Twins Club 4!! All welcome. :-)

[rednellie]

Right ladies, welcome aboard for mutual hand holding. Here are the stats - they're probably all wrong!

MrsStevo, #1 & 2, EDD 23/08/2011, Lincs, MCDA ID,
Tiggersreturn #2+3 EDD 26/09/11 NW London DCDA - not finding out
silverangel #1+2 Sophie, 3lb3 & Alice3lb1 born at 31+2 on 01/08/11 EMCS
PrincessScrumpy #2 & 3, girls
BB3, #2&3 (#1 DS) DCDA girls born 20.09.11 by EMCS at 37 weeks exactly - Edith-May 5lb 11.5oz and Ayse-Rose 6lb 1oz.

PeelingmyselfofftheCeiling #1+2 EDD, DCDA, Boy and Girl, Born 14 Sept
Twinnerves, DCDA, #2&3, girls Francesca and Isabella, born 18/11/11 EMCS 6lbs 6 oz and 6lbs 9.5oz
xkatyx , ID girls, DC 8,5,9months, ELCS 23/12/11 Rosie and Hollie
Quempin #1&2 EDD 27/1/12, ID boys, T1 5lb5oz, T2 just under 5lb, ELCS 36 weeks
Ravenlocks DCDA, #1&2, 6.01.12 T1 Boy, 4lb 12oz, T2 Girl, 6lb
Tabbycatt, DCDA, 2 boys, DC 2 & 3, 2/1/12 at 36 weeks, VB, T1 5lb 5oz, T2 5lb 11oz
claireinmodena dcda bg born 8/2 Emma (2,870 kg) and Riccardo (2,310 kg)
StinkingBishop 2 &3 DCDA girls EDD 19/3/12
RedNellie DC 2&3, DCDA boys, EDD 28/3/12
DreamingOfPeace, DCDA boys, DC 2 & 3, EDD 19/4/12
Skitoo: DCDA Boys, DC #1&2, EDD 14/05/12
Bigboobsatlast: MCDA Boys, DC #2 & 3. EDD 23.05.12
Buonasera, 1&2, DCDA, EDD 22/05/12 (???)
Lilyni DC 4&5, DCDA, EDD 12/06/12
goimgmadtrying: mcda id girls dc 3&4!!!! edd 05/08/12
Teds DCDA #1&2 EDD 31/07/12
Kazar99 DCDA EDD ???

Just a quickie - sorry Dream but looks like I might be queue jumping . Have just got to hospital after my waters broke at midday today. No pattern to contractions yet, just some random ones. Will try and update later if any news .

Fingers crossed for you Skitoo hoping for news of two bouncing babies soon :)

Congrats Stinking. Love the names and they look gorgeous. Fab pictures from rednellie too.

Hope everyone else is getting on well too. Sorry, been away for 5 days and still trying to play catch up with the thread!

We've been in London since Monday, doing lots of sightseeing. Feel like my bump has changed shape this week and maybe even got smaller. Thinking of booking a private scan to get checked even though had no pains or bleeding. Only 15+5 and next scan not til 20 weeks. Not sure if it's just because I've been more active this week rather than sitting behind a desk all the time. Plus I'm starting to eat properly again as ms has finally stopped, yippee, and can stomach fruit and veg again so not as constipated (sorry if tmi) so it may just be normal?

Skitoo yaaaay! Hope everything goes perfectly for you. Not long now lovely. Oh I'm so excited for you! Then dream next week, honestly all these babies - it's just brilliant!

oooh skitoo that is so exciting, am i right in thinking your 33weeks? hope all is going well and you get on to update us soon

dream glad to hear dd a little better, can't believe your baby boys will be here in a few days :)

kazar glad to hear you've had a lovely week, i got my appetite back around that time, im sure all is ok i got my heartbeat monitor around that time as i was worried cause its limbo land! maybe contact midwife see if she would listen in for you, unfortunately where i was the hospital didn't want to know until after 16 weeks, i also had my gender scan around that time, so completely understand your worry xx

hello to everyone else can't wait for my appointment on Tuesday :)

Omg skitoo how exciting! I think you're 34 or 35 weeks but i could be wrong?! oh, dur, your due date is on the stats thread as 15/04/12 so you're 33 weeks!?! Hoping for a lovely birth for you and will look out for your news. Am thinking of you! & while delighted I've hit term a bit wildly jealous!

kazaar, mw wouldn't do hb even at 16 weeks for me, but as I had some spotting and strong bh I was sent in for an extra scan. Very reassuring, just a two minute check hb on screen and moving ok, placenta ok job but I'd ring mw if you're worried. Could just be less constipation/ boosting like you say though!

4 days til next scan goingmad, yay! No time at all (I have to say that as I'm literally going mad being still pregnant...So sore, so fed up of morning sickness, so hormonal!!)

