I always knew that I would continue the pregnancy (and yes, the doctor asked if I wanted to terminate it) even if they were given a 5% chance … in the hospital, I kept their ultrasound photos up and tried to think loving/positive thoughts as often as possible.

My father was terminally ill at the end and in the hospital as well, so in a strange way, that helped me keep my mind a bit off of my situation. My Dad held on through several serious complications that should have killed him … but managed to spend six weeks holding and feeding my girls before he passed.

Oh, one last thing that helped get me through – a website for those dealing with a mo-mo pregnancy – what a lifesaver to read others’ stories!!!

We have identical twin girls and also had the TTTS risk. We had our first ultrasound at 12 weeks when we discovered twins and got the low down on TTTS. It was quite scary for us and took several weeks for it to all soak in and process it all. I become easily anxious [but what new mom isn't?] so that didn’t help!

I’m a Christian, so as soon as I gathered my bearings after hearing the news of the possible risk of TTTS on top of having multiples [all in the same day!], I decided to pray and open my bible. I was reading Psalms and ran across Psalm 145:9 which says, “The Lord is good to all and his mercy is over all that He has made.” God giving me such peace about the next few months, even if things didn’t turn out the way that I had envisioned, that He made our babies and He will have mercy on them, however He sees fit. That really helped me to be reminded of His faithfulness and trust Him more through the entire pregnancy.

I also had preterm contractions from week 26 on which put me on modified bed rest. At 34 weeks I landed on hospital bed rest for preeclampsia. Though the pregnancy took a toll on my body and I had many restrictions, our girls were born at 36 weeks through labor induction and no serious complications. We had a wonderful community of friends and family that were praying for us and helping in all different ways from bringing meals for months on end to cleaning our house to doing yard work let alone just being there to listen when things were hard after weeks of bed rest. We couldn’t have done it without them.

Thanks for sharing. I love this site as a way to hear experiences of other parents of multiples from all walks of life and support one another!

Thanks for sharing.

When I think of my pregnancy complications I always have such a grateful heart for my doctor and the team that was looking after me. Although I had a few SCARES of blood clotting in my uterus, pre-term contractions, and fluid levels everything ended up being okay in the end.

I remember during my pregnancy thinking my doctors bed-rest orders and his many restrictions from work hours to marital intimacy were crazy. There were days I would just cry after visiting the office because of what seemed like impossible restrictions.

He obviously knew what he was doing and our full-term, completely healthy babies will join in my thanks to him and his very hands-on, proactive care one day!
.-= Vicky @ thecitycradle´s last blog ..Exactly 7 months of twin beauty… =-.