A Dad's birth story

25 Feb 2010 - 3:04pm 0 Comments
c-section, compromised pregnancy, ivf, placental insufficiency, pre-eclampsia, premature, SCBU

My birth story... by Craig

Hope you don't mind a birth story from a Dad.

After several years of struggling to conceive, my wife, Lisa, and I succeeded first time with IVF and were enjoying a wonderful problem-free twin pregnancy. In week 28, a scan showed that one of our twins ('Twin 2') was not growing as fast as he should. Our Consultant started using scary terms like 'Intrauterine Growth Retardation', 'placental insufficiency' and 'compromised pregnancy'. The next three....

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Two sets of twins: Families share their stories

15 Feb 2010 - 2:09pm 0 Comments
ivf

 EVER wondered what it's like to have two sets of twins? Three families who have been doubly blessed - twice over - tell all.

TOM and Alison Colegrove had twins Alex and Stephen, after IVF treatment. A year later they conceived naturally and by accident.

Again it was twins (non identical). At the time of writing, Toby and Daniel were four-and-a-half months old and Alex and Stephen were two. Alison said: "We tried for two years to have a baby before we went to t....

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The twins who were born after their MOTHER took Viagra

9 Nov 2009 - 2:28pm 0 Comments
ivf, viagra

The Daily Mail, 25th November 2008
By Lucy Laing

Looking at twins Lewis and Ava, you would never guess the struggle their parents endured to bring them into the world – nor the unique treatment that finally ended in a successful birth. For the smiles in the family portrait belie the heartbreak of three failed cycles of IVF and a miscarriage, in which Yvonne Finlayson and husband Mark Ruston lost twins. click here to read more...

 

LouiseD

8 Nov 2009 - 9:44pm 0 Comments
ivf, Quads

The day my Quads were born...

 

I fell pregnant after our second attempt at ICSI IVF. At our first scan, the doctors told us we were expecting triplets. We were so shocked, but extremely excited, even though I was only around 6 weeks, and the doctor said it was possible in the next few weeks that we would lose one or more of the babies.

Soon after, I started to feel extremely tired. My sickness began at about 5 weeks, and was quite severe until about 16 weeks. I los....

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