Oh and kazar your bump will increase and decrease depending on the babies position so don't worry too much although I second speaking to mw if you want as they might be able to reassure you (although I'd be tempted with a private scan just to see the little beans again xm)

Good luck Skitoo!! I hope everything goes well and look forward to hearing news of the new arrivals very soon x x

Ooo skitoo hope all is going well xxx. Looking forward to news of your boys!

Hello all

Skitoo best pf luck, goingmad not long now!

I have been reading all your posts while bfeeding at night but I struggle to find the time to catxh up properly so apologies if I cant acknowledge everyone.

Also congrats to stinking gorgeous babies!

Lack of sleep is deffo catching up with me now... I am exhausted and averaging 4-5 hours sleep in two slots each night! Occasionally I get an extra hour in the morning...

The babies are fattening up quickly, they're so heavy now, and not quite so sleepy anymore and its hard to keep them happy when awake . Also they never fall asleep until 12-1am but which time I am nodding off while feeding zzz
Riccardo also is possibly suffering from colic, and cries/screams a lot between 6ish and 12am. Fusses a lot at the breast and seems to fight with it. Ooh I know its just a phase but really hard with two of them and trying not to make the older dds suffer from it. "sorry I cant right now" has become my most used phrase por dds.

Rednellie I am at your boys, can you ask them to send a word to mine???

Sorry about the meme pist, just wanted to let you know I read you all and you keep me awake company on my night roundtheclock feeds!

Take care

On the plus side we are getting lots of smiles and cherky grin which kind of make up for it. (but I do need kore sleep!!)

Hi guys, just a quickie as I am on duty at work and need to grab a few hours sleep while I can.

Had scan at Oxford this am, after a 2 hour wait in the most uncomfy seats, but good news is that they think they are trichorionic do each with their own placenta. Doesn't rule out identical ones, but no chance of TTTS so pregnancy gone from high high risk to just high Also means Oxford are happy for Swindon to take back over care, so much less commuting for me phew! One down side is slightly fewer scans, and with 3 in the past 2 weeks I was getting used to seeing their little heartbeats so regularly. It all certainly takes me one step closer to getting all three through this so hoping that I can relax into this a bit more now.

skitoo v excited for you, sure dream isn't too of you jumping the queue

By the way are anyone elses DH/DP obsessing about the effect of having multiples on what car you can have. It seems like the only topic of conversation here and it is driving me potty!

kazar we are due date buddies give a day or 2, know I won't be getting as near to it as you, but nice to know we will be getting big together

Also am really reassured by the number of you guys trying for breastfeeding. One of my friends sounded astonished I am even going to try. I know it won't be exclusive, but I guess every bit of BM will help, especially as they will be prem. Knowing you guys are succeeding gives me confidence to ignore the doubters

Just a quickie to say "GO GO GO SKITOO!!! You can do it!" Whoo, lots more babies.

Also, I take it all back about my wonder boys - last night they fed for an hour, on the hour, every hour all night. I'd forgotten about nights like that....

woohoo baileys that is fantastic news glad you got some good news, what a relief:) how often will you been seen now? tbh its quite nice at the beginning being scanned so frequently but can be a bit of a drag going every couple of weeks! i wouldn't swap it though as really you never truly relax we were lucky re car as already had a 7 seater but have got a newer one, i wonder if that's what he is focussing on because its something he understands and can be confident about??? so what is your due date have they given you an indication of when they will let you go too?? great to hear your thinking of bf too this thread really is great for support

sorry you've had such a rough night rednellie hopefully it was a one off and goes back tonight

skitoo come on we need news!!!!!! lol i understand your probably busy so i hope all is going smoothly for you :) can't wait for details of your boys arrival

hope your feeling ok dream not long now :)

hope everyone has a great weekend only 17 working days left for me

Claire sorry to hear the sleep deprivation has caught up with you, but at cute little smile, hopefully the growth spurt will finish soon and you can get back to a routine, they sound adorable though :)

just checking back in for news on skitoo..........

damn nothing yet

sorry for short post..... just another quickie

just checking in for news too skitoo.... how exciting!!!!!

Great news baileys about scan - im sure its such a relief

hi to everyone else - will hopefully have time for longer post later!!

Also checking for news of skitoo...

Baileys, forget the debate and move swiftly forward onto looking only at the full sized MPV. From our research with limited budget we got down to the seat alhambra or Ford galaxy. We went Seat as its cheaper plus has less electricals to go wrong. Depends what you can afford-dh refuses to buy a new car because of budget and depreciation, but the new VW sharan and Seat Alhambra both have sliding doors which makes getting babies out in limited space car parks much easier. The only other sliding door MPVs are the KIA Sedona and Citroën C8 which are affordable but have much worse reliability. There. That's months of our debate in a nutshell for you :-) . Triplet mum to be with 2 year old who came round to look at our buggy has a beautiful, shiny, brand new Ford Galaxy- jealous, me?! Glad all separate sacs, that's wonderfully reassuring- as far as it can be with.triplets. this triplet mum is Def bf too- she says no way is she doing bottles with three!!! She accepts may be some mixed feeding too.

