ahmedabad when saloni purohit 29 started experiencing complications in her pregnancy mid2022 it came as a frightening reminder of 2020 when she lost twin babies to a miscarriage in the sixth monthit was a difficult time for me both mentally and physically i work as the operations head with a private bank and urvesh and i had been wanting to start a family so when the complications began again this time we decided to do everything in our might to ensure our twin babies lived i shifted base from rajkot to my maternal home in gandhinagar for treatment recounts purohitdr prashant acharya a citybased consultant in fetal medicine and highrisk pregnancy said that the tests revealed the growth of one fetus inside its twinwe decided to salvage one child as the growth of both fetuses would have put them and the mother at risk he said the procedure in the fifth month of pregnancy ensured healthy growth of one fetus i was in the hospital for nearly a week praying fervently that god will be kind this time and we will not lose our baby again it was a child i was carrying aftereight years of marriage we were blessed with urvika in december 2022 said saloniwe regularly receive highrisk cases where the woman has an underlying health issue involving the heart or kidney or is rh negative or is experiencing fetal complications we see women giving it their all to ensure that their babies survive said dr acharya adding that often its sheer will that drives expectant mothers to put themselves through heightened distress