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[kpzra]

I think what fireheart is trying to ask is that with a high-risk pregnancy like this one, would the preference be for more monitoring with a view to having a caeserean as early as possible simply in order to give the other fetus a better chance at survival?

Yes, they will if you can have all the monitoring done (not all insurances will cover what needs to be done even in the US). They will balance the risks to everyone in deciding when to deliver and by what means. A caesarean is a hard thing to go through in it's own right (BTDT), if you have one too early you could lose both babies. It's a balancing act that I would not want to try to do.

[Mishi]

I think what fireheart is trying to ask is that with a high-risk pregnancy like this one, would the preference be for more monitoring with a view to having a caeserean as early as possible simply in order to give the other fetus a better chance at survival?

[Ree]

fireheart, if you google TTTS, it will tell you about that situation, and explain what happens if one twin dies.

[kpzra]

Hmm...I've just thought of something, which the nurses and other healthcare professionals here might be to answer.

This person has mentioned that they lost one of the babies mid-pregnancy. They have mentioned several times that when twin A is born, twin B will be delivered (stillborn) as well. At the point mentioned, it was around 21 weeks. A bit of tracking forward would put them now at around 32 weeks.

Is it normal practice for doctors to keep a stillborn twin inside for almost 12 weeks?! (In all honesty, I'm surprised that the stillborn hasn't been delivered already)

I in no way mean to sound snarky, but how do you think they would deliver it? Anything done to do so would put the other baby at risk. In a c-section the uterus is cut open and then stitched back up, vaginal dilation to get it out means everything would probably come out, like all the amniotic fluid. Sometimes the body will expel the dead fetus (a friend had this happen at 18 weeks, freaked her out because of the bleeding) but if not it stays. Doctors will try to deliver the live baby as soon as it is healthily possible.

Yes, I was trained to ask (tactfully/politely) during my medic training to ask if both were alive if a woman in labor said it was twins. I cannot imagine having to go through that, on either end.

[Aethian]

Fireheart this were going to be identical twins and so there is only one placenta. They can't do a delivery of just one of them.

[fireheart]

Hmm...I've just thought of something, which the nurses and other healthcare professionals here might be to answer.

This person has mentioned that they lost one of the babies mid-pregnancy. They have mentioned several times that when twin A is born, twin B will be delivered (stillborn) as well. At the point mentioned, it was around 21 weeks. A bit of tracking forward would put them now at around 32 weeks.

Is it normal practice for doctors to keep a stillborn twin inside for almost 12 weeks?! (In all honesty, I'm surprised that the stillborn hasn't been delivered already)

[KatherineB]

Hear, hear!

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I'm happy to be your owner servant as long as it means I get the bookstore.

[Pimento]

I wanna be a 30 foot tall t-Rex robot that turns into a truck!

[EricKei]

A star?! In that case, I wanna be a young Sean Connery

[morgana]

You all do a hard job where the best you can hope for is a genuine thank you. I greatly appreciate that there are many much more fun things you could be doing.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MAKES THIS A FUN AND SAFE PLACE TO BE.

Hear, hear!

And I wanna be a pampered bookstore cat.

[fireheart]

I wanna be a star!

[Pimento]

You can be anything you want on the internet. LOL

I want to be a helicopter!

[Ree]

Rule #1 of the Internet. All women are 40 year old fat guys.

You can be anything you want on the internet. LOL

[ParkingWitch]

You all do a hard job where the best you can hope for is a genuine thank you. I greatly appreciate that there are many much more fun things you could be doing.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MAKES THIS A FUN AND SAFE PLACE TO BE.

[Peppergirl]

I think I speak for all of the mods when I say to all of you, THANK YOU for your support and for having our backs during this difficult time.

The vast majority of you have made it clear that see our side and have reacted accordingly. We appreciate it more than you realize.

Again, thank you!