Others?

[LMDB910]

DO you ladies know of any other women who have experienced VTS???  I feel like I've been hearing more and more about it these days.

[SoniaL]

I have never heard anyone else talk about it.  But I don't mention it either.  I really feel like I can't officially say that happened to me, or they will think I am crazy, since the doctors never mentioned it.  But I was so bothered by the fact that I had SUCH a severe situation that I was convinced I was miscarrying, and the doctor dismissed it as nothing.  He even said it could be due to having sex or something.  It wasn't light spotting though.  It was horrendous cramping and clots - big ones.  He was not the best doc and I see that now (I have a different doc).  I feel like he either was clueless or for some odd reason knew what it was and never told me.  I don't know.
Are people you know having this?  I have not heard much about it since I first read about it.

[froggynow3]

I have experienced it too. But mine 'vanished' early on. At my first  OB appt there were very clearly 2 sacs in there. She didnt want to confirm it since I was going to my high risk specialist in the next 2 weeks. But by the time I was 9 weeks there was clearly only one baby.I wish the other had lived, I have always wanted twins

[dtjohnson7]

I thought about it a lot after Jake was born because even though my bf thinks it is impossible, I think that somehow Jake knows he was supposed to have someone with him and that he misses that brother or sister. Does anyone else feel that way? I believe that he needs me so much because he knows he's lost his twin. Yes, I know all babies need their mommies but I have 2 other kids and this is different. I never felt this with either of them and it's not because he is a difficult baby. My first was a difficult baby with colic and I had PPD so life was rough. Jake just likes constant reassurance that I am there by him. He did well with the Miracle Blanket but he rests even better if he is touching me. (He is 9 months old now).
I had 3 miscarriages between my first (who is 8) and my second (who is 2) but somehow it hurts even more knowing that Jake's twin is not here with us. It is strange because I had feelings on what sex they all were from the beginning which of course cannot be confirmed when you lose them so early; however, I feel Jake's twin was a boy also. I had names for all the other ones but lost this one so soon that I was too stunned to even come up with a name.
No one really talks about Vanishing Twin Syndrome. My boyfriend has a hard time conceptualizing the reality and I don't feel anyone else can even understand so I am glad this group is here.

[HipMama329]

It's been 9 years since the loss of my daughter's vanishing twin.  I still think about it from time to time.  I always used to say that I wanted twins and I almost got them, but they weren't meant to be.  My almost 9 year old daughter is the joy of my life and I am so grateful for her.  Unfortunately at my first dr. visit about 8 weeks we found out there were two sacs, but only one baby with a heartbeat, my little princess.  She knows about her almost twin and is convinced it was a girl so sometimes she is disappointed too.  We like to think that my daughter has her own guardian angel.