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CourtneySue
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It's Official- TTTS in di/di twins
CourtneySue
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I had posted here awhile back about a huge weight difference out of no where with my di/di boy/girl twins. They were measuring very close the whole time till about 30 weeks. Our girl started dropping & our boy got huge. We were told not to worry since they were di/di however the more extreme it got they admitted that it can happen in rare cases.
Finally we had to have a c-section where they were 4.3lbs apart. When they were born their placentas had fused together & hers was much smaller as was her cord. His cord was huge since he was taking from hers as well.
I am thankful that they closely monitored her & as soon as her cord blood supply slowed they went in & got her that day.
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Re: It's Official- TTTS in di/di twins
Wow that's really interesting! I have actually heard of it occuring in di/di twins but it's so rare. I think a TTTS FB group I am part of there is one in thousands that had di/di TTTS. So glad they got them out in time! How did they end up diagnosing it? Also, how's everyone doing?
Peanut Butter and Jelly!
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They are doing great! Taking it slow but going out of the Level 3 NICU to the Level 2 tonight.
Our girl has passed our boy at every milestone. Eating, breathing, got off oxygen, got of IV, etc. They say that this happens with the stressed twin. They are more motivated. He was fat & lazy!
He didnt want to do any work. He will be realeased before her just because of size. But she can hold her own.
Emerson was 3.3lbs & Walker was 7.6lbs. 4.3lbs difference.
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12
Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%)
IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins!
E & C Born 10/19/2012
My daughter was the same way with how well she did! She seems smarter than my son still haha (don't tell him!!) Allison was in for 24 days btw and she weighed 3lb 4oz at birth, she went home weighing 4lb,2oz!
After 22 cycles and tube removal our IVF miracle has arrived! Detailed IF and IVF info in bio.
Hum... I find this intriguing. I wonder if I might have been in the same boat. Two of the girls had fused placentas. They all measured around the same - then bang around 30 weeks the biggest one took off and baby A didn't grow any more. C grew at a normal rate. So I delivered 33.6 and their weights were
A - 3.12 (hadn't grown in 3 weeks) - Fused with B
B - 5.5 (was close then started to pack it on) - Fused with A
C - 4.4 (on her own and grew at a steady rate)
Cool!
DS - 40W6D - Oct 2004
DS - 41W4D - March 2007
GGG - 33W6D - July 2008
ID Twin girls 04/2012
Baby #3 Due Jan. 2017
I too had didi twins with TTTS, the TAPS version.
My boys were born at 35 weeks, Grady needed an immediate blood transfusion! He had less than 1/3 of the normal amount of blood in his body. Cullen had the rest of the blood plus his own. Cullen died 5 hrs later from mainly lung hemmhoraging.
(I'm the one that the previous post mentioned)