Hiya ladies, Im expecting non id twin boys in september. We had our 20 week scan 2 weeks ago and had some horrible scary news. Twin 1 was perfectly healthy but twin 2 was really poorly. He had hydrops, which is basically fluid around his organs and under his skin. I got referred to a hospital in liverpool to be seen by a specialist. She told us our baby was severely anamic which was causing the build up of fluid. Because they were twins we were told decisions were going to effect both of them and I could lose them. She said he urgently needed a blood transfusion to live but would involve invasive surgery by piercing his sac and drawing out amniotic fluid (amniocentesis to test for chromosone disorders which can often cause the problem) and to transfuse him through his cord. She said she "thought" but wasnt definate that I had contracted parvo virus (slapped cheek syndrome) and this had caused his problems. This meant it wouldnt be a lasting problem once fixed but had made my baby seriously ill. She also said that there was a risk to twin 1 as it was very invasive. We pondered for ages then I asked what the success rate on it was and she said "ive done it on triplets before and they were born healthy". That was it, we decided to go for it. We had to wait a day as they had to order the blood from manchester but he survived the night. We had the procedure done 2 days after the 20 week scan and we just had to wait. I was in hospital for a week on bedrest too. Anyways, went for a check up yesterday to see if he needed another transfusion and the consultant said we had a miracle baby as the problem was near enough resolved. I cant believe that 2 weeks ago we were being told to prepare for the worst and now our baby is near enough better. Thought id share and ask if anyone has heard of/experienced this problem before as id never heard of it and its quite common!!! xxxx
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