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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

Triplets!! Oh No

I am 18 years old and found out 3 weeks ago that I am pregnant, I spoke to my boyfriend about it and we decided to keep the baby even though it was unplanned. I then split up with my partner a week later and he no longer wants anything to do with the baby and told me to have an abortion.

I spoke to the doctor regarding this, and last week I went for a termination, as they gave me an internal ultrasound to check how far on I was, they broke the news that I was 11 weeks pregnant with triplets.

As I had found this out I felt I could not go ahead with the termanation as I felt if I done it, then I would never forgive myself. The hospital gave me four options: to keep all 3 babies, to terminate 1(The single baby), to terminate 2 (The set of twins) or terminate all 3. So I have sat and had a big long think about life and what to do now.

I have decided to have my 3 babies, and bring them up as best as I can. As my ex wants nothing to do with them, my parents are going to help me as much as possible.

I just hope I can be a good mother to my children.

I will keep you all informed on how everything goes.

Emma

I knew it!!

Early in my 2nd pregnacy I had a gut feeling I was having twins. I was twice as sick and showing really early. At my 12 week visit I asked my ob if he would do an early ultrasound to check. He said, "I only hear 1 heartbeat and you are measuring for 1. So I pushed it out of my mind- disappointed.

I went in for an ultrasound at 18 weeks, wearing pink (hoping for a girl), and the technician said, "Let me do their measurements and then I will show you the screen and let you take a look at them." I said, "Them??" She said, "Oh my gosh, you didn't know- you have 2 babies and quickly showed us the screen. My 3 year old son was in the room with us and decided he wanted to go to the waiting room with my mom. She asked him if the baby was a boy or a girl and he held up 2 fingers and said, "There's 3 babies." My mom laughed and told him no there was just one. She came back to see the ultrasound and told us the story. I said there is only 2, laughing. My dad called as the tech. was showing my mom the ultrasound. She told my dad it was a boy and hung up the phone. I asked her why she didn't tell him about the other baby. She thought we were kidding and the ultrasound went up one side and down the other of the same baby (at 18 weeks, they are too big to be on the ultrasound together). One of my first thoughts when she said 2 babies was "now I have 2 chances for a girl!" I held onto hope the whole pregnancy that they were wrong about 1 of them and I would get a girl, but that didn't happen. My mom asked me if I would rather have 1 girl or twin boys and I answered twin boys without hesistation.

My doctor put me on modified bedrest at 20 weeks because my cervix was starting to thin out. At 23 weeks I went into preterm labor and almost lost my precious babies. The neo doc came in and said if they were born they would seem healthy for a while and then they would let them die in our arms. It was a very hard time! I stayed in the hospital for a week and they finally got my contractions under control. I went home to stay in bed 24/7 with a ton of drugs and a fetal monitor that I had to wear 2-3 times a day. We made many trips to the hospital to stop my labor.

My babies made it all the way to 33 weeks. They were 4 6 and 4 8, the neo doctor told us they should have a lot more problems than they did and that we were lucky. My husband corrected him and said we were blessed! They stayed in the hospital for 14 and 16 days- it was very hard to leave them after our visits everyday- but was kinda nice to be able to recover from being in bed so long- I had no energy!!

The first year is a blur, I sometimes wonder how we got through it. And the last couple years has been total chaos. The twins get into so much trouble than my singleton did. They paint with their poop, pee off the balcony into the den, scale the furniture, even built a snadcastle in the living room floor a couple weeks ago! I could write a book about all the stunts they have pulled. We fought so hard to get them here, it's sometimes hard to get mad at them. They are our miracle babies- it's hard to believe they are 3 now.

Thanks for reading my story, it was nice to recall the miracle of their birth. I never want to forget what God did in our life! Good luck with your twins+ pregnancies!!

Kelley

One baby here and twins on the way

I have an 11 month old, and I just learned that I am pregnant with twins. I am 9 weeks pregnant and trying hard to digest the prospect of having three babies at once. I'm completely overwhelmed, scared, and not feeling happy.
I want to embrace this pregnancy as I did my first, and I feel guilty that I'm not ready to do so. I know this feeling is natural, but I'm waiting to get past it and feel excitement for this blessing. Any input or suggestions??

Mishy