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May 2014 Moms
AmandaFaith
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May '14 to... January!?
AmandaFaith
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Hi everyone! I've been MIA for the last month or so on the May 2014 board, but I want to pop back in and give y'all an update. At only 25 weeks gestation, our boy/girl twins decided they preferred January instead...
Other than a small subchorionic hematoma early on (around 9wks) that sent us to the ER in a panic, my pregnancy with the twins was pretty uneventful. At 22wks I had a cervical check and everything looked great. By my growth scan at 24wks though, things had changed dramatically and the doctor discovered I was dilated 2-3cm. I was since directly up to L&D and placed on hospital bedrest where the medical team did everything they could to try and buy our babies a little more time in utero. Thankfully I was able to get the steroid shots, because three days later my baby girl's water broke. Even still we were able to make it four more days before the twins arrive. On January 29th, at exactly 25wks, Cali & Camden decided they couldn't wait any longer. Since Camden was breeched and my doctors didn't want to take any chances, I was prepped for a c-section. Cali was born first, weighing only 1lb 9oz, and Camden arrived three minutes after his sister, weighing 1lb 15oz. Both babies came out crying. They've each already had their fair share of ups and downs and still have quite a long NICU stay remaining, but we're hopeful to be able to bring them home with us sometime in May.
I would never wish our journey on any of y'all, but I am so thankful nonetheless. Even with all of the challenges and unknowns that lie ahead, our precious preemies are perfect in every way and we are so incredibly blessed to be their parents.
I hope the next few months go smoothly for the rest of you. I know you're all anxiously waiting to meet your little ones, but please try to let them bake as long as possible though.
T&Ps!
EDIT: Forgot to attach pictures.
Other than a small subchorionic hematoma early on (around 9wks) that sent us to the ER in a panic, my pregnancy with the twins was pretty uneventful. At 22wks I had a cervical check and everything looked great. By my growth scan at 24wks though, things had changed dramatically and the doctor discovered I was dilated 2-3cm. I was since directly up to L&D and placed on hospital bedrest where the medical team did everything they could to try and buy our babies a little more time in utero. Thankfully I was able to get the steroid shots, because three days later my baby girl's water broke. Even still we were able to make it four more days before the twins arrive. On January 29th, at exactly 25wks, Cali & Camden decided they couldn't wait any longer. Since Camden was breeched and my doctors didn't want to take any chances, I was prepped for a c-section. Cali was born first, weighing only 1lb 9oz, and Camden arrived three minutes after his sister, weighing 1lb 15oz. Both babies came out crying. They've each already had their fair share of ups and downs and still have quite a long NICU stay remaining, but we're hopeful to be able to bring them home with us sometime in May.
I would never wish our journey on any of y'all, but I am so thankful nonetheless. Even with all of the challenges and unknowns that lie ahead, our precious preemies are perfect in every way and we are so incredibly blessed to be their parents.
I hope the next few months go smoothly for the rest of you. I know you're all anxiously waiting to meet your little ones, but please try to let them bake as long as possible though.
T&Ps!EDIT: Forgot to attach pictures.
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Re: May '14 to... January!?
Friends for 17 years. Married 10. TTC since Jan 2009.
2013: IVF#3/FET#4 Elisabeth CJ born April 30, 2014
Cerclage, P17, and 3 months of bed rest brought us our Rainbow.
Dum spiro, spero.
Happy Endings
DS1 - 7/2011, DD 12/2012, DS2 - 4/2014, MMC - 12/2015
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BFP#3 9-4-13 Benjamin Lee born 4-28-14
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
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