He's here :-) so in love (PICS)

[JEWELLE11]

Thank you Ladies! We are happy- still shocked!

[lisvna]

Congrats!

[Dana-Alicia]

Wow just read this whole thread, amazing! I hope your girl or girls are in there!

[lfc_sarah]

Congratulations!! Xxx


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[The Anchor]

Wow! AMAZING!

[Babybeaublue]

Awww that's amazing!! Hope you have a healthy pregnancy with 2 beautiful babies at the end of it xxx

[kitkat18]

Amazing jewelle you must be so happy they are both healthy, congrats!!

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[JEWELLE11]

My pregnancy just seems to be unfolding into a nightmare. On Friday, we had on NT Scan only to find out that Baby A was well but Baby B had what they called Anencephaly (the major absence of the brain)  To the point where it was so apparent on ultrasound. Apparently that genetic disorder is very severe and only very few Babies survive, if pregnancy. I was given two options:
1. to carry on with the pregnancy until (full term) if we make it but Baby B if survives would only do so for a few hours and if not more than likely I have a 60% chance of not going full term b/c B would pass on his/her own and then endanger Baby A.
2. to have a 'selective termination' asap. That means the sick baby gets a deadly injection directly into the heart, through the tummy the same would happen as if one twin died spontaneously (vanishing twin) up to week 19 or 22: it would shrink- or reabsorb into the placenta. There would be a small risk of full miscarriage, but if the baby with Anencephaly- Baby B- died later in pregnancy, both babies would die.

I was wondering, if there is anyone else who went through a selective termination in a multiple pregnancy?

Given the circumstances we decided that option 2 is probably our best bet, so that baby A has a possibility of survival. Thinking of the words 'Selective Termination' make my skin crawl and I find myself praying for a vanishing twin syndrome- sadly. Emotionally, I’m devasted and sick to my stomach that I have to make this decision.

In addition to the SR procedure, I was advised to do the Chronic Villus Sampling CVS on baby A just to be sure it’s going to be okay. The Dr. said that once there is issues with one baby there are no guarantees to the surviving twin. This would be two invasive procedure and I’m worried about Baby A survival.

Baby A has a strong heart beat and looks really good on ultrasound and I’m so worried that by doing all of this I could potentially put my daughter/or son in harm’s way but I feel as I have been given no choice.

Does or did anyone else go through a similar experience? Thanks for all your help and prayers.

[Rosie85]

oh hun I am so so sorry. I have no experience with this but just wanted to offer you my warm thoughts and prayers. How scary this must all be.

[The Anchor]

I can't even imagine what you're going through, I'm so sorry. I remember a woman (on another site) that had selective termination, but not for such heart-breaking reasons - she had 3 embies put back and all 3 implanted, and she had one terminated. What a very tough decision to make, huge hugs to you...