Late that night, I was helped into a wheelchair and taken to see my girls. I was then stuck there being stapled shut while somewhere my little girls were being hooked up to machines to try and save their tiny little lives. I wanted to cry too.įinally, before they rushed off, they showed me my beautiful twin girls and hurried out. They rushed her over to the side and got her on a vent before I could even see her. At first, she thought Baby B was born first, but it turned out that A had slid back down into position since I was in the labor room. I was only 26 w 4 days pregnant and about to give birth.Īt 10:22 am my doctor announced a girl. Before I knew it I was in the ER being told to lean forward and push my lower back out. Luckily, my husband, James, and I are night owls and I hadn’t eaten yet that morning so they could get me right in. My OB was concerned about infection and ordered a CBC and to prep me for an emergency c-section. I made it to 26w4days before the worst happened.Įarly that morning there were complications. I was given two steroid shots 24 hours apart to help with lung development. I ended up making it to my 24-week mark and was readmitted to the hospital for the remainder of my pregnancy. They sent me home Thursday to be more comfortable until labor or infection. If that should occur, I would be transferred to a different hospital where they would induce labor and try and stop the infection. The second is that with the torn sac I am at high risk of serious infection. At 20 weeks, they cannot do anything to save them, they were just too little to survive. Within 48 hours I would go into labor and either have two still births or they would die shortly after. Something known as pPROM or (Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes) They also discovered both twins still had heartbeats. During the ultrasound, they found that the baby on top’s amniotic fluid sac had torn open (and I was continuing to leak the fluid). Early Wednesday morning they ordered an ultrasound to confirm. I sat in the hospital bed crying with my husband by my side. I went to the ER where I had heavy bleeding and was told I miscarried. That night around 11 pm my world changed. Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, I went in for my first biophysical exam at 19 weeks 6 days pregnant. We hit the IVF lottery! I was pregnant with twins on the first transfer. We took out a very large personal loan (that we knew we will pay on monthly for over 3 years) and decided to give it a go. After seeing 4 different OBs and an RE, we found out our only hope was IVF, an intense scary and expensive procedure. Little did we know, after nearly 6 years of marriage, our family still wouldn’t be complete. But if I knew I was going to walk through hell, there is no one I would rather have by my side. Naïve and in love, we didn’t know then the hell we would walk through together. Then friends, we had no idea what a wonderful and horrendously sad adventure that friendship would turn out to be.

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