A Dad's birth story
25 Feb 2010 - 3:04pm 0 CommentsMy 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....
Abbie S
20 Jan 2010 - 8:47pm 0 CommentsI found out I was having twins at 9 weeks. I had an early scan because I was bleeding, so fearing the worst we set off for the scan. When we were told it was twins I remember swearing lots, and telling my husband he would have to give up work, as we had a 1 year old as well!
I had an OK pregnancy suffered with sciatica, but other than that was fine I saw a doctor every 2 weeks to check everything was fine. At 27 weeks the doctor decided to give me steroid injectio....
KarenG
8 Nov 2009 - 9:08pm 0 Comments
Alex woke me up early on the Friday morning - I was 37 weeks 5 days - I wanted more sleep so told him to go back to bed. Turning over, I thought I heard and felt a 'pop'. Then thought no, it's just wishful thinking. Anyway, I got up to go to the loo and my waters had gone - I told my dh who was still snoring his head off and he thought I was joking! I was busy mopping up with towels and a little voice shouted through "Can I get out of bed now?" Alex came through to our bedroom, to....
Amy
8 Nov 2009 - 8:58pm 0 Comments
It was confirmed that I was pregnant again when Mollie was 7 months old, but almost immediately I began bleeding. My doctor booked me in for an early scan so off me and dh trotted on Monday morning after a very tense weekend of waiting to see if the 'baby' would make it or not. I was scanned in the same room as I had been when had early preg scan with Mollie and also where we had lost 2 babies before her so it was a tense time. The nurse in there with me had been there for al....
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