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My name is Betty. I am on my second marriage to a wonderful man whom
has no children. I have two children, an 11yr old daughter and 10yr
old son, from a previous marriage. My story is that my husband and I
had been trying to conceive for about a year and a half. In October of
2002 we found that my husband had a low sperm count and I had gone for
an Hysteralpingogram [test to try and unblock fallopian tubes] and we
were waiting for more tests to be performed. In November I had come
down with a cold and put off going for a pregnancy test. Because of
the odds who would think that it could happen? Well, I took a
[pregnancy] test because I didn't want to take all the cold medicines
without knowing first if I could be pregnant. I couldn't believe
it..it was positive (I bought two more and they turned out positive
too!). Then it was confirmed by my doctor.
I was really crampy and thought it was my period coming. They said it
was perfectly normal but scheduled an ultrasound anyway. So there we
were at our first ultrasound. Ahhh to see our baby's first heartbeats
at 6wks. How proud we were.... but in the corner was something
else..another BABY! Twins..We were so happy. The weeks went on and on
January 21,2003 at 13 1/2 wks pregnant with no complications, our
world came crumbling down. I woke up that morning to a little mucas
spot so I called the doctor. They weren't too concerned but said if it
would make me feel better to come in. So as two different doctors
tried to find heart beats, there were none to be found. I was rushed
to the hospital for an ultrasound and as the pictures came on the
screen, there were my twins. How beautiful with little heads, hands
and feet..but no heart beats! They were identical and shared the same
sac. The only explanation that was given to us was that they got
tangled in their umbilical cords. One baby was bigger than the other
so we believe that he/she lived longer. We are taking it day to day.
Each of us is grieving our own way. And we think of them often. Thank
you for hearing our story.
Betty
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