for parents of twins & multiples
My birth story… by Claire I had an uneventful twin pregnancy until I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes (GD) at 30 weeks – concerns were raised at my 28 week scan and a Glucose Tolerance test (GTT) confirmed the condition. I was able to control my GD with a sugar free diet and stabbing my […]
My birth story… by Genna When I found out that we were having twins it was a total shock to me and my husband. We didn’t know what to expect! We were married but still very young, only 20 years old and my husband is in the army so we live away from all our […]
My birth story…by Karen (aka Crispycake) I went for my 32 week scan and was told that twin 1 had stopped growing and they wanted to keep me in. I didn’t want to stay in because it was my son’s birthday the next day and we had a BBQ planned for him, invites had gone […]
My birth story…by Ami At exactly 38 weeks on Thursday 10th of March 2005 we had an elective c-section. This was bought forward from the 15th of March after me begging my consultant – I had pre-eclampsia/hypertension from week 36 spending 6 days in hospital, and the babies were becoming to heavy for me to […]
My birth story… by Christina I was in hospital for a routine antenatal and there was protein in my urine. I just knew I had pre-eclampsia again, I had it the first time round so I just had a feeling it would rear it’s ugly head again. They kept me in, did all my bloods, […]
My birth story…by Cat Prigent Mine started off on the 10th March 2003, when I went to docs with my leg swollen (suspected DVT). I spent most of the day at our local hospital to be told that they couldn’t be sure, but to let my consultant know the next day (having a 28 +week […]
My Birth story… by Charlotte Murray It had been a very hot few days, end of April 1999. I had been signed off work sick and was 26 + weeks pregnant. My pregnancy so far had been up and down. First of all the nausea was like nothing I had expected or known in my […]