Oh Claire, one baby is hard enough, the night feeding with two... I think you can do a few weeks of nights like that but then it becomes really debilitating. You still sound positive though, and are doing wonderfully well! Just keep chanting 'this too shall pass!' xx

Sorry ladies but no news. They want me to cook them for a bit longer, as less than 34 weeks and no medical reason to get them out now. So on steroids to mature their lungs, which they see as key objective, and see where we get to in next 24/48 hours. This is despite going in to labour on my own early hours of this morning, got to 1 min interval contractions but they backed me out of it - so a nice 4.5 hour trial run .

Catch up later as should be trying to sleep and let you know where we get to. Hope you are all well xx.

Oh so much news to respond to!

skitoo so excited, and look at you Ms Calmness with waters breaking at midday and still posting from home at tea time, I would have been right in there! Can't wait for news.

baileys I am BF but since hospital because their blood sugar was low have been topping up...as my milk has come in that's now gone from 40ml each feed to 10ml...tricky to judge as they'll always take the formula if forced, but then have been sick...so they're now only getting it for as long as they're actively sucking. BF is 'fine' - nipples have been bloomin' agony, loads of Lansinoh and Jelonet (fibre impregnated with something a bit like Vaseline), getting there...My toes curl each time they latch and I swallow a yelp, but it's getting better and WILL be worth it. Plus we get such a nice cuddle.

Feeding cushion a definite necessity. Burping them one handed still beyond my wits...How the blazes will you do it with 3??? Are you even going to try? Lord knows I wouldn't!

skitoo will be thinking of you and those babies! Hoping they're good weights!

My ones must have realised I was at the dnd if it as had a decent night last night, and managed to actually have a goid four hour stretch! Thanks also to dh to settled colicky riccardo and kept him with him while I was catching up on much needed sleep!

baileys good news on them being trichorionic, one less worry!

And stinking good news on bfeeding, I too am a big fan of lansinoh cream

We're also dimishing top ups dramatically actually they went 20 hours on my milk alone!!

skitoo, sorry I got a bit over enthusiastic when I heard you were in labour, obviously it probably is better to keep them cooking a bit longer, but frustrating for you. A girl I know out here had her waters go at 33 weeks and they kept hers in for a couple more weeks which made a big difference to the babies. Good luck with it all and let us know how you're getting on if you have the chance.

baileys, I'm exclusively breastfeeding. I didn't know if it would work, but it has for us. I think listening to my own instincts has helped a lot and having very understanding midwives - the nurses at hospital seemed to start panicking when they boys were just losing a normal amount of weight post birth. I think they would have tried to supplement if I hadn't been ignoring them . And supplementing then is such a stupid thing to do - your supply is only just establishing. I'm glad I had two days in hospital to just feed feed feed as now we're home they're doing brilliantly.

After the all night feeding marathon they've gone back to normal, so I think they may just have been upping my milk supply - they have grown massively so they probably need more milk. I have no idea what they weigh though, funny with DD I was weighing her all the blooming time, this time round I'm much happier just checking that they've got wet/dirty nappies and are feeding well.

Hope everyone else is good.

Hi dream and et al
I'm 34 weeks tomorrow and have to return to consultant in 2 weeks to get given a date for dreaded induction or cs. Your right about the clothes but I have moments of panic about random thing every now and again. My DDs are 15 and 5 and very excited about have brothers.
I've got the health visiting team coming to see me next week as with my 5 yo I discharged myself after birth so can not remember what is provided if anything and also what happens after a cs and with twins. I've got lots of info from lovely mumsnet but just need to finalise a few things in my mind.

Ok going to try and remember everything as I'm on my phone.

Baileys yay for separate placentas x

Skitoo - sending good lung strengthening and lovely labour vibes to you x

Claire, I think my go to phrases when the girls were first here was '2 minutes trouble' to ds to explain I couldn't go straight away or 'mummy will come and play as soon as I can'. I felt awful but it's just impossible to throw yourself in all directions!

Re cars, we already had a 6 seater (honda Frv) but if I had to buy a bigger one it would be the smax - my parents have one and I love it (although I love my Honda too!).

Re bfing - I think the key thing is not to put too much pressure on yourself to be able to do it exclusively and just play it by ear - if you can and all goes well then great, if not then so what! I actually think there is a role for topping up especially for smaller babies or those with blood sugar issues and also to give mummies a break from time to time if needed, you can always reduce it or remove it completely down the line but you just have to do what's right for you. I exclusively bf'd for 3 months then introduced one ff