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Twins!!

My fiance and i wanted to start having children. I told him we should do it sooner rather than later, as he is nearing 40 (he's 37 now) and we didn't want to find out he had fertility problems. He's had surgery in that area because of a torsion, and that can contribute to problems. Also, he doesn't want to be 50 and just starting a family. I am 23, so we weren't worried about my fertility.

We had no problems getting me pregnant, and succeeded on only the second month of trying. Being worried about fertility, you can guess how shocked we were when the tech told us she heard two heartbeats!!!

We are so happy to be getting two babies, and that we get to be a family of 4 right away. Our family is so excited.

I have had an excellent pregnancy so far. I have been sick twice, but if I keep eating small meals or snacks all the time to keep my blood sugar up, I am fine. I have been sleeping a whole lot though, and resting. I did have to go to the emergency room because I was having chest pain and shortness of breath, but the tests they did all came back negative, and the symptoms went away in a few hours. No one knows what it was. They thought it was a clot, but when they did an u/s of my legs there was nothing there. I feel fine now though!

I am 17 weeks, 5 days. I feel great, except for being tired all the time. We know they are fraternal, but won't know the sexes for another 11 days at my next u/s :)

I am hoping for a vaginal birth. Ever since I found out I was pregnant, I have been a non-stop reading machine! The best book so far has been "When you're expecting Twins, Triplets or Quads" and I recommend it to anyone with a multiple pregnancy! :) Good luck to all! :)

Kimberli

Serious feeling

My husband and I got married this past October with the intention of leaving it up to God as to whether or not we would be starting our family sooner or later. We had had a miscarriage last February, and knew that we hadn't been ready, but both felt the loss of it. Plus my husband's in the Army so I think he wants to make sure he leaves something behind for the me and the rest of the world if something happens while he's deployed. Although that shouldn't happen until 2011. Anyway we weren't using any type of contraception and were praying to God for it not to happen until we're ready. We want to be good parents because both of us grew up with at least one very bad parent and know our childhoods should have been different. 9 days before I was supposed to start my period I "knew" that I wasn't going to. So I stopped drinking and waited. The day I was supposed to start came and went, and no period. So I took two tests, and happily informed my husband when they were both positive. As soon as I saw the result I "knew" that it was going to be a boy, and my very next thought was that it wasn't going to just be a boy. I had an emergency ultrasound at 8wks because I couldn't keep anything down, showing just one baby with 167bpm. I'm now 9wks and 2 days and every day I become more certain that I'm going to have boy/girl twins. My uncle and one of my first cousins both had fraternal girl twins. Other than that there is no family history. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but my morning sickness is HORRID. I wake up literally 20 times per night. I'm ALWAYS tired to the point that I'm ready for bed at 6pm and don't get out of bed til 10 or 11am the next day, though I often lay in bed an hour before I get up. I will take whatever God gives me, but I'd really like to know for certain. My first technical ultrasound isn't until December 14th, and I don't see my ob/gyn until the 21st when I will be 10wks and 6 days. Please help!

Crystalina

Twins and Multiple

Being pregnant with twins, triplets or more can bring its own set of pregnancy experiences with it. If you've had a twin or multiple birth, share your story with us! Were your pregnancy symptoms more intense? How did you prepare for your babies' birth? Impart your words of wisdom to future moms of twins, triplets, and even quadruplets.

Sarah Nyaronga

Twins or bloodcloth

Hi,

Iam new to this site. Just very worried. I have been to my doctor and he did an ultra sound at 4 weeks and 6 days. Said i could looks like twins but could be 1 baby and the other slight bleeding or bloodcloth.

Is there any one that has been in this situation and did you have twins or just one healthy baby.

Michelene

Thought it was a miscarriage but turned out to be

I thought I should share my story as I have spent many an hour reading other peoples. I found out I was pregnant and was surprised to get a positive at 9 days past ovulation. When I got my blood test results I thought the hgc reading of 1200 was pretty high for 16po. But it wasn't until I starting spotting at 6 weeks that I had a scan and discovered 2 sacs. But only one had a baby with a good strong heartbeat, and the other larger sac only had a yolk sac. I was told it didn't look good and it might be a vanishing twin but to come back for another scan in a week. I was just happy it wasn't another miscarriage as I had been so sure it was.

So the next week I went for another scan. I was positive there would only be one baby, but I was wrong again, there was now a second baby with a good heartbeat. Twin A was 178bpm and twin B was 148bpm. But I was still spotting and everything I read made me think the chances of having a miscarriage was so much higher with twins.

With still more spotting I had another scan at 8 weeks and both babies were still fine. At 10 weeks another scan and again they were both looking great. Just after this scan the spotting stopped, but of course I didn't stop worrying. I had read somewhere that spotting is more common in twin pregnancies but it was exactly like how my previous miscarriage had started, so I kept expecting the worst.

Just this week I have had my NT scan to check for Down syndrome at 12 weeks. At last I can relax a bit and start to believe this is really happening. Both babies look gorgeous and they both have heartbeats of 170bpm. Their risks where 1 in 3744 of having Down sydndrome which is great news. Being 36 now I was a bit worried, but the genetic doctor said that risk was like that of a 15 year old girl... I like the sound of that! lol.

The doctor also said that although they think they may be fraternal twins they can only see one corpus luteum (where the egg comes out of) which usually means identical, but the second may be hiding somewhere. As both babies have there own sac and own placenta, but that can just mean the egg split very early on. I will just have to wait until the birth to find out.

So I'm hoping the coming months go a bit smoother than these first. I have had morning sickness and extreme fatigue. I'm so much more tired than I was with my DS, but then I am 5 years older now I suppose. I can't wait to find out the sex of the babies, of course I would love a girl, but I'm happy to take what I get given. I know I'm very lucky to be blessed with this miracle as it is.

Well good luck and baby dust to you all and I hope my story give some hope to others out there.

melissa