We went for our scan at St Georges with a consultant called Professor Basky Thilaganathan who is suppose to be fantastic in Fetal Medicine. He also apparently delivered the royal baby of Edward and Sophie which is pretty impressive.
He indicated at the scan that he didn't believe the large nuchal measurement was an indication of Downs Syndrome but believed the twins have Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) at stage 1. This is a life threatening syndrome that only occurs in Monochoronic Twins (who share a placenta). In a nutshell it's one baby taking too much of the blood from the placenta than the other so one baby grows more than the other. It can be life threatening to one or both babies but it can also be treated with a laser operation.
Again, another bombshell dropped on us and our poor twins. They are therefore needing me to visit St Georges once a week to have further scans and see whether TTTS develops. They have told me to keep an eye out for excessive thirst (I'm always thirsty anyway so that's a tricky one) and tightening of tummy.
It's a nightmare because once someone tells you those symptoms you feel like you have them all the time!!!
After I found out that news, I put my application through for a transfer from St Helier altogether to have my full care at St Georges. I felt that it would be best for my care to be in one place and from a bit of online research St Georges is highly recommended for twin pregnancies so I thought it would be best. Thankfully my transfer was accepted with no problems. They also have a specialist twin midwife who I am meeting next wee, woo hoo!
At the scan, the consultant indicated that I will probably need have a c-section rather than natural birth, yikes!! Although, the thought of pushing out 2 babies sounds pretty tough so it may be the best option!
Also, he said that it will be unlikely that I will be able to fly to Rome. I will be about 32 weeks at the point of Fran and Russ's wedding and BA will let me fly up until the end of the 32 week (if single pregnancy would be end of 34 week) if I have a doctors letter to state there are no complications. The midwife and professor indicated that they wouldn't 'sign me off' to fly. I would be gutted if I couldn't make it to the wedding :0(
Also, we found out the sex of the little bambinos..... we are having identical girls!! Woo hoo. I don't feel gutted that we aren't having a boy. I think twin girls will be fab and so lovely when they are older and playing with Sienna. It will be my very own Kardashian family (for you little ladies reading this in years to come, the Kardashians are a huge family in USA who have their own reality TV show who leave this glamorous lifestyle) Well your mummy loves the show Keeping up with the Kardashians! hehe.
Dan was also very chuffed we were having girls. I thought he might be gutted not to have a boy but I think he has got use to Sienna and how cute and gentle she is compared to boys, I think he is very happy that we will have more girlies to add to our little (soon to be big) family.
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