Forum: Selective Reduction and Termination due to Health Issues

I have not stopped crying for about 2 weeks now-ever since I got my beta. It was quite higher than my singleton pregnancy which was very complicated as it is. We did ESET last time and it did not work. This time, we transferred 2. I am trying to find a dr in and around arizona or even west coast. I...

Hi. I am over 40 with a 2YO, and pregnant with twins. I am scheduled for selective reduction to a singleton and although I know this is the best decision for us, I am wondering how best to cope before and after. I am depressed and distant from my pregnancy- will I be able to reconnect with my...

I was just wondering if anyone in this board knows a clinic/doctor where I can contact for selective reduction on twin to singleton in Washington DC metro area? MY RE opposes the idea so he didnt really refer me to anyone. Thanks.

Hi everyone, Well, this pregnancy has been a rollercoaster of emotions. I am already the mother of 2 beautiful girls and my husband and I decided to try to add another baby to our family. I am 35 and felt I was at my window of where I wanted to be age-wise for another. After an ectopic that...

Hi I'm 11 weeks pregnant with triplets and have just got back from a scan. We have 1 baby in its own sac and 1 set of monozygotic diamniotic twins. One of the twins has severe structural issues (lots of excess fluid and big nuchal fold measurement) and the consultant has told us our options are:...

I was wondering if anyone has ever had or knows anything about SR involving radio frequency ablation? I'm unfortunately facing an SR in the next few weeks in NYC. Thanks so much.

Hello! I am new to the board. I am 7.5 weeks pregnant with triplets. We did IVF. We put two 5-day blasts in, and two stuck, and one also split. At my 6 week sonogram, there were two healthy heartbeats, and NO third yolk/fetal pole, etc. At my 7 week sonogram, there were three heartbeats. ...

For my most recent IVF cycle, I used PGS to genetically test the embryos. I transferred two chromosomally normal embryos and got pregnant with fraternal twins. I had the new materniT21 test done at 10 weeks with good results. I skipped CVS because of all the testing. Yesterday was my nuchal...

Hello everyone, I am not sure if this is the correct place to post, but I just knew that the ladies in this particular area might understand what I have been going through. This is such a great website. Well, I am 37 and was diagnosed with mild pcos. After six months of trying, we went to an...

I have decided to post a comment on here as I would appreciate any feedback and thoughts from anyone to try to help me cope. Unfortunately I had to have a Tfmr on monday. Everything appeared to be going great until my 12 weeks scan when the sonographer found a really "healthy heartbeat" followed by...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site. So I'll introduce myself first! I'm 37 yo with a history of a full term stillborn daughter (40 weeks) with no know cause. I have a healthy 16 mo son - during that preg I had obstetric cholestasis, and had to be induced at 36 weeks. I am now pregnant with...

I am pregnant with twins and due to health issues we need to have an SR. I have read other posts on this board and know it is a sensitive issue and it is by no means an easy choice. My question is what Doctors in the D/FW Area or in Texas in general do you recommend? I have read about Dr...

I am almost a week post-reduction (at 12 weeks) from 3 to 2, and I just wanted to post a heartfelt thank you to all of you ladies who have shared your experiences on this board. I felt so alone when trying to figure out what to do, and lurking on this board gave me so much comfort. I made the...

I had my reduction from 3 to 2 6 days ago and I've been leaking non stop for 2 days and cramping really bad. I had an U/S yesterday and they said everything looked normal but the leaking isn't stopping and its a lot of fluid. I haven't seen an OB yet (long story) and my family doc says she has no...

I have twin boys from my first IVF. I was originally pregnant with triplets, but lost one early on. After we came so close to triplets I swore I would never put back more than I could handle. So when we tried for our third we did 6 single embryos transfers. After three years, no success, and...

I had a reduction from 3 to 1 (mono twins) nine days ago. I had cramping, tightness and soreness few days after, but it eventually went away after about a week. I have been taking it really, really easy and a few days ago went back to more normal activity (grocery shopping, lifting bags, etc but...

Hello everyone, My husband and I experienced a shock of a lifetime this past November: we learned we had conceived triplets - naturally! I'm 39 and we have 2 children who are 10 and 13, thought we were done and thought, 'well, maybe...lets try for just one more' and now...QUADS! At my 1st...

Hello everybody My name is Sofie and i'm from belgium. I have had ovulation induction this summer and ended up pregnant with 4babys. My doctor suggested selective reduction but I had never heard of such a procedure. Here is Belgium it's very taboe and so nobody knows about our situation....

I am driving down to New York City for my procedure. It is about a 4.5-5 hour drive, we are planning on going down the night before the procedure but I am trying to figure out if it would be alright to drive home post-procedure? My appointment is at noon and I am told it will take 3.5-4 hours long,...

It has been almost 7 weeks since I reduced from triplets to a singleton. We had twins in the same sack that were reduced. I'm now 18 weeks. I have had spotting and bleeding since the reduction. We've been going in for regular ultrasounds, and the baby continues to be fine. The blood looks like...

Hi ladies...i had an SR from 3 to 2 in November so i am currently 18.5 weeks with twins. I used Joanne Stone in NYC...loved her. Her paperwork clearly states that AFP results will be of no value after a reduction and to use the level II ultrasound as a guide....my OB insisted on testing me for...

We found out on Black Friday that we were expecting quintuplets. I honestly never thought something like this would happen to me. There is no way this pregnancy can continue the way it is, I suffer from hyperemsis with my pregnancies and my asthma has already started to flare up. My health aside...

Hi ladies. I'm currently carrying quads and am considering having cvs testing done on 3 of them. One is a singleton, the other two are mono/di twins. I've read on these boards that the procedure takes a few minutes at most but my nurse recently told me that each procedure takes 30mins. Now I'm...

Hi. I've been reading this board for the last couple of weeks ever since I learned I was carrying quads. Thank you so much to those of you who have posted your stories. I can't believe that I'm now going to be one of them, after so many years of trying to even get pregnant with one! My story is...

has anyone else had a trisomy 21 mosaic cvs that turned out fine? Dr. said have an amnio...sometimes very rarely esp with 21, the placenta can have the trisomy and not the baby? 16 cells cultured normal, 4 trisomy 21 on cvs... nuchal normal, papp-a low end of normal range, normal hcg and fetal...