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Just found out we're having twins!

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April241 · 24/04/2016 19:01

Hi all, hope you're all well!

Bit of back story re: my pregnancy. We found out I was pregnant at 3+4, 5 days before my period. I'm still not entirely sure why I even tested, I had sore nipples and a bit of dizziness/weird feeling but didn't think for a second I was, however after 3 (yes 3) tests and a "pregnant 1-2 weeks" then we realised it was actually true.

Just less than a week later (I would have been 4+2) I went to my doctor with extremely painful stomach cramps. He looked at me while I explained I had pain like intense period cramp but no bleeding before saying, very matter of fact, that I was miscarrying and my body was "expelling whatever is in there". He said to expect blood like a very heavy period and take codeine for the pains. My OH and I left that day stunned and heartbroken. I'd only known a matter of days but couldn't believe it was already over.

The stomach cramps lasted till I was around 7 and a half weeks, every single night they'd wake me up and I wander the house till they eased. When they suddenly stopped I was convinced my baby had passed and that I'd bleed soon or find out at my dating scan.

Everyone in my family who knew were so excited but I didn't allow myself to get excited, I was 100% convinced I'd had a miscarriage and would need a D&C if I didn't bleed before the scan.

I had my scan last Thursday at 12+2 and was totally and utterly petrified. I actually closed my eyes for a few seconds
before the midwife put on the ultrasound probe because I couldn't stand to see the empty sac or a baby with no heartbeat.

The second the probe touched my stomach though my OH and I just stared at two sac's! It felt like absolutely forever before the midwife said "...and we have twins".

Twins?!? I thought there would be nothing there, convinced by my doctor I had miscarried or had a missed miscarriage and there they were, two babies with two perfectly beating hearts.

It literally was the most surreal moment of my life. The midwife spent a long time showing us each twin, their wee legs and arms, their heart and brain and said they were DCDA twins. I also measured 4 days further than I thought and was 12+6.

It's now Sunday and we're in Spain, a holiday we had booked before I ever found out I was pregnant. The last few days have been absolutely crazy. Telling everyone we were having twins was an absolutely amazing experience, so many hugs and tears (of joy!). We're coming round to the idea of two babies and we're both really excited if not a bit apprehensive at what the first few months/years will be like but we'll get through it.

I'm still a little worried about the rest of the pregnancy, will they both be healthy, will I get to a good term before they're here, how will they be born, will they need special care. I'm trying to take each day at a time though. On Thursday morning I thought for sure we'd have absolutely awful news and it really couldn't have been better.

I can't wait to meet our twin babies, such a long time to go!!!

Lx

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PotteringAlong · 24/04/2016 19:04

No twins (although my sister has twin boys) but I had exactly the same cramps like you describe with ds1; right down to the being up for hours in the night with them. My midwife described them as perfectly normal!

Congratulations!