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Family of Triplets Honor Angel Sister at The Great Candy Run Minneapolis

by Fetal Health Foundation | Sep 28, 2017 | Blogs, Events, front-page, News, Story, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Based on blood levels, the parents were told they were probably expecting one or two babies. However, an ultrasound at six and a half weeks showed one sac with one baby and a second sac with identical triplets. Read their TTTS story.

A Grim Pregnancy Diagnosis Leads Father to Create International Nonprofit Fetal Health Foundation to Aid Expectant Families

by Fetal Health Foundation | Jun 12, 2017 | Story, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Press Release 14 June 2016 On Father’s Day, Local Dad Recounts How the Birth of His Twin Daughters 13 Years Ago Changed the Course of His Life Like most Dads, Lonnie Somers is looking forward to spending Father’s Day with his daughters, Ashley and Aspen. Their...

I knew nothing about TTTS at that point. My doctors never discussed it with me. Even as a sonographer, I didn’t know how to tell if it was happening.

Honoring Me on Mother’s Day In Celebration of My Angels

by Fetal Health Foundation | May 16, 2016 | Blogs, Story

We are saddened by the loss of Ella and Grace to twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Their mother, Jennifer, wrote this piece on Mother’s Day, and she’s allowing us to share it here. I am a mother. I have thought all morning about what today means to me...

The Redmond Family Story

by Fetal Health Foundation | May 5, 2016 | Story, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

My husband and I found out we were pregnant over Memorial Day weekend. It was still really early, but I was having some side pain and my sister had an ectopic pregnancy once so I wanted to get checked out. We went in for our first OB appointment with feelings of...

Matthew, a LUTO Fighter and Survivor

by Fetal Health Foundation | Mar 6, 2016 | Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction, Story

My son is Matthew. He was diagnosed with LUTO at week 17 of our pregnancy. It was a difficult pregnancy because he had a twin sister with him in there. By the time we got to our MFM, his kidneys were very damaged, his bladder was full and was thick- walled, his chest...