Set Back

Well it has been 5 and a half weeks since the girls have needed an amnio reduction.

However at my Dr appt this past Thursday when it showed that Molly had 8.2cm of fluid I got this instant "oh no" gut feeling. Even though Emma had a good amount of fluid at 5.5cm and the Dr was satisfied with their fluid amounts something in me just knew that it was going to come back.

Two days later I went to the hospital because I felt like my stomach was getting tight. And as you already read not my DR but the DR at the hospital measured Baby Emma to have 10.1 cm of fluid and Baby Molly to have 5.5cm. THis of course would mean that TTTS has reveresed where instead of Molly recieiving too much as in the past, Emma is now the one recieving too much.

My next Dr appointment for another fluid check wasnt until tomorrow but felt like I needed to come in today instead and sure enough their fluids were drastically different.

One baby had only 1.3 cm of fluid when just two days ago she had sufficient amount at 5.5cm....and the other baby had 10.6cm. My Dr said that TTTS has NOT reveresed but that the babies have switched positions. So that is why the other DR thought Baby A was the one with most fluid because Baby A was located where Baby B usually is. ( confused yet?) :)

At anyrate, according to my DR Baby Molly is still the one recieving too much fluid.

After seeing those measurements Dr B immediately sent me to a room and prepped me for an amnio reduction. The procedure took well over an hour but the babies did great through it. Me on the other hand needed nerve medication and pain medication to get through it but we made it. I know that God was watching over us because as uncomfortable and painful as it was the pain didnt seem near as bad this time as it has in the past.

The Dr wanted to be able to remove 2,000 cc's of fluid but could only remove 1100. He was only able to remove 1100 because Molly was getting too close to the needle and the only other place in the baby's sac that he could have placed the needle to remove more fluid would have had to go through the placenta and that was way too dangerous for both babies. So we felt it was safest to stop.

So its very possible that another amnio will be needed in a couple days but i really pray not.

Dr's said that if this continues and they can make it without being under stress for 3 more weeks then come my 34th week they will just schedule me to deliver.

Of course I want the babies to be able to make it to 36 weeks so that they can come home with me but 34 weeks is not terrible. Yes they would be in NICU but most likely would only be there for 2 weeks. And honestly, 2 weeks is sounding pretty okay with me compared to the 12-16 week stay they were facing 6 weeks ago when TTTS first occured.

I am in the hospital over night for observation. If I dont go into labor as a result of the amnio and the babies seem to be doing well then DR B will re-check their fluids again tomorrow and possibly send me home.

I told him that if he did send me home that I wanted my DR's appointments in his office to be scheduled atleast twice a week.

So we will see what happens.

Just please pray that God will keep watching over my sweet little girls and that TTTS will NOT take over and cause them harm.

Thank you so much.