Tammy - so sorry. I know the heartache of the sound you are talking about as McCaskill just lost a foal this year and although she didn't yell she nickered quietly for her foal but luckily for her she didn't see it or have the chance to lick it which saved her some of the heartache. However, hearing her "call" for her baby was almost more than I could stand. Bear in mind however that after a few days she forgot she even had one
My one mare almost ALWAYS gets in foal with twins and my vet hunts for it and pinches it. Thankfully she has so far had healthy foals every year, but then I think my vet is a true god and doesn't miss much - he knows what he is looking for, he palps, he u/s numerous times and I trust him completely. So far, he hasn't steered me wrong. A good reproductive vet is important in this business and one that you can trust.
Tammy - we have had some awful years in this business, but know that times can and do get better, that the sun does come up tomorrow and one live foal running in the field makes up for all the heartache in the world.
Hugs to you!
C
all I could do was cry....this is the added dissapointment to my studs breeding this year one mare he bred died in her first trimester (farm accident I believe) another two mares have absorbed I am really unsure why this year we have had troubles ....all mares are from different farms. My mare is due this weekend and she is bigger than the mare with twins ....we have the same vet that sonagramed the first mare so I pray that we are not in for another tragedy. I think this is the final straw to hang up the breeding bit.....All those people that abuse horses should have to spend one night like I just did...maybe then they would appreciate how precious life is....I laid the babies in a sheet together to be buried.....I will never forget the sound of the mare ....never....the pain in her whinnies when I carried her babies out of that stall.....they will be etched in my heart forever. 
and NEVER looked for twins. And she was totally wrong about the other five. I refused to pay that bill and NEVER had that vet back. Many other folks on this board have had vets who missed twins and ended up losing the foals. Twins survive So Seldom. tammy, don't beat yourself up. Red bags usually require quite experienced help to survive and the little one would have probably been too puny.
