On March 27 2020 we found out we were pregnant. On April 27 we found out we were having fraternal twins. We were so so happy and a little bit surprised as well.
My sister has fraternal twins and I am a nanny who has looked after 11 sets of twins. We felt like we were destined to have twins.
Everything was going very well in my pregnancy until July 5 when I bled a little bit. I went to my doctor on July 6 and he sent me for an ultrasound.
I thought everything was fine at the ultrasound until a doctor came in and told me that there was no fluid around Lily and that they think my water broke at 18 weeks.
I was then sent to the hospital and they did some tests to verify that my water broke but the tests came back negative.
I was admitted overnight as they thought I might go into labour. It was what I thought at the time the worst night of my life. I couldn’t sleep and I cried all night thinking I was going to lose my babies.
Nothing happened and so they sent me home the next day and told me to come back if I experienced cramps or contractions, or developed any signs of infection. With prom( preterm premature rupture of membrane) infection is what they were most worried about.
I had no measurable fluid around Lily for the next 31 days but she kept growing and her and Paxton stayed inside for 31 stressful, worrisome days.
I stopped working, didn’t lift anything heavy, did some bed rest, drank lots of water and did everything in my power to keep them inside me.
On august 4 I wasn’t feeling good so I checked my temperature and I didn’t have a fever but my temperature was higher than it normally was so I went to the hospital and they admitted me right away at 8pm.
They did blood work and my white blood cell count came back at 25 when they told me it should be 12 to 14. I had an infection in Lily’s placenta.
They hooked me up to an IV and gave me antibiotics. Around 1pm I started getting cramps in my stomach and they continued for hours and then around 5pm I was in so much pain they examined me and told me I was going into labour.
I was completely heartbroken. I was 22 weeks and 4 days. They told me they hoped that after I delivered Lily that my labour might stop and I might keep Paxton in for longer.
At 8:53 am I delivered Lily who was born still born and at 9:29 am I delivered Paxton. He was alive for 2 minutes and then he died.
To say we were heartbroken is a understatement. We spent the next 24 hours with our babies at the hospital. We took pictures and spent time holding them. They slept next to me in the bassinet that night.
I am forever grateful that we had the time with them before we had to leave them. I will always have the memories with them and all the pictures we took.
They will forever be in our hearts. This is the hardest thing my husband and I have been through. I didn’t think that when we went to the hospital on August 4 that I would deliver our babies the next day and then have to deal with planning their funeral.
This is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. We are going through our grieving process and we are surviving this. We are stronger than we know and we will make it through. We are hopeful for our future and our sweet Lily and Paxton will forever be with us.
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