https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 01:40:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-177792 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:28:56 +0000 heffalump 177792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandsandmore: they said that they could see the bladder and that's good, but the size difference is super scary. Its good to hear positive stories of babies with big size differences, thank you so much for sharing! She has an appointment today ... hoping it goes well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-177787 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:25:23 +0000 sandsandmore 177787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I'm not surprised she doesn't want to talk about it, she probably wants to simply cry. I will say that the babies do have quite a large size difference. But there's really no telling yet what might happen. I have a friend who had identical girls and they were born almost 1.5 pound apart. My boys had a 64% size discordance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-176919 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:59:43 +0000 heffalump 176919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandsandmore: I really don't have a lot of information, my friend didn't seem like she wanted to talk about it so I didn't want to make her. That's why I'm trying to figure things out here! But thank you for all of the info! All I know is that one baby is 7 ounces and the other is 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-176743 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:09:17 +0000 MaisyMay 176743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandsandmore: I hope you don't mind me recommending your blog. I thought that had been something that you'd mentioned, but wasn't positive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-176492 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:38:03 +0000 sandsandmore 176492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, from stories I've heard where people had to get the amnioreduction, it's been very helpful. As far as bedrest, it really depends on the situation. </p> <p>How is the baby who isn't getting the nutrients doing otherwise? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-176488 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:31:49 +0000 sandsandmore 176488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's my blog actually.<br /> I am a bit confused though. Do you know if the twins are mono-mono or mono-di? If they're mono-mono, they share the same placenta and share the same amniotic sac. If mono-di, they share a placenta but have separate sacs.<br /> If they're mono-mono, I'm not sure why they'd do an amnio reduction because that would affect both babies.</p> <p>Have they mentioned TTTS (twin to twin tranfusion syndrome)? This is when one twin is a donor and provides more nutrients to the other twin. In this case, one twin will frequently have a larger amniontic sac than the other (I haven't heard of mono-mono twins getting TTTS). </p> <p>As far as what may happen at 17 weeks, it depends. In my case, if my small twin passed at that point, my other twin may not have been affected b/c the small one was sooooo small. the further along I got, the more risk to the other twin: death for him or neurological damage. So we were always weighing a lot of options.</p> <p>Let me know if you have any questions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-176360 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:59:11 +0000 heffalump 176360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Thanks, I'll check it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-175657 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:33:37 +0000 MaisyMay 175657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the blog <a href="http://fromaspeck.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://fromaspeck.wordpress.com</a> is a blog about a woman who was pregnant with twins and who had to really consider the procedure. She ultimately didn't do it, but there might be some info there for your friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174664 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:37:41 +0000 MamaMoose 174664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Oh my goodness, I can't imagine having to go through this so far into the pregnancy. The poor thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174648 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:30:25 +0000 heffalump 174648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: My friend is 17 weeks. I wonder what would happen to her if the baby passes.... that's weird that the baby just gets absorbed in the body! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174536 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:36:03 +0000 MamaMoose 174536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Towards the end of her first trimester. Maybe 10 or 11 weeks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174527 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:32:59 +0000 Mrsbells 174527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never heard of this, but wishing her all the best </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174522 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:28:34 +0000 heffalump 174522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Aww that is sad. How far along was your friend when the baby passed away? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174510 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:23:13 +0000 MamaMoose 174510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This isn't quite the same situation but a cousin of mine was pregnant with twins and also had one twin that was taking all of the nutrients. The other twin ended up passing away naturally and I guess her body just absorbed the baby. So she didn't need to go on bed rest or anything. Actually... she had been having a really really hard time with her pregnancy and she never felt right. After she lost the second twin she felt much better and had a really smooth pregnancy with a very healthy baby. So as much as it was really sad for her, she also felt like it was the right thing and it was meant to happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-know-anything-about-an-amnioreduction#post-174503 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:20:48 +0000 heffalump 174503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend that's pregnant with identical twins, and because they share a sac one is taking all of the nutrients and they have to have an amnioreduction. She didn't seem like she wanted to talk about it, but I just wanted to know if anyone has been through this or knows someone who has so I can learn more about it. Is this something that would cause her to have to be on bedrest? It sounds pretty scary! </p>