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Heres hoping - i had twins in 2003 and delivered them at 23 weeks, they were identical girls and had ttts. one of my little ones was stillborn and my survivor who spent 4 months in the nicu is now an absolutely normal and healthy 6 year old. the road to this point of her being normal and healthy was LONG though. 1.5 lb birth weight, ventilators for 2.5 months, eye surgery, heart condition, coming home on o2, heart and breathing monitors, followups till she turned 5 with developmental specialists, audiologists, ophthomologists, nutritionists, speech therapists, ot, pt, cardiologists... now at 6 she just finished up kindergarten, reads ahead of her grade, skis, doesn't even need glasses. BUT she is the EXCEPTION for a baby born that early! i don't know about where you are, but here in utah, "viability" is 24 weeks. according to my perinatologist the closer you are to 30 weeks or if you are hopefully over 30 the chances for the baby to be healthy are so much better. the survival rate is way higher and the babies have fewer if any long term problems. having said all that, though, know that i am seriously considering taking clomid this fall to try for twins again. clomid will increase (even if it is only by a few %) the chance of fraternal twins which although they can be early and have problems during pregnancy are at much lower risk than identical twins. if you do get pregnant with twins on clomid, just make sure your dr monitors you very closely, and of course do the things you would do anyway - eat right, get lots of rest, etc... we do whatever we can to protect our babies and then we have to trust our dr's and most importantly GOD. take care and good luck to you!! :)
i hope you get a bfp soon!

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