Miracle Twins at 45!!!!
Dear Foresight … I had my first child in 1996, a very healthy pregnancy, a boy and he was born 9 days early at 7½lbs. I conceived the first month after coming off the pill at the age of 38. He was very healthy apart from quite bad colic that was treated with cranial osteopathy with very good results, and infantile eczema, which was treated with homeopathy again with good results. It took me quite a long time to get back on my feet, but I breast fed with no problems until I returned to work at 6 months. We did not rush into trying for another because it had happened so quickly the first time and we wanted a little break. After my son was a year we started trying and to our surprise nothing happened. After about 12 months we saw the GP who arranged for the usual tests - all of which were normal. We were then referred on to the obstetrician, who, after a few more routine tests prescribed Clomid. I was pregnant on the second month, so we were very pleased, only to have our hopes dashed when I miscarried at 11½ weeks. I continued on Clomid for another year with no luck. By this time I was 43 and thought time had run out.

We decided to go for an IVF consultation, although we were not sure if we would do it for a number of reasons. We saw a very nice lady who basically said my chances were very slim due to my age and that I was more likely to conceive naturally.

We had heard of Foresight from a good friend and decided that this would be our last shot and if nothing else we had tried our best and we would then have to accept that time was not on our side. Robert was not convinced about the programme, he works in agriculture and does not believe in eating organic and also he is a natural sceptical scientist! However I managed to persuade him and we started in March 2001 when I was 44. We followed the programme on everything except eating organic but our all our meat comes from local farmers. I also had a course of reflexology and attended yoga classes.

By October we had got the all clear and to our total surprise I was pregnant the first month. I felt very sick early on and when I saw my GP she said it could be twins. I began to think so too, and this was confirmed at the nuchal scan at 12 weeks. They were both high risk for Downs and I had a CVS done by Professor Nicolaides and all was well. We were thrilled but held our breath every month until after 5months.

I did have a few problems later on, cholestasis and, increased cord pressure, this was all monitored very closely, but after my legs started swelling at 37 weeks I was admitted for induction. This took longer than expected, partly because there were 3 of us expecting twins in the maternity unit at the same time! Finally at 38 weeks after ARM and 8 hrs of labour Jessica was born at 7 lbs and Harry was born half an hour later at 7½ lbs. Both lovely healthy babies. They are an absolute joy and very content babies. Harry was breech delivery and as a result had a little bit of colic and a touch of eczema but that settled very quickly.

I have breast fed them both and am still doing so at 8 months and hope to continue until their first birthday. I am still on the programme although I do have a glass of wine now! We can still hardly believe our luck; they are a true gift and have brought us all such joy. So a huge thank you to Foresight for making our dreams come true.
 

Dear Foresight …. Just a short note to thank you for your support before, during and after my recent pregnancy with twins.

G. [a girl] and E. [a boy] were born on November 15th weighing 6lb 7oz and 71b 7oz and with Apgar scores of 9-9 and 9-10, at 38½ weeks. They were induced by ARM and, as my contractions followed strongly I did not need any further drugs. Labour took 6 hours. What more could I ask for?!

My pregnancy was excellent and the ankle swelling I experienced with my first child (with whom I had not been taking the full supplement programme) didn't start until the last few days, as opposed to the last few weeks of pregnancy. No stretch marks appeared until the last 6 weeks, when my size would have been a challenge to the most supple of skin. I have been left with an enormous tummy (still look 5 months pregnant), but am hopeful that it will reduce in time and not be too marked. I have fully breast fed for 2 months now and feel I can continue for a while at least.

So, a glowing report for Foresight. Many, many thanks and for your tireless work on the part of your cause. There is no doubt we have benefited enormously.
 

Dear Foresight ... you asked me to put some background information down for you to include … I wasn't sure how much detail you wanted, so please use as much as you feel appropriate.

We wanted to follow the Foresight Programme and despite no Foresight 'GP' in our area, we put into practice as much as we could - hair analysis and vitamin programme, no alcohol, no smoking (already!) and we already had a wonderful homeopath. We'd had two miscarriages in 1994 and were delighted to find at the end of 1995 that I was pregnant again, with the baby due in June 1996.

My pregnancy generally went well although I was very sick at first, losing half a stone, and I had very low haemoglobin levels at 34 weeks (6.3), needing a transfusion of 2 pints of blood. I refused the routine ultrasound scan at 18 weeks and the consultant, to his credit, accepted my position that I would have a scan if medically indicated, but would prefer not to risk any chance of neurological damage to my baby at such an early developmental stage.

In the later stages, the baby was thought to be breech although some midwives thought it was head down. So, at 37 weeks, we met the consultant to discuss delivery options and agreed at this stage to have a scan to determine how the baby was lying. We went in and the consultant said 'Well, is this baby breech or not?", and the ultrasound operator uttered the immortal words, 'well, one is, but the other isn't!' We had thought we were prepared for the birth, but now had to have a very rapid re-think!

Our baby daughters, J. and R. were born at 39 weeks, eventually by caesarean section. My waters broke, then labour didn't really progress and even after 9 hours of an oxytocin drip I had still only got to 4cm dilated and R.'s heart rate was starting to fall. J. weighed 4lb 14oz, and R. 61b, both scored 9/10 at one minute Apgar, and 10/10 at five minutes. J.'s paediatrician was very upset that he couldn't find any reason to send her to the Special Care Baby Unit!

I fully breast fed both babies until they were 14 months old. They shared J.'s cot until they were 6 months old and then had one each. R. was always a very cuddly baby and couldn't settle alone once she woke in the night, so her cot was hardly used!

The girls are now nearly 3 years old now and are very healthy - even when J. contracted pneumococcal meningitis at 8 months old, giving us a dreadful few days of worry, she made a very rapid recovery. We put their good health down to the combination of Foresight programme and our homeopath during my pregnancy and the similar approach we take now with an almost 100% organic wholefood diet and care to minimise other harmful chemicals in their lives (bedding, clothing, toys etc), together with ongoing homeopathic care.

I hope this is of use to you. With best wishes ... [names omitted]