The Cheeseman Twins Bike Ride

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Jamie (Dad of the twins) and a few friends are going to be doing a bike ride around the outskirts of the isle of wight which is around 66.5 miles to raise money for the charity SANDS who helped with our loss. This will take place on Saturday 28th August 2021.

Please take the time to read our story.

Earlier this year I was over the moon to find out that I was pregnant. Another child for my husband Jamie and I, and a sibling to Alfie-Lee. In April 2019 I attended hospital after a referral to the early pregnancy unit following concerns that I may have been suffering from an ectopic pregnancy. A scan was conducted, and we were overwhelmed with relief to find that the pregnancy was not ectopic. During the appointment I expressed my concerns to the sonographer that I was concerned I may have been carrying twins. Twins run in my family and I was concerned that this may have been overlooked. I was assured that there was only one baby present. As I was so early into my pregnancy, I was asked to return in two weeks’ time for a follow up scan.
Two weeks later I returned to the Early Pregnancy Unit, again I expressed my concern that I may be carrying two babies. Again, I was reassured that there was only one heartbeat. I was reassured that my HCG levels were increasing rapidly, following three sets of measurements over a 48-hour time period
Three weeks later I received a letter inviting me for my twelve-week scan. When my husband and I arrived the Hospital, the sonographer indicated that my appointment had been made too early as her records indicated I was only ten weeks pregnant. This meant that the tests that she needed to do, could not be undertaken correctly as my pregnancy was not far enough along. She continued to scan me any way. I raised my fears again that this was a multiple pregnancy. My stomach had expanded rapidly with this pregnancy, I had a much larger bump at this stage in my pregnancy than I had been with Alfie-Lee. Again, my Husband and I were reassured that only one baby was present, and we were asked to rebook an appointment for my twelve-week scan.
The twelve-week scan followed the same pattern, my Husband and I ask if this is more than one baby present. We are assured that there is only one, and we are sent on our way after my bloods are taken. A few weeks later the results of my blood test returned. The test showed that I had a low reading on my PAPP-A test. This just meant that I would be required to have another scan to make sure that my baby was growing nicely.
My twenty-week scan arrived, and the sonographer was unable to collect the measurements that were required. I was sent to have something to eat and drink to try and help the imagery, but after two hours they were unable to obtain the correct measurements and I was asked to return in two weeks’ time so they could try again.
Whilst waiting for this next scan I became concerned as I did not feel my baby move on the Sunday. On Monday, I contacted the community midwife team and at my appointment she was unable to find my baby’s heartbeat. She wasn’t too concerned and said that it may just be that the placenta was blocking the baby, preventing the baby being heard, due to my front lying placenta. I knew that something was wrong. My normally active baby was still. I was referred for a scan and my worst fears were confirmed, there was no heartbeat.
I remained at the hospital where I was given medication that would start my labour. The tablet did not work, and they asked me to return on Wednesday morning.
At the Hospital I again took tablets to start my labour. My contractions started and at around 17.00 Hours my waters broke. At 19.28 Hours we welcomed our baby boy. My perfect baby boy Archie Cheeseman came into the world on the 28th August 2019 sleeping.
I was given an injection to help release my placenta as they were concerned that it was stuck. I was still contracting, and I had the most overwhelming urge to push. I was told that I should listen to my body and push. Twenty minutes later the room fell silent and I could hear the midwives whispering to each other. The realisation hit me. I had just given birth to another baby. A baby I had no idea was there. A baby that I had been carrying for twenty-two weeks and three days. That despite all the scans, and all of my challenges that I was carrying more than one baby, everyone missed. At 1950 Hours on the 28th August 2019, we welcomed Archie’s twin, Albie Cheeseman, into the world sleeping.
We were then called back into the hospital on December 13th to receive the boys postmoretem results to be told that this was classed as a TRAP twin pregnancy which was something that we had never heard of before and something that is very very rare.
If you have got to the end of our story we just want to say thank you for taking the time to read this.

Natalie And Jamie!