8th August 2013
Just about to go to bed at 9:40pm and feel a gush...... Yup off to emergency again!
I felt and heard a pop like what I heard when my waters broke with Harry. My fear was that the waters had now ruptured around baby 'a' :(
This trip went much more smoothly as my mil took Harry and we waited only an hour before the amazing triage nurse managed to get us a bed in maternity instead of in emergency which we would have had to wait for hours for!
Great experience up there as we were treated like humans rather than a number and waited in comfort for the drs who were delivering a baby that moment. After half an hour a scan was done to confirm that both babies were just fine albeit the absence of water around baby 'b'. The waters may have been pooling from baby 'b' and its thought they may have just nudged past baby a and out into the open.
A sigh of relief was breathed by us both and we managed to get I to bed by 2am :)
Still the wait continues.....
Thursday 29 August 2013
12 week scan
5th August 2013
Our twelve week Nuchal scan (where they check growth, organs and also for Down's syndrome) had come four days after our emergency trip and we were feeling good!
The first thing we saw was just one baby.... "Oh! Where is our other baby?"
The sonographer looked puzzled and asked if we were sure it is twins. They eventually found the baby but there was no fluid around our wee babe :(
The scan continued and measured baby a for downs and growth then Moved on to our baby b. still a heart beat, still growing but no fluid.
The dr returned once again and this time (after a really bad joke made by me about feeling sorry for her being the bearer of bad news all the time) told us that she is very sorry but due to no fluid being detected that our baby had signs of foetal demise and would shortly either be reabsorbed or would be flattened by the other twin.
Yeah I broke down.....
No mother wants to be told that.... Now to 'wait and see' what happens...
We would now be expedited for a booking in with the high risk clinic.
Our twelve week Nuchal scan (where they check growth, organs and also for Down's syndrome) had come four days after our emergency trip and we were feeling good!
The first thing we saw was just one baby.... "Oh! Where is our other baby?"
The sonographer looked puzzled and asked if we were sure it is twins. They eventually found the baby but there was no fluid around our wee babe :(
The scan continued and measured baby a for downs and growth then Moved on to our baby b. still a heart beat, still growing but no fluid.
The dr returned once again and this time (after a really bad joke made by me about feeling sorry for her being the bearer of bad news all the time) told us that she is very sorry but due to no fluid being detected that our baby had signs of foetal demise and would shortly either be reabsorbed or would be flattened by the other twin.
Yeah I broke down.....
No mother wants to be told that.... Now to 'wait and see' what happens...
We would now be expedited for a booking in with the high risk clinic.
Twin A all cozy in its wee swimming pool
Our poor darling Twin B with no fluid at all, this was very hard to look at as it was moving around and all I could think about was the fact that it may be in pain.
Twin A is at the bottom and Twin B up the top but hard to make out.
Follow up scan
2nd August 2013
Baby 'b' had also developed far enough that its bowel was now safely tucked away where it should be!
Had all our problems ended?....
Emergency
1st August 2013
This day was a long one.....
Aidan had gone for a walk and Harry was in bed when I felt a sharp pain. I got up and then felt a trickle..... Running to the bathroom I found I had started gushing and the colour was red..... Safe to say I freaked out....A LOT!
I called Aidan to say "I'm bleeding, we need to go to the hospital" tears flowing I waited for Aidan to get home.
We got to emergency and I told them what happened. After an hours wait I got to see the triage nurse, I told my story again and was asked to wait on the grey chairs.
Lunch time rolled around and we were still waiting. Finally I got some blood drawn and was asked to wait yet again. After three hours in the waiting room in agony and still bleeding we were taken into another room with a bed and once again I told my story (surely I could have it written down to just pass onto the Drs?)
She went away to get pain killers for me, half an hour later and three poo explosions (Harry's) a different Dr came in. Story told AGAIN and finally got some Panadol! No idea where the last dr got to?
We were then moved from the consultation room to a bed in the ward. Changed into a gown and told a Dr wold be there soon. Temp and blood pressure taken. Another hour later after telling my story to three more Drs they said an OBGYN from maternity would come down and see us and get a scan. Poor Harry was so bored by then (4pm and decided to get someone to come get him) shift changes started so story was told again to the new nurses.
At 5:45pm (we had been there since 11am) I got a scan by the OBGYN who said the babies were fine and she wasn't sure where the bleeding was coming from but could be a placental rupture. Finally discharged as they didn't see fit to keep me in all night and to come back for a scan in the morning. 7 hours after we got there, we left.....
This was our crappy beginning of August...
This day was a long one.....
Aidan had gone for a walk and Harry was in bed when I felt a sharp pain. I got up and then felt a trickle..... Running to the bathroom I found I had started gushing and the colour was red..... Safe to say I freaked out....A LOT!
I called Aidan to say "I'm bleeding, we need to go to the hospital" tears flowing I waited for Aidan to get home.
We got to emergency and I told them what happened. After an hours wait I got to see the triage nurse, I told my story again and was asked to wait on the grey chairs.
Lunch time rolled around and we were still waiting. Finally I got some blood drawn and was asked to wait yet again. After three hours in the waiting room in agony and still bleeding we were taken into another room with a bed and once again I told my story (surely I could have it written down to just pass onto the Drs?)
