pregnancy

Carmel

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The Day My Twins Were Born by Carmel Shore   My obstetrician had commented at my final ante natal appointment that he would need a new tape measure if I got much bigger as I was now measuring 52 weeks pregnant!!! I was delighted therefore when the doc agreed a date for the big day. […]

Amy

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My birth story… by Amy Miskelly 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’ […]

Claire

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 […]

Genna

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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 […]

Ami

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 […]

Christina

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, […]

Cat

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 […]