๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ: ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐
About this episode
Kara Catalano shares her journey through infertility and the complexities of her twin pregnancy, including stillbirth and delayed twin interval birth.
Type of loss: Stillbirth, Delayed twin interval birth More about Kara's Story: In this episode, Kara Catalano shares her journey through infertility, enduring seven unsuccessful rounds of IVF after being told she had less than a 1% chance of conceiving with her own eggs. On the eighth round, she finally received the news she had been praying for โ she was pregnant with twins. But at her first ultrasound, the joy quickly turned to fear when she was told she should terminate one of the babies within 24โ48 hours due to concerns about fluid levels. Kara opens up about the complex pregnancy that followed, including multiple losses and the experience of delayed twin interval birth, as she honors the love she has for each of her babies. Trusting her instincts, Kara chose to wait. A week later, a new doctor confirmed that both babies were doing well and there was no longer any need to consider termination. For a moment, hope returned. But at 17 weeks and 5 days, Kara went into spontaneous labor and delivered her daughter stillborn. In the midst of that devastating loss, something extraordinary happened โ her son remained safely in the womb. What followed was a rare and complex medicalโฆ
People in this episode
Host: Emma's Footprints
Guest: Kara Catalano
Topics covered
- stillbirth
- infertility
- IVF
- twin birth
- grief
- pregnancy complications
Keywords
- stillbirth
- infertility
- IVF
- twin pregnancy
- grief
- delayed twin interval birth
- loss
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