for parents of twins & multiples
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 […]
My birth story… by Jennine I was 5 weeks into my first pregnancy I kept getting really bad pains. I was glad to be on holiday from work so I could go to the hospital and get the pains checked out. The doctor looked at me and then told me she was sending me for […]
Friday, October 26, 2007 Britain’s heaviest mixed-sex twins have weighed in at a combined 18lb 12oz. Beth Ryder, 35, of Mount Pleasant, Rawtenstall, Lancashire is celebrating the arrival of 10lb 9oz Theo and his 8lb 3oz sister Millie. They were born last Thursday at Burnley General Hospital and beat the previous record held by Thomas […]