Friday, November 9, 2012

TTTS Diagnosis 11.9.12


At 16+2 weeks, I found out my twins were affected by TTTS. It was confirmed that I was having identical twin boys! I say confirmed becuase I knew 100% that they were boys. I had a dream about them both early in my pregnancy. I also had a dream when I was pregnant with my son Luca that he was a boy. I loved the idea of three boys and I could not be happier about the news. I embraced it and welcomed it.  More info on TTTS found here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr0kyzuCY8A

Something like 1 in 5 identical twin pregnancies are affected by this. As soon as I found out I started researching TTTS. At 16 weeks, I was in stage 1. Visible bladders on both babies, Baby A, Austin, had fluid levels around .7 and Ari, Baby B had fluid at 4.5. I was terrified by what could happen to the babies so I started spending time resting more, drinking protein shakes, and drinking a ton of water and laying on my left side as much as possible. This is the regimen that they recommend for women whose babies have this.

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