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Complicated Triplet Pregnancy

I'm glad that this site is available and would like to share my story. This story is to encourage others who have lost a child and to rejoice in new life. My husband and I had a beautiful daughter Eleisha and we wanted desperately to have more children. After 4-1/2 years of trying to have a baby we finally got the news that I was pregnant!! My heart was absolutely bursting. We discovered that I was carrying 4 embryos. One of the pregnancies dissolved around 7 weeks into the pregnancy, and my heart broke. But we believed that God was providing us with the perfect number of children He wanted us to have. At our 10 wk. check up we were told there were 3 embryos all growing and doing well. During the weeks that followed I had several ultrasounds and appointments. All the babies were doing extremely well. We were ecstatic and so proud. Our daughter had no idea that there were 3 babies!!! Finally after the 5 month mark and the babies were ok we told our beautiful daughter she was going to have 3 brothers in her life!! Her look was priceless. Then disaster struck. I went for my 22 week appointment and ultrasound and the Doctor was so pleased with the progress I was making. He gave me and the babies a clean bill of health. Then I picked my daughter up from school and we came home. It was a beautiful day and I went upstairs to open the windows. As I opened the first window I felt a small gush and got concerned. I went to the bathroom and as I went the gush turned into a flood. I ran to the bed and lay down and called 911. Blood was everywhere. I felt doomed and feared the worst had happened. It was reported that I had lost at least 1-1/2 litres of blood but that all the babies were fine. What a relieve. I was immediately ordered to bedrest, and was told that I could be having a small tear (abruption) in the placenta and it would take a few days to heal. I was a nervous wreck. Other doctors speculated that it was the remains of the 4 embryo that was leaving my body. Whatever it was it had me anxious. At my 24 wk. visit the Ultrasound Technician noticed that there was a small amount of fluid in the abdomen of Triple "C" and called the Doctor to diagnose the problem. He told me that it was probably nothing to worry about and then I was sent to Sick Kid's Hospital to get it's heart tested. Triplet "C" had a SMALL hole in it's heart, but we were told it wouldn't pose a threat to it's life and would probably close over in the womb. The other two babies hearts were perfect! With this news we were feeling a little relieved and the next few weeks things began to look up. All babies were growing and doing well and Triplet "C" was growing at a good rate. At week 28 the ultrasound technician said the babies were doing so good and we were getting close to the 30 wk. mark. We were worried but trusted that all would be ok. Then at our 29th week ultrasound there was no mention of the Triplet "C"'s progress. We didn't think anything was wrong, but we found it odd that she didn't mention Triplet C. When we went to the Doctor's later that day he just came right out and told us Triplet "C" had died. We were in SHOCK! What went wrong. I had to live the next few weeks in agony and sorrow over the loss of one of my babies and hope and pray that the other two babies would survive and be ok. Then during my 32nd wk. visit my Gynecologist said that my blood pressure was rising and I was becoming toxemic. He ordered me into the Hospital. The first night I was there I was experiencing some cramping, but thought nothing of it. Then at 6:00 a.m. in the morning I couldn't get comfortable and felt nauseous. I called the nurse and told her I thought I was having contractions. She thought I wasn't. When they hooked me up to the monitor. I was contracting every 10 mins. When I got down to L&B they monitored me while a Doctor did a cervical check. I was contracting every 5 mins. and was already 4 cm. dialated. My husband was rushed in and I was prepped for c-section. I was panicking because if Triplet C and it was too soon for the other babies to be born. I was so nervous that I opted to be put under anaesthetic and afterwards felt guilty because that excluded my husband from participating in the birth. He assured me it was the best way to deliver. I awoke to the sound of nurses hussling around me and my husband by my side. The whole ordeal was over. I looked up at my husband and just cried. My husband comforted me and told the babies were doing remarkably well. I asked about Triplet "C". I was so afraid to look upon his little face. (I suppose I didn't know what to expect and fear was holding me back) My husband, cried and said he hadn't looked at the baby yet. He was guided by a nurse to see all three babies. They were beautiful. He came back and told me Triplet "C" was pink and was perfect. The nurse brought our stillborn baby to us, wrapped in a blue blanket and when she put him in my arms I cried at the beauty that was before me. God had made him perfect!! We held onto his little body and spent 3 precious hours with him. Hours that will always be embedded deep in my memory. We called our son "Shawn Colin Philip". We then knew it was time to say good-bye and handed him back to the nurse. We held eachother and sobbed. Shortly afterwards, we were allowed to see one of the babies and when she brought Triplet "A" into the room and joy filled our hearts. This lively little crying bundle was ours. We then began to rejoice in the new lives that God allowed us to have. Our babies were born at 32 wks. Triplet A (Liam 3lbs. 5ozs.) and Triplet B ( Brayen 3lbs. 15oz.) Triplet C (Shawn 2lbs. 14ozs.) Our joy and sorrow were wrapped up in this one event. Our little "Shawn" is buried in a cemetary close to our house and we often go to feel close to him. We see him in the faces of our other two beautiful children and rejoice in the joy he brought us in the womb. It has been 8 months since this birth our boys are a growing concern but are doing well. They are both about 17lbs. Huge! May this story comfort some of you who have had similar experiences. God Bless You!!

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