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Early Arrivals
Our Experiences With Premature Twins
Part One
By Dennis Davis
We're community members of iParenting.com, and have appreciated all the tips we learned there. Now it's our turn to share what we've learned. But first, here's our story.
To sum it up, I guess the moral of this story is that when things don't go as planned, hang in there, have faith in God and confidence in the doctors, and the outcome may be surprisingly pleasant.
My wife, Ursula, was supposed to be due on June 28, 1999. Instead, she delivered two beautiful boys at 33 weeks and 2 days gestation on May 11. Issac Edward was 4 pounds and 18 inches long, and Alexander Kyle was 4 pounds, 13 ounces, and 19 inches long. Alex came home after only five days in the NICU.
We had a great pregnancy. Ursula started at 115 pounds and gained about 32 pounds by 30 to 31 weeks. Ultrasounds showed that the boys were in different positions every time. Twin A had been head down at 30 weeks.
After having a regular day with only a few Braxton Hicks a couple days before, Ursula began leaking fluid the evening of her week 31, day 6. A quick check at the local hospital confirmed it was amniotic fluid. At 1:30 a.m., she was taken by ambulance to a different hospital 40 minutes away, with nothing but a purse. She was given a Celestone injection (to mature the babies' lungs), magnesium sulfate and Terbutaline to stop the contractions (she couldn't feel them but was contracting every two minutes). What a night! Our goal was no longer to reach 37 weeks, it was to make it to BREAKFAST! Our next goal was to hang on until lunch.
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