Aimee McCourt

In loving memory of my beauitful baby daughter
aimee mccourt
2/05/07
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aimee deid from twin 2 twin tranfusion
aimee has a beauitful twin sister called katie

my story begins when i found out i was pregnant in december. i was so scared of being a teenage
mummy but i knew my family would do all they could to help me. I was feeling really sick and had
constant all day sickness. the weight was falling from me. i went for my first scan on the 20th of
december. i was scared an excited at the same time to see how everything was going. that when they
told me that i was expecting twins. i was so stocked and didnt expec it at all. i asked were they
non identical or identical and they told me they were 100 sure they were identical. i was so
excited. when i got home i was foneing everyone telling them the gd news. me and my family were so
pleased. i was still being sick really badly and could hardly eat a bite....

i got another scan and the doctor who scanned me told me everything was going fine... (if only he
knew what was going to happen) he sat me down and told me some of the complatation that can occour
during identical twins. i asked him if my babys were ok and he told me YES. when i was about to
leave he called me back and told me to get another appointment 4 two weeks time. when i got home i
told my mummy that i had a bad feeling that sumthing was wrong and my mum told me just to wait and
see wat happened in tha next scan.....

within the next two weeks i was in complete pain and could hardly move, 4 some reason i couldnt stop
myself from crying. (as if i knew what me and my babys would have to go thought in the next few
weeks) i went for my scan i explia i was in all this pain, they told me it could be a kidney
infection and took a urine sample from me. as i was being scanned i asked the doctors were my babies
ok and he said yes everything was going fine. so after he scanned me he told me he was sending me 4
a detailed scan the following week. i asked what that scan was for and he told me it was to see the
twins more clearly...

the following week i went for my scan in the day obstrectic unit. i was being scanned for round bout
an hour long.... after the scan the consultant told me that my babies were i trouble and that they
needed an proceduer done in london to save my twins lives. my heart felt like it had been ripped out
and throw on the floor. i couldnt believe what i was hearing. i asked wheni would need to go and the
consultant told me with in the next few days. i was told to go and have a cup of tea and come back
in one hour so they could get flights and ring london to see when i could fly out. i was in a
complete blare, a different world. my head was all over the place. i was thinking just last week the
doctor told me my babies were fine. how could everything go so wrong so suddently. i went back in a
hour and the consultatn told me that i was flying out on the following monday and have my proceduer
done on the tuesday....

the next few days were a complete nightmare. i was living in a bad dream that i couldnt wake
from.....

the monday came so fast and me and my mum and dad went to london.... my boyfriend couldnt get a
flight to come with us. as we got to london we had to go tto the hospital and have a consulatation
with the consultant. he told me that i was the youngest girl to ever have the proceduer done in
northern ireland.... he asked me did i want to know what i was having and he told me they were twin
girls. i was over the moon.

the next morning i went to have the proceduer done everythibg went well, and the consuktant was very
pleased with the babies and me and he let us go on the tuesday afternoon. we staying a b and b until
the wednesday afternoon until we could get are flight.

flying home i was scared as they said i could miscarry at anytime... i arrive home and foned the
maternity they told me to come down the following week.

i went for my scan and they told me everything wih the babies were great. they had put on weight and
i was told that the twins were fine and that the trip to london samed like it was a sucess. i felt a
sort of relief but i knew i wasnt out the woods yet... the next few weeks went brilliant. good news
after good news. it was 9 weeks after the trip tp london and i started to get pains and tightening.
iw ent down to he matenity unit and told them i was expectind twins and that they had twin to twin
tranfusion and the doctor on that night didnt know what twin to twin was......

he scanned me and send me home ( if only there was someone there whp knew about the twin 2 twins
maybe my baby would still be here with me)

4 days later my waters broke and i went to the hospital, the scanned me and told me they needed a
second opinion. i was then told one of my babies had died.

i was then taken up to the ward and was put into a room until the next morning. so they could see my
consultant and see what they had to do... they done a few test and told me that my other baby was in
danger and that i need to go down for and emergeny section. everything happened so fast....

baby aimee was born asleep at 14:43, weighting 2pound and baby katie was born at 14:45, weighing
2pound 11 1/2oz.....

my two little girls are the most beauitful little babies i had ever seen, my little katie was in
intensive care for 3 months and is home now doing great and getting really big.... my poor baby
aimee just couldnt fight nomore... i am so proud of the both of them and i believe that my little
angle aimee was the one who got katie strong and better.

my little heart breaks more and more each day and i sometimes think i cant go on anymore... but the
only reason why i get up in the morning is for baby katie.... i need to be strong for her.

love and miss you loads my little angel aimee

look after ur twin sister katie, me and daddy we all love and miss you round the world and back
again. words cant describe how i feel baby, i wish i was up there with u..... play with the angels
honey.....

love you mummy xxxxxxxxxxxx