William And Charlie Mason

William and Charlie Mason
28/09/2007
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Mummy, Daddy and Family
Twin To Twin Transfusion


When we found out I was pregnant we was so happy because William and Charlie was our first children.
Went to hospital for our 12 week scan and I laid on the sofa where the nurse started scanning and
then ask how many babies did we think we where expecting and we said we think one baby she replied
with a big smile you are having TWINS. We was really happy and shocked also but we could not stop
smiling. We went to see the midwife alot as well and I had to have lots of scan and see a consultant
who specialised in multiple births. She told us we was having identical twins we just looked at each
other and she started saying there can be complications with identical twins such as TTTS. We had
the 20 week scan and Alex didn't want to find out what sex they where. Went to see consultant
she got the midwife to take my blood pressure it was ok and then had to go and have a scan see how
our William and Charlie where doing and they both starting fighting with each other and the
consultant started smiling and saying they are very active. We went for the 26 week scan and was
expected to have a straight forward scan and the nurse had trouble picking up twin one's heart
beat and then she tried to get twin two's heart beat. She then said I need to go and get a
doctor to have a look for the heart beats so he came back with the nurse he started to scan for a
heart beat which he could not find on William or Charlie she had to tell us that William and Charlie
had got their angel wings and flew away to the fluffy clouds in the sky. We both just sat there and
just started crying and also in shock.

I told her that we wanted to see our consultant and she put us in a room and our consultant came in
the room she grabbed hold of me and gave a big hug and said she was sorry. We had to discuss about
me coming in to give birth. I had to go in on the friday as discussed with the consultant and us. It
was friday morning and we had to get ready to go in for 10 o'clock. We find it hard to still
talk about the birth of William and Charlie. We went into the ward were we was put atthe bottom of
the corridor from where the newborn babies was but all of the nursing staff and midwifes where very
good to us. I went into labour which I found very distressing and upsetting because we knew William
and Charlie would not be alive because our little angels where stillborn. I had so much and more
lovely nurses and midwifes to help me with the labour. Alex was so worried about me. Then we found
out we had two beautiful baby boys I asked Alex can we call them William after my grandad and
Charlie because I liked the name (I was telling everyone when I was pregnant that I was having baby
boys). We stayed in over and said our goodbyes for now and went home on the Saturday morning which I
didn't want to really leave my two little boys. It broke our hearts to leave William and
Charlie.

When we had to arrange the funeral which the hospital did for us because William and Charlie were
stillborn. The chaplin in the hospital was so lovely and kind he made us feel comfortable when we
had to meet him. The funeral very hard and upsetting but Alex carried William and Charlie's
coffin it was so tiny and very light. I read a poem out.

We have found lossing William and Charlie is the hardest we have ever been though in our lives.

We love you boys and Miss you both William and Charlie so much.