She went away to get pain killers for me, half an hour later and three poo explosions (Harry's) a different Dr came in. Story told AGAIN and finally got some Panadol! No idea where the last dr got to?
We were then moved from the consultation room to a bed in the ward. Changed into a gown and told a Dr wold be there soon. Temp and blood pressure taken. Another hour later after telling my story to three more Drs they said an OBGYN from maternity would come down and see us and get a scan. Poor Harry was so bored by then (4pm and decided to get someone to come get him) shift changes started so story was told again to the new nurses.
At 5:45pm (we had been there since 11am) I got a scan by the OBGYN who said the babies were fine and she wasn't sure where the bleeding was coming from but could be a placental rupture. Finally discharged as they didn't see fit to keep me in all night and to come back for a scan in the morning. 7 hours after we got there, we left.....
This was our crappy beginning of August...
10.5 weeks gestation
22nd July 2013
So! Our next scan day had come, we were now 10.5 weeks along and we waited nervously to see if our wee babe had now become an angel or if life continued.
The sonographer started the scan and I refused to look until she had confirmed the fate of our tiny babies....
There were two heart beats!!!! We were happy :) our babe had lived to fight another week!
The scan continued and once again not much was said until the dr came in again at the end.
"Both babies have grown, the sac is starting to catch up on baby 'b' but we are now told that its bowel is still not enclosed in its body"
Oh great more things to worry about! "This could be because of a chromosomal abnormality but also because the baby is still a week behind in size and possibly gestation, it may just not have corrected itself yet"
Another wait and see couple of weeks. We would know more at the 12 week scan although the dr was surprised that our baby had lived another two weeks on....
The next post is the begins the scary part....
So! Our next scan day had come, we were now 10.5 weeks along and we waited nervously to see if our wee babe had now become an angel or if life continued.
The sonographer started the scan and I refused to look until she had confirmed the fate of our tiny babies....
There were two heart beats!!!! We were happy :) our babe had lived to fight another week!
The scan continued and once again not much was said until the dr came in again at the end.
"Both babies have grown, the sac is starting to catch up on baby 'b' but we are now told that its bowel is still not enclosed in its body"
Oh great more things to worry about! "This could be because of a chromosomal abnormality but also because the baby is still a week behind in size and possibly gestation, it may just not have corrected itself yet"
Another wait and see couple of weeks. We would know more at the 12 week scan although the dr was surprised that our baby had lived another two weeks on....
The next post is the begins the scary part....
Giganto 10 week Belly
Twin A
Twin B showing much more fluid
Time to catch you up
Okay so here we are at 16 weeks gestation but really I should catch you all up on where we have been so far.
I will start this post with the very first scan.
8th July 2013
8.5 weeks along and I had so far had the elusive morning sickness which had not showed its ugly head with our first wee darling Harry. This led to us thinking, well it's either a girl or (said jokingly) it's twins....
We saw something straight away although thought perhaps it was my bladder or another organ, I eventually asked the sonographer, "ummmmm what's THAT!" Without hesitation she replied "that's your OTHER baby".......
Lots of nervous laughter and disbelief followed accompanied by shifty glances at each other as we thought to ourselves, how are we going to handle this?!! We are so happy though! Two more beautiful babies to love!
The scan showed one large sac and one much smaller one. The smaller one held a wee foetal pole which measured a week behind its womb buddy.
Measurements were taken and a dr was called in to deliver the prognosis.
This is the point where we are told that our baby 'b' is not likely to survive even a week longer.
This is due to the likelihood of a chromosomal abnormality which is suggested by the small size of the baby but also the sac is measuring three weeks behind the gestation of its occupant, but as they are both di/di twins (separate placenta and separate sac) then it should not affect baby 'a'.
There wasn't much solace in this news as a baby is a baby and it was OUR baby.
We are told to wait and see what happens thus beginning the long wait and see journey that is our twin pregnancy...
Next would come our 10.5 week scan...
I will start this post with the very first scan.
8th July 2013
8.5 weeks along and I had so far had the elusive morning sickness which had not showed its ugly head with our first wee darling Harry. This led to us thinking, well it's either a girl or (said jokingly) it's twins....
We saw something straight away although thought perhaps it was my bladder or another organ, I eventually asked the sonographer, "ummmmm what's THAT!" Without hesitation she replied "that's your OTHER baby".......
Lots of nervous laughter and disbelief followed accompanied by shifty glances at each other as we thought to ourselves, how are we going to handle this?!! We are so happy though! Two more beautiful babies to love!
The scan showed one large sac and one much smaller one. The smaller one held a wee foetal pole which measured a week behind its womb buddy.
Measurements were taken and a dr was called in to deliver the prognosis.
This is the point where we are told that our baby 'b' is not likely to survive even a week longer.
This is due to the likelihood of a chromosomal abnormality which is suggested by the small size of the baby but also the sac is measuring three weeks behind the gestation of its occupant, but as they are both di/di twins (separate placenta and separate sac) then it should not affect baby 'a'.
There wasn't much solace in this news as a baby is a baby and it was OUR baby.
We are told to wait and see what happens thus beginning the long wait and see journey that is our twin pregnancy...
Next would come our 10.5 week scan...
The first time we saw that it was TWINS!
Twin A large sac
Twin B small sac
Here you see both babies and Twin A's yolk sac
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)