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a mothers intuition

I have 2 kids now and have been engaged for a year to my fiancé. We were going to get married this past August, but the roof on our new house demanded to be fixed, so we halted the wedding plans and embarked on replacing the roof together. Roofing is hard work, and working full time with two kids on top of it doesn't help.

I seriously don't even remember having sex because we were both so busy for those few months but one day I thought, "it seems like I might be late on my period". So I told my fiancé and he went to work and told his coworkers he was having a baby. "You did what?” I said. “You sure are going to feel stupid when the test comes back negative." The test didn’t come back negative, and a week later I was SICK. It almost feels like I have the flu every day; and food, well it just doesn't have the same appeal it once had.

Three weeks later none of my clothes fit and I knew something was up. I was never sick or showing with either of my first 2 kids until I was about 4-5 months. I'm having twins. I just knew I was. I went to my first doctor visit and said, "I'm having twins". They assured me that third pregnancies always show earlier. I said, “do the ultrasound, I'm having twins”. Sure enough, twins it is, and I'm now 4 months and looking like I’m about 7 months. It's actually kind of frightening. What’s weird is I've really only gained maybe five pounds but my belly is enormous!

Anyways, I'm freaked out, excited yes, blessed and all that, but mostly just trying to brace myself for the storm that lies ahead. My fiancé had told me that he wanted 2 kids and I said no way since I already have 2 from a previous marriage. I finally agreed on one...in a few years, to his dismay. So like always, he got his way. Good luck to everyone on your journey!!


Jen LaMaire

I just knew I had twins

Hi, I became pregnant with twin girls in August of this year.

When I assumed I was pregnant, I also felt that if I was pregnant that I probably had two in there. I don't know how to describe it, but I felt my abdomen and thought, there must be two in there. That was before I even knew I was pregnant. Anyhow, I went to the doc and they told me I was pregnant.

Two days later I had an ultrasound and the doc asked me if I had twins in my family. I said no. Then she kept on looking for a while. I lay there and was thinking about what she just asked me, and thought it was a routine question, so I just took it for granted... but hey, there I was being told, "congratulations, you are having twins".

I thought only for a second, and could not believe it. I cried on the table right there :-). That was when I was 8 weeks pregnant. I am glad I found out so early.

Bikki


Bikki

Surprise!

I had an interesting first trimster! My pregnancy was a complete shock to my boyfriend and I. He has a 4 year old daughter from a previous relationship and he is still legally married to the mother. Although they had been mentally separated for over two years when I got pregnant, I was still aprehensive about the new addition.
I did not have insurance at the time of conceiving, so needless to say I was pretty anxious to get the paperwork on a roll. I had just recently moved to a different state and maintaining insurance here was a lot more difficult than it would have been in my small town state. It took a long time to get everything taken care of: I didn't see a doctor until I was 5 1/2 months pregnant. I was gaining weight fast and spent the first 3 months glued to bed. I was so fatigued. Although, I never got morning sickness, I did suffer from heartburn.
When my Mom saw me somewhere between 3 and four months, she immediately said, "twins"... I denied her accusation to the fullest, as it is a struggle to feed ourselves, much less two newborns.
Well, when I had my first ultrasound at 5 1/2 months, the nurse exclamied, " oohh..."
"ohhh?.." my boyfriend and I repeated.
And, in looking at the ultrasound monitor, I saw the two little round heads and exhaled deeply. I couldn't believe it. It's still a shock to most of both sides of our family. We are excited for the arrival, due date being the 3rd of February, but we are hopeful for New Years babies.
To all those women out there who are at this moment finding out about their multiple bundles of joy I say: You are truely in for a treat. They like to play who can kick Mommy harder...

Cassey

Getting through twin pregnancy

I would like to share a couple of things that got me through my twin pregnancy. My twins are 1 month old today. I had a great pregnancy (other than being very uncomfortable the last 4 weeks!), with no complications.
My son was 7 1/2 lbs and my daughter was 7 lbs. I had them at 38 weeks + 4 days, both didn't have to go the NICU at all, no jaundice, and had apgar scores of 9's. I only gained 36 lbs, and as of today, have lost 35 lbs!
Here's what I think helped me:
1) I ate ALOT of protein. I had a protein drink (Boost or Ensure) EVERY day first thing in the morning, from when I was 4 weeks pregnant to the end. I had a protein bar in the afternoon as a snack. I had meat just about EVERY day. (I hate dairy, but forced myself to have a chocolate milk everyday, and cheese and eggs a few times a week) This is what got the babies so big!!!!
2) Lot of water and juice!
3) As much rest as your body needs! You know when you need it. Some days I stayed in bed all day and other days I was very active. I went to bed every night at around 7 and just watched tv till I fell asleep.

Ronnie

Gifts from God

I met my now husband just over 2 years ago. We met when I had just turned 40 and he was 39. We were going out for about 6 months and diligently using condoms as birth control. Around new years we thought that due to my age it seemed rediculous to go to all that effort at birth control when my chances were slim anyway.

So we decided that we wouldn’t try but we wouldn't not try either. As each period came I was really disappointed, so after a few months we officially decided to try. This was a huge learning curve for me. The doctors did all the checks which came back normal so I was pretty sure our problem with getting pregnant related to the quality of my eggs!

After a few months of using clomid to encourage my ovaries, we started IVF. The first round wasn't really that bad, but not successful either, which was really disappointing. We tried again and I got pregnant but miscarried at 6 weeks. This was more devastating than not getting pregnant at all. And I thought at my age (42) that might have been my big chance lost.

Shortly after this we got engaged and decided on a 4 month engagement. During this time I organised the wedding and did another full IVF cycle which again was unsuccessful. We had the best wedding day ever and as it happened I commenced my third full IVF cycle on our wedding morning. I'm catholic, and although I know the vatican doesn't approve of IVF I thought that at least I've started this cycle "within the sanctity of marriage" as they say.

I wasn’t terribly hopeful as I didn’t have any symptoms except menstrual like cramping which felt exactly like my period was coming. BUT the test came back positive. As I had already had a miscarriage, I wasn’t prepared to be excited. Over the next few weeks the only symptoms I had were going to the toilet a lot and continuous cramps – mostly like the feeling when I miscarried, but there was no bleeding. A very stressful time! I went in for a 6.5 week ultrasound and I was so nervous – I was preparing everyone for disappointment. Then she found a heart beat, and then another one! I couldn’t believe it. I have just had another ultrasound at 9 weeks and the beautiful little ones still there.

As I said, I'm Catholic, but not terribly religious. But I truly believe that God has blessed us. Thanks for reading my story. I know there is a long way to go from here and its been great to hear all of your positive stories.

Best wishes all.

Ronnie