What a wonderful thread. Here's our story...I had already had ds (born at 38+4 but only at 2340g due to a single artery umbilical cord) followed by 2mcs. At 13w pg with our Natalia I started bleeding heavily, was given a cerclage and put on strict bed rest (could only get up to go to the bathroom) until delivery. So at 35+2 it was my sons birthday...thought the docs were being over paranoid so decided to get up to go but him a present for his 2nd bday! While in the car I started having this very weird pain (it was constant) but stubborn as I was I told hubby She was probably trying to turn head down (was footling) and I d call the doc after our boy blew his candles. After an hour they promised to hold the candles so I could be checked out in the hospital...by the time we arrived about 1/2 hour later I was contracting every 2 minutes, our girl was trying to rip through that stitch to come out. Doc said had it been half an hour later we d both be dead. They didn't even have enough time for prep...she came out weighing 2kgs. She stayed in the nicu for 3 days just for observation as she was bfing perfectly and breathing on her own with no problems. They wanted to keep her in a little longer but I refused to let her there as all medical reports had come back good! She's 2.5 yrs now, almost as tall as her older brother, almost the same weight (yes he is still not a big fan of food) and thriving!