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A Normal Twin Delivery

10 Apr 2010 - 4:18pm 0 Comments

Hi Guys,

 

Wow! Remember the lovely positive thinking lady I met the other day? She was 38 weeks pregnant with DCDA twins and had a toddler at home? She had come in for an induction and I met her again today on the post-natal ward.

 

I chose the bay she was in purely because I had met her before.

 

I had met her the morning of the 8th and she was in to start the induction procedure. Her waters were artificially broken and she had a synt....


 

Insomnia

8 Apr 2010 - 12:27pm 0 Comments

Hi guys,

 

Well Ive got a terrible attack of insomnia today. I always get this after working nights. Ive done 3 night shifts and havn't been to bed yet! Ive been awake for about 36 hours now and its Easer holidays so im looking after the kidstoday as well. Our night shifts are from 9pm til 8am and I met 2 very different twin mums last night.

 

One was a first time Mum expecting twins who I think is very lonely and is facing spending the next 5 weeks on ou....


 

A Dad's birth story

25 Feb 2010 - 3:04pm 0 Comments

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....


 

Beccy

27 Jan 2010 - 10:35pm 0 Comments

My birth story... by Beccy

I was admitted at 10pm on Monday 6th March 2006, with severe swelling to my feet and ankles, which was later diagnosed as pre-eclampsia as my blood pressure was 160 over 106 and I had protein in my urine!

After a near sleepless night in a crowded antenatal ward the decision was made to induce me at 2pm the following day - I began contracting at tea time. The pains got stronger but I could manage with no pain relief. At 9pm I was moved to a side room so....


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