UD Successful Twin Pregnancy

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Hello,

I am new to Yahoo groups so don't know all the lingo but wanted to

share a positive UD story with you. When I first started researching

UD online I did not find a lot of uplifting information but wanted

to share some hope.

I found out I had UD about 7 years ago. I was told that I may not

ever be able to have children. But after 2 years of marriage, my

husband and I started trying to conceive. I became pregnant after

about 5 months of trying but miscarried at 12 weeks. After a while

we started trying again and tried for about 3 years with no success

at getting pregnant again. We desperately wanted children so began

considering infertility or adoption options. In April 2003 we

settled on adoption and in December 2003 we brought home our

wonderful adopted daughter from Kazakhstan. We were thrilled to be

parents!

We were hopeful to someday have more children so just did not take

any birth control measures at this point, knowing that if God wanted

us to conceive again then it would happen. About 4 months after

bringing our daughter home we found out I was pregnant. And a few

weeks after that at my first ultrasound we found out it was twins! I

was filled with a mix of emotions - excitement at being pregnant

finally, overwhelmed at the thought of twins, and really scared at

the thought of greater chance for miscarriage. I was considered a

high risk pregnancy so had very frequent doctor visits throughout

the pregnancy. Each appointment I was terrified that they wouldn't

find one or both heartbeats but each time everything checked out

fine. At 32 weeks I went to the hospital with pre-term contractions

that were just about 3 minutes apart. They got the contractions

stopped and I went home the next day on Nifedipine and bedrest for

the rest of the pregnancy. I as scheduled for a c-section at 36

weeks but my water broke about 24 hours before that so we went to

the hospital and ended up having the babies one day earlier than

planned. My twin daughters were born this past December weighing 5lb

2oz and 5lb 6 oz. They are now nearly 10 months old and beautiful

very healthy little girls.

I think it is important to remember that God has a plan for each of

our lives. In hindsight I see that it would have been very difficult

to go through the adoption process if I had other children at home -

we had to stay 4 weeks in Kazakhstan before we could finalize the

adoption and I can't imagine life without my older daughter. If you

have UD and are trying to have a child, please know that there is

hope and trust that God always has perfect timing.