"There's more than one!"

3rd August 2009

Simon and I were very excited about our first baby scan at 11 weeks, we couldn't wait to see our little one for the first time. Just before the scan started Simon told the OB that my sister has triplets so it would be interesting to see if we were having twins (or more!). I confidently told the OB that we were just having one baby thank you very much! As soon as the scan started Simon and I could see a baby and something else.... The OB announced "There's more than one!". There was a lot of nervous laughter and exclamations such as"no way!", "really?", "are you sure", etc. My legs started to shake as the shock set in. Almost straight away the OB told us he thought there was no dividing membrane and they looked like what are called monoamniotic twins. He explained that this type of twin is extremely high risk. Suddenly our low risk singleton pregnancy had turned into something very different.....

This is our very first video of the girls at 11 weeks gestation.