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Just wanted to share my excitement- I have been watching Gertie expand for a few months now- and yesterday I saw two little PTS with ultrasound, complete with beating hearts and wiggling legs. They are about 1.25cm wide through the chest. I think they are still about 2-3 months away from being born due to small size, AND Gertie has not turned evil yet like she has done the last two times close to giving birth.
One of Dan's females is looking suspiciously fat- I will ultrasound her on tuesday....
Keeping my fingers crossed for safe delivery! Jess b

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Edward
Carpe diem

SOUTHERN FLORIDA CORUCIA RESEARCH CENTER (SFCRC)

Location:LEE/1.

Hi Jess,

One Corucia Fetus is excitement enough but you have double the joy! May only good things happen. Keep us posted.

Sincerely,
Brian
SFCRC

Did I ever tell you that I am a twin?

Congradulations.

Nope- are you really? Identical or fraternal? Gertie's first set appeared to be fraternal- both on early ultrasound- the yolks were on opposite sides of her body, and the babies looked very different. They look even more different now. Jenny is a spotted/no stripe beastie and Candy is the classic green stripe.
Does your twin share your love of skinks?
Cheers, Jess b

Jess,

C*O*N*G*R*A*T*U*L*A*T*I*O*N*S !!!!!

Cleo had twins a week and a half ago (offspring 7 and 8).

Cleo was fat, lethargic, barely eating and looked ill. I dropped her off at my vet the morning of July 10 th, on my way to work. He was going to X-ray her when he had time. After last year's experience with the emergency C -section on another PTS, I was wondering if a baby was stuck. Late in the afternoon I found out that the x-ray had revealed a baby and the vet thought that it might be stuck so he wanted to do a C-section, after he completed his office visits. When I called back later, I was thrilled to find out that the C-section had NOT been necessary. The vet tech had taken Cleo out of the incubator to give her anesthesia for the surgery, and she felt a contraction. Cleo was given a second injection of labor inducing drug and shortly afterwards, she delivered a big, beautiful 108 gram baby. I brought them home. The following evening, around 10 at night, I discovered that Cleo had delived another beautiful 73 gram baby.

They are all doing great. It took Cleo about a week to recover from the pregnancy (start moving around again). She never turns into a "mad mama" and always lets me handle her new born babies. In retrospect, I guess she didn't need the vet visit.

Susan

Wow- big twin! My two were about the same size, I think 86 and 88gm. Glad Cleo didn't need surgery. Did the vet see two babies on the x-ray, or was the second a big suprise?
If the second was a suprise, then you should ask to see the x-ray- I am really curious whether the smaller one is perhaps much younger and maybe not well calcified and harder to see. I wonder if an age difference could be an explanation why some twins come out with one big and one little, and why the small ones have a higher mortality rate.
The last x-ray I took of Gertie 1 month before birth of her twins- the babies skeleton's were fully calcified. The neat thing was at 2 months out, one was facing the right way for exit, and one was in 'breach'. At 1 month away they were both pointing the right way- no mean feat to turn around in such a confined space (in a tube shaped uterus in a very full PTS tummy)
Let us know how they do! Picture?
Jess b