2 more of the Morrison Sextuplets died on Friday. I haven't heard any other updates, but as of then, the two girls and one boy were still in critical care. I don't know what their prognoses are, but I imagine they aren't great. Apparently, girl preemies have a better rate of survival than boys, for some reason. I'm not clear why. I hope that the Morrisons are surrounded by supportive and loving friends and family and have lots of help and people to listen to them right now, because I cannot imagine their anguish.
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History in brief (maybe not so brief...)
- 2002ish: Diagnosed with PCOS/anovulation
- 11/02: married my wondermous husband S. Immediately started TTC.
- much of 2003: OB/GYN insisted that the only reason I couldn't get pregnant was that I am overweight.
- 2004: OB/GYN conceded that Clomid might help matters. 5 useless clomid cycles.
- 10/2004: Our fabulous Foster Son, J came to live with us
- 8/2005: started seeing an RE
- 2/2006: 1st IUI cycle failed
- 3/2006: 2nd IUI cycle failed
- 6/2006: 3rd IUI cycle failed.
- 7/2006: "Final" IUI cycle. Looked like it failed... I started bleeding before my beta, but it turned into a very low beta: 23.8
- 8/2006: Hey, you're not miscarrying, your beta keeps doubling! And look at that beautiful heartbeat!
- 9/8/06: Discharged from fertility clinic. Off to OB land with healthy heartbeat and 95% odds of carrying to term.
- 10/4/06: A reason for the bleeding comes to light... a subchorionic bleed is diagnosed, but the fetus is healthy and happy on ultrasound. Fingers and toes accounted for. Perfect beating heart. Perfect growth and development.
- 10/9/06: Columbus Day. Miscarriage at 12 weeks, one day gestation. Subsequent D&C.
- 1/07: 5th IUI fails
- 2/14/07: 6th ("final") IUI. I assume it is doomed to fail b/c my life isn't nearly cliche enough to conceive on Valentine's Day (besides, I don't celebrate Valentine's Day!)
- 2/24/07: Positive HPT. Faint, but definitely positive. Subsequent positive HPTs on 2/25, 2/26, 2/27...
- 2/28/07: Beta 228. Strong, strong positive. I begin to worry I have twins, but realize that I'm still well within average for the range for singletons.
- 3/8/07: Two gestational sacs.
- 3/13/07: THREE gestational sacs
- 3/16/07: One heartbeat, two smaller sacs
- 3/20/07: Three heartbeats
- 9/19/07: Sam, Ellie, and Abby were born.
- 10/13/07: Sam, Ellie, and Abby were discharged from the NICU
3 comments:
Just a friendly FYI- girl preemies have a better survival rate because female fetuses develop at a slightly higher pace than their male counterparts. Incidentally, African-American fetuses develop faster than their Caucasian counterparts.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_6156950?source=most_emailed
I came across this relatively balanced news article regarding reduction. Just wanted to share. If you can't read the whole link, let me know and I can email it to you.
J
No one knows WHY female fetuses develop faster, African-American preemies do better on average, etc. There are theories about the effect of the Y chromosome, but ???
I would think the prognosis is miserable for the remaining babies. It's heartbreaking, really, and I'm sure the parents are second-guessing all their choices. When they can surface from the NICU undertow.
Sigh.
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