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WHEN I WAS 19 WKS PREGNANT, I FOUND OUT I WAS HAVING TWINS. THE VERY NEXT DAY MY WATER BROKE IN THE BOTTOM TWIN (THEY WERE IN SEPERATE SACS) I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. I WAS PUT ON BED REST.
THE DOCS DIDN'T EXPECT ME TO MAKE IT A WEEK,
WELL TO EVERYONE SUPRISE, AT 24 WEEKS I WAS PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL, STILL PREGNANT. I GOT DAILY ULTRASOUNDS, ALL SHOWING THE SAME THING, NO WATER HAD FORMED AROUND THE BABY. THEY SAID THAT I WAS BASICALLY JUST GOING TO HAVE ONE BABY MAKE IT. AT 27 WEEKS I STARTED BLEEDING,SHOWING SIGNS OF PLACENTA ABRUBTION, BUT NEITHER BABY WAS IN DISTRESS, SO WE HELD OFF. ONE WEEK LATER, I WENT INTO LABOR, THEY DID AN EMERGENCY C SECTION, BECAUSE NOW THERE WAS DISTRESS. THAT WAS A ROUGH NIGHT, BOTH BABIES WERE IN THE NICU, BUT STILL ONLY THE ONE EXPECTED TO LIVE. WELL, MUCH TO EVERYONES COMPLETE SUPRISE, THEY ARE BOTH STILL HERE. THAT WAS IN OCTOBER. NOW HERE IS THE REASON I AM WRITING:THE BOY (THE ONE WITH NO WATER) DEVELOPED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, THUS CAUSING A GRADE 4 AND A GRADE 3 INTRAVENTRICLULAR HEMMORAGES. THIS THEN CAUSED HIM TO HAVE HYDROCEPHALUS. TO DATE, HE HAS HAD 5 SHUNT OPERATIONS, AND WILL HAVE ANOTHER NEXT WEEK. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLICATIONS DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE BLEEDS IN HIS BRAIN. THE DOCTORS CAN'T GIVE US A LONG TERM PROGNOSIS,THEY CAN'T EVEN GIVE US A SHORT TERM ONE. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW OF ANYONE WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND THE OUTCOME, GOOD OR BAD. IT'S NOT THAT WE CARE IF HE IS DISABLED, IT'S JUST THE PAIN OF BEING SO CLUELESS.
IF ANY ONE CAN BE OF ANY HELP OR SUPPORT, PLEASE. IN CASE ANY OF YOU WERE WONDERING, HIS SISTER IS DOING GREAT, OVER 10 LBS. NOW, JUST THE PICTURE OF PERFECT HEALTH.