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26 weeks, 6 days. Twins are here!!
This past week has been a whirlwind to say the least. It all started last Sunday with what I thought was the flu. I was admitted early tues morning, with contractions and very high white blood cell count. Things started to calm down and the plan was hospital rest for the next two months. Then thurs night the contractions started up again transitioning into unbearable. Friday at 5:25am my daughter was born, followed by my son at 5:27am.
They are beautiful! So tiny, but ow so precious!
Today I get discharged, and begin the life of traveling to the NICU everyday. I'm scared as hell, but keep in mind to take one day at a time. It's such a helpless feeling to just look at them in their incubators. Every time I walk to their room, I hold my breathe until the nurse gives me news on their progress.
It's going to be a long emotional road, and I'm truely going to try my best to keep it together, pump as much as possible, and patiently wait for the day (prob September) when we can bring them home.
Any words of advice or experience in dealing with a similar situation would be most appreciated.
Thank you!
They are beautiful! So tiny, but ow so precious!
Today I get discharged, and begin the life of traveling to the NICU everyday. I'm scared as hell, but keep in mind to take one day at a time. It's such a helpless feeling to just look at them in their incubators. Every time I walk to their room, I hold my breathe until the nurse gives me news on their progress.
It's going to be a long emotional road, and I'm truely going to try my best to keep it together, pump as much as possible, and patiently wait for the day (prob September) when we can bring them home.
Any words of advice or experience in dealing with a similar situation would be most appreciated.
Thank you!
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Re: 26 weeks, 6 days. Twins are here!!
The great news is medicine has come so far and preemies born at 26 weeks can thrive. Get to know your nurses and doctors well, they'll be your "friends" for the next few months. Be an advocate for your babies. If something doesn't feel right or you're unsure, speak up. Your instinct is just as important as the medical knowledge the team has. If you don't understand, ask questions until you're comfortable.
Ask for help from your family and friends, even if you don't think you need it. It's nice to have a meal that's already cooked or to have your house cleaned. Your focus is you and your babies, don't worry about the other stuff. Also, take time for yourself and your husband to have fun.
Also, check out the preemie board. Those ladies have been through it all and are a tremendous resource.
I put these two quotes on my bathroom mirror as they helped me through those hard days that seemed like they would never end.
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice."
Congratulations and best of luck to you and your babies. Enjoy the time you spend with them each day!
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Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!
Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers
Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
Stopped BCP 4/2010.
Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN
IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.
If you're wondering about my avatar...it's a fried pickle chip shaped like a fetus!
First pregnancy - DS 01-Apr-09;
3rd cycle Clomid/IUI after 2 years TTC
TTC #2 since ~June 2010
IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid/IUI - BFN
IUI #3 &4 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFN
IUI #5 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFP!!
EDD: March 22, 2013
It's triplets!!
bfp#4 3/19/2014 edd 12/1/2014 please let this be the one!
beta @ 5w0d = 12,026! u/s 4/22/14 @ 8w1d it's twins!
Much appreciated advice!!!!!!!
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Married August 2012 -- Me (40 yrs old) My husband (45 yrs. old)
RE referral from ObGYN in late Jan. 2013 -- Testing Confirms Unexplained IF
IUI #"s1 - 3 (Femara + IUI) April - June 2013 - all BFN
Decided to do IVF... Began stimming on September 10th! Egg Retrieval 9/20/13. 19 eggs: 6 to mature to freeze after 6 fertilized with ICSI
3 morula stage embryos transferred on 9/25/13.....Beta #1 on 10/4/13/ = 7.5 Beta #2 on 10/6/13 = negative
IVF#2 - Lupron plan (set to begin on 10/28/13) (Planning on thawing and fertilizing our 6 eggs with ICSI as well as all of the mature eggs they retrieve with this fresh cycle.)
Late October 2013 - ectopic pregnancy - methotrexate injection....benched 3 months
CD1 - 12/5/13...Lupron set to start on 12/26/13; CD1 - 1/2/14....Baseline 1/3/14....begin follistim tonight and continue with lupron. (Got my calendar today! IVF#2 is a go!)
ER = 1/14/14 (11 eggs....9 were mature. 9 fertilized. Of the 6 mature eggs we thawed, only 4 fertilized. At this time, we have 13 eggs fertilized and growing. Waiting for news about a 3-day or 5-day transfer.)
ET = 1/19/14 (5dt).....3 blastocysts transferred! (All nine embryos didn't make it to freeze. =( )
Beta #1 = 1/28/14 (2 weeks after ER) BFP! 209 (9dp5dt) EDD 10/7/14
Beta #2 - 1/30/14 (11 dp5dt) 302
Beta #3 - 2/3/14 (15 dp5dt) 1222
Ultrasound set for 2/17/14......TWINS! Twin A - HR 124 bpm; Twin B - HR 126 bpm
Final Ultrasound with RE 3/10/14 - Twin A - HR 176 bpm; Twin B - HR 177 bpm.
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
N14 Nov. Siggy: CELEBRATION!
BFP#1: 11/20/11, EDD 7/25/12, Emily Iris arrived 7/29/12 at 7 lb., 3.5 oz.
BFP#2: 8/25/13, EDD 5/4/14, MMC confirmed on 9/23/13, D&C on 9/26/13
BFP#3: 2/3/14, EDD 10/15/14, fraternal TWINS confirmed 2/21/14, two BOYS confirmed on 4/15/14!
TTC since 2005
missed miscarriage nov 2006- 4 failed clomid cycles-
3 failed femara iui cycles-
moving on to IVF oct 2011
ER nov. 7th
tansfered 2 blasts on 11/10
lots of +hpt!!
beta #1 on 11/21= 50.4
beta #2 on11/23= 90.8
another miscarriage 12/23
moving on to Round 2 of IVF with an auto immune dx
ER 4/23-retrieved 12 eggs
ET 4/28 3 transfered
Beta #1- 356
Beta #2- 870
Best wishes for an uneventful stay!