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Restrictive growth in twins

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Missluck693 · 03/10/2018 09:42

After the hospital initially diagnosed my Mo-di identical twins sharing a placenta with TTTS, they've now said it's selective intrauterine restrictive growth where one twin is growing slower then the other due to having a smaller share of the placenta.

I'm 22 weeks and the smaller twin is weighing 305g compared to 400g for the other twin. I'm still in type 1 and now I'm having weekly scans monitoring if this moves to type 2. Despite difference in measurements in femur, abdomen, head etc all other developments concerning organs seems fine and and the amniotic fluid difference is not significant.

I'm sick with worry as if situation gets worse they could ask me to make a decision to terminate one to save the other and this would be the worse position to put a mother in and I don't know if I can do it.
I'm also concerned at the prospect of a very early delivery that could impact both babies.

I was myself born in the 80s and born 2lbs at 32 weeks and encountered a retinal detachment due to too much oxygen but have had no health or development problems. This was in the 80s too.

I'm hoping to hear from other mothers who've experienced early diagnosis of restrictive growth in twins and how it went for you.

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