | 25 weeks & 6 days. | 35 | Multiples |
| I found out I was having twins at 11w. After that I started seeing a Perinatologist as well as my OB. At 20w5d, I went to my appt at with my peri. and he discovered that my ce... Read more » | Carol (2005) |
21 weeks | 26 weeks & 4 days. | 39 | Multiples |
| My story is bittersweet. I was pregnant with twins. My daughter lived and is thriving. My son was not so fortunate and died in my arms after six days. Here is my story. I h... Read more » | Susan (2001) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 28 weeks. | 48 | Multiples |
| After 3 years and 8 miscarriages, medications and surgeries, we were pregnant with twins. We were so happy. We were very scared but so hopeful. After we reached 14 weeks, we tho... Read more » | Christy (2009) |
21 weeks & 2 days | 23 weeks & 3 days. | 15 | Multiples |
| My husband and I knew we wanted kids from the start. By the time we decided we were ready and went off birth control, my father-in-law found out that he had lung cancer. We sp... Read more » | Michelle (1998) |
21 weeks & 3 days | 25 weeks & 5 days. | 30 | Multiples |
| After 3 year of infertility, 6 artificial inseminations, 1 miscarriage and finally in-vitro fertilization, we became pregnant with triplets in May of 1997. I miscarried one arou... Read more » | Cameron (2003) |
21 weeks & 5 days | 28 weeks & 4 days. | 48 | Multiples |
| At 21.5 weeks, I was admitted to the hospital with a dialated cervix and baby A's bag was hanging out. We were given some choices and decided to try an emergency cerclage where... Read more » | Kimberly (1998) |
22 weeks | 22 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I gave birth to twin girls (22wks). The smaller twin (McKenzie Anne-born weighing 11 ounces) only lived eight days. Her identical twin (Mary McClain - born weighing 1lb,8oz.) sp... Read more » | Kristi (1999) |
22 weeks | 26 weeks & 3 days. | 31 | Multiples |
| My husband and I are 27 years old and in December of 1998, we were vacationing in Florida. I was pregnant for the first time with twins. On January 1, 1999 at 2:00a.m., one of t... Read more » | Tamara (2003) |
22 weeks | 32 weeks & 3 days. | 73 | Multiples |
| I became pregnant with triplets after going through IVF. My pregnancy was picture-perfect for the first 12 weeks. At 12w2d, I started bleeding heavily, and continued to bleed ... Read more » | Sonya (2004) |
22 weeks | 23 weeks & 5 days. | 12 | Multiples |
| My husband (Lonny) and I had tried having a baby for five years when we seek'ed out fertility help. We did clomide at first then moved on to six IUI's (artificial insemination)... Read more » | Melissa (2010) |
22 weeks | 26 weeks & 2 days. | 30 | Multiples |
| My first pregnancy with my now 3 yr old son was uneventful and by the book (he was actually 10 days overdue and I was induced). My second pregnancy however, was much different. I... Read more » | Kim (2010) |
22 weeks & 6 days | 26 weeks & 6 days. | 28 | Multiples |
| 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 ... Read more » | Alice (2010) |
22 weeks & 6 days | 26 weeks. | 23 | Multiples |
| I noticed a watery discharge during week 22 of my twin pregnancy. I went to my doctor who examined my cervix and discovered it was totally open with 'bulging membranes'. I was... Read more » | Amy (2010) |
22 weeks & 6 days | 23 weeks & 2 days. | 3 | Multiples |
| I want to tell you first that my story has two endings - a happy ending because I now have a 8 month old baby from a later healthy pregnancy, but a very sad ending because an earlier tw... Read more » | Eva (1997) |
23 weeks | 23 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I became pregnant in May, 1996. I started having a little spotting early on, so in week 7 I went to a doctor to check whether everything was normal. He performed an US, and told... Read more » | Michelle (2006) |
23 weeks | 29 weeks & 5 days. | 47 | Multiples |
| It was my first pregnancy, and I had a cold. At first I thought I was peeing my pants, because I was coughing so much (which was partly the case), after the cold subsided, I was st... Read more » | Bellinda (2004) |
23 weeks | 23 weeks & 5 days. | 4 | Multiples |
| Hello, here is my story: In April 2004, I discovered that I was pregnant with twins at 41 years old! I have an 11 years old boy. One morning in July, while putting lotion on my ... Read more » | Sara (2001) |
23 weeks & 3 days | 23 weeks & 4 days. | 1 | Multiples |
| My husband and I have been married for 16yrs. We have been TTC for the past 12yrs. We had an unsuccessful IVF 4 years ago and a successful one this past May. I was on partial ... Read more » | Lori (2001) |
23 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks & 4 days. | 20 | Multiples |
| Here is my story. I had been off the birth control pill for about a year and had been taking my prenatal vitamins every day. Two days after Christmas 1998 I found out I was preg... Read more » | Katherine (2011) |
24 weeks | 27 weeks. | 21 | Multiples |
| This was my first pregnancy and my husband and I were surprised to find out that we were having twins. We always thought how cute it would be to have twins. The doctors told me at 6 wee... Read more » | Sylvia (2002) |
24 weeks | 28 weeks & 5 days. | 32 | Multiples |
| I found out in early January 2000 that I was carrying twins. I had undergone in-vitro fertilization around Thanksgiving. We were numb at first but were happily settling into t... Read more » | Suzanne (2007) |
24 weeks | 24 weeks & 4 days. | 3 | Multiples |
| This is our story. I am 39 years of age and this was our third IVF attempt for a second child. We found out we were due with twins in the fall of 2006. Since I had an earlier... Read more » | Lynette (2002) |
24 weeks & 3 days | 24 weeks & 5 days. | 2 | Multiples |
| On 12/22/00, my water broke unexpectedly. I was pregnant with triplets, all was going wonderfully, and I was completely shocked. In fact, when I got to the hospital, they were... Read more » | Heather (2005) |
24 weeks & 5 days | 32 weeks & 2 days. | 53 | Multiples |
| By the time I was 24 weeks pregnant I was so happy to have made it to the magic viability week. There had been some problems with my twin pregnancy from the start (bleeding and ... Read more » | Amy (2002) |
24 weeks & 6 days | 24 weeks & 6 days. | 0 | Multiples |
| I was having a wonderful pregnancy whenever I woke up at 2am one night to use the restroom and had a pretty steady flow of water before I got to the bathroom. I was pregnant wi... Read more » | Shelly (1998) |
25 weeks | 25 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| I was carrying triplets, my uterus was already measuring 36cm at 25 weeks! I had had previa which had resolved by 18 weeks. I ruptured in the middle of the night, passed the pl... Read more » | Paula (2003) |
25 weeks | 26 weeks. | 7 | Multiples |
| This was our second twin pregnancy after a previous PPROM loss at 19 weeks and a result of our fourth IVF transfer. Because of my previous loss, I had a cerclage placed at 13 we... Read more » | Andrea (2002) |
25 weeks & 3 days | 34 weeks & 5 days. | 65 | Multiples |
| My story begins with finding out we were expecting triplets, and after just getting used to the idea being told that we were losing our identical twins at 14-15 weeks. They wer... Read more » | Barbara (2008) |
25 weeks & 3 days | 29 weeks & 5 days. | 30 | Multiples |
| I have twin boys, survivors of a PPROM pregnancy. I had a difficult pregnancy from the start. I had an ultrasound around seven weeks that showed three heartbeats. We expected to... Read more » | Kerri (2005) |
25 weeks & 4 days | 28 weeks & 3 days. | 20 | Multiples |
| I want to share our story to give others some hope. Ours has a happy outcome. After 4 years of dealing w/ infertility and on our second IVF attempt, I became pregnant w/ twin bo... Read more » | Jane (1998) |
25 weeks & 5 days | 27 weeks. | 9 | Multiples |
| I had a too busy weekend, not feeling well but decided to take my two children to a hilly zoo. Too much walking for someone carrying twins and feeling the way I was feeling.. Tu... Read more » | Nnedi (2003) |
25 weeks & 5 days | 26 weeks & 3 days. | 5 | Multiples |
| Events that led to the deaths of my two precious daughters, Chelsea and Camille Igwe. Tuesday Dec 10th, 2002. (26 Weeks Pregnant) I started to have painful and ... Read more » | Melissa (2006) |
26 weeks & 2 days | 29 weeks & 6 days. | 25 | Multiples |
| Now that my twin boys are 9 months old & a healthy 20lbs each, I can finally share my story... When my doctor told my husband & I that we were having twins, we very extremely ... Read more » | Jodie (2009) |
26 weeks & 3 days | 34 weeks. | 53 | Multiples |
| At 23 weeks it was discovered that our identical twins were suffering from Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. Baby A was our recipient and seemed more affected than baby B...he... Read more » | Heather (2010) |
27 weeks | 28 weeks & 6 days. | 13 | Multiples |
| I was pregnant with twins (each in a different sac) and I started leaking amniotic fluid at 27 wk 0 days. My doctor told me to have bed rest at home and was hoping that the tear would ... Read more » | Vaishali (2004) |
27 weeks & 5 days | 28 weeks. | 2 | Multiples |
| Hi Everyone, The brief story of my life is ..... My twins were born on 31st Jan 2004 at 28 weeks gestation...... I had a sudden spotting one morning 4-5 days before....i sho... Read more » | Deb (2001) |
28 weeks | 32 weeks. | 28 | Multiples |
| This website and email list was a real godsend for me, so I want to take the time to share my story, in the hope that it will help others. First of all, a little backgrou... Read more » | Renee (2011) |
28 weeks & 4 days | 31 weeks. | 17 | Multiples |
| Carrying triplets was always a lot of work, but at 28.4 weeks I thought my bladder had given out. It turns out that I was leaking fluid. I was admitted to L&D & given steroid shots & ... Read more » | Ann (2000) |
29 weeks | 29 weeks. | 0 | Multiples |
| My water broke at 29 weeks. It happened early afternoon and my twin sons were born early A.M. the next morning. Joseph weighed 2lb 7 oz and Benjamin weighed 3lb 2 oz. They were ... Read more » | Kendall (2011) |
29 weeks & 2 days | 29 weeks & 3 days. | 1 | Multiples |
| PPROM story #2. My first PROM story was blue, but I’m happy to say that this will be a twin-green story! Over the past few years since our first PROM, I’ve read very many of t... Read more » | Alison (2003) |
31 weeks & 2 days | 31 weeks & 4 days. | 2 | Multiples |
| Hi. My name is Alison and I'm currently 32. My history is long and complicated, but the basic story is that I underwent infertility treatments for 2years, during which time, w... Read more » | Karyn (2003) |
31 weeks & 3 days | 32 weeks. | 4 | Multiples |
| 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 ... Read more » | Valerie (2001) |
32 weeks & 5 days | 33 weeks. | 2 | Multiples |
| After two previous successful pregnancies I found I was expecting twins. At sixteen weeks it was found that this pregnancy was a twin pregnancy. Everything progresses fine ... Read more » | ||||