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triplets

I just found out we are having triplets. We are completley shocked we have a 51/2 month girl and an 11 yr. boy. My doctor said I could never have any more children after my first was born. I was never on fertility so when i found out I was pregnant with my 5 1/2 month it was a complete surprise, then I took birth control and I'm pregnant with triplets Crazy

Jennifer

Confused

My aunt and myself are both pregnant. We're 4 days apart. Her 3rd my 1st. Anyways she's a nurse so I've been getting to cheat. Early doppler test and early ultrasound. Well at 17 weeks my aunt let me cheat and we looked at the ultrasound to see what i was having (she had just found out she was having a little girl) The ultrasound said girl. Clear as day it was a little girl. My aunt was even going on about how mine was more clearer than hers and how much bigger my baby was than hers... Well when i went to my actual dr for my actual u/s. It was a boy. Since the beginning I've been dreaming about twins a boy and a girl.. (Just chose to ignore) At 7 weeks i had to go to the er (threatened miscarriage) and the u/s showed two fetus' (I chose to ignore) And now with a huge baby I'm not sure if its a girl or if it's a boy... I still can't get the vision of those two from 7 wks and the two flickers on both of them out of my head. The dr has only looked at the side of the baby never the face so i dunno if there are two in there just jumping back and forth trying to confuse me. I felt first fetal movement almost 9 weeks and its been constant since (just not hard enough to feel on the outside yet) So I'm very very confused about it.. Is it one just really big hyper baby or two rambunctious babies wreaking havoc? Any advice?

Mel

Excited

I found out I was pregnant with twins on my routine ultrasound at five months. My doctor hadn't heard two heartbeats and my uterus hadn't been measuring any larger then it would have for a single baby so I never thought that having twins was even possible. On the day of the ultrasound my husband and I were so excited to finally see the baby and find out if we were having a boy or a girl when the tech informed us that we were not having one baby but two. One boy and one girl. It took a while before my husband and I could stop laughing. This is our first pregnancy and we are so blessed to have two for the price of one. I am now 30 weeks along and getting bigger each day. I can't wait until I get to meet my two babies!

Joy Smalley

Jayden and Jillian

I just want to reassure all of the expectant twin moms out there. After three years of heartache that included two miscarriages my husband and I were blessed to find out that we were expecting twins. I worried throughout the entire pregnancy, which I now regret doing. I dealt with gestational diabetes, the PUPPS rash, and preterm labor that sent me to the hospital via ambulance for a week stay that included magnesium and steroid shots-(30 weeks).
I felt like the other shoe was going to drop at any second. I feared doctor's appointments and counted the days in efforts to feel like I reached a "safe" point of the pregnancy. Everyone tried to reassure me but I was a nervous wreck.
My advice to you all- Your body is amazingly strong. Have faith in it because the situation is not that delicate. My son and daughter were born at exactly 35 weeks. I had a C-section and am proud to say that my children did NOT need any respitory aid or additional interventions. They went home with me and are now almost four months old.
Be excited about how much fun you are going to have. My twins are smiling and are thriving beautifully. We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to be mothers of twins. The best is yet to come. I'm having the time of my life. Congratulations!

Danielle

Just finding out

I just found out that i was pregnant with twins last month. And I keep hearing about this vanishing twin sydrome. I am wondering sould I be worried about anything this is my first time being pregnant with twins I have two little boys already but I am very excited . I am know 9 wks pregnant. I had a miscarriage feb. 7, 2006. so if someone could please post with some reasurance about being pregnant with twins

Abby