How it all started

Our twin pregnancy has been an amazing journey. Up until 21 weeks, every test came back perfect. The weights of the babies were 801 (Little Matthew) and 809 (Noah). We were shocked when 4 weeks later, the boys had gone from equal weight to 29% discordance (difference in weight). After that appointment, we were told by our Ob/Gyn that although it was serious, we should be hopeful (up to 20% discordance in twins is fairly normal. Siska was put on bed rest and was told that she would be seen again in 3 weeks. I began doing some research and was concerned that TTTS was a possibility. Needless to say, I was not really satisfied with the lack of monitoring. I convinced our OB to see us again in one week and he made a specialist appointment for for 2 weeks later. At our visit with the OB after a week, he told us that although there was still the discordance, things looked good, heartbeats solid, etc... We were somewhat relieved. That was until our specialit visit which was this past Tuesday (June 3). At the ultrasound, I knew by the look on the nurse's face, we were in trouble. She would not tell us anything. The doctor told us it was Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. I will share in a later blog the details of what that is. He told us there is a procedure that a couple of doctors do in the US for us to consider. The problem was, that we were outside the timetable to perform it (only up to 26 weeks). We were already 27 and one day. They called one doctor somewhere up north, and he was not willing to do it. They then tried Tampa and the doctor here said that he would be willing to see us and perhaps would be willing to do it. After our specialist tests were finished we went home, packed out bags, and drove to Tampa. We arrived at our hotel after midnight and tried to get some rest for our 5:30 AM ultrasound.
To be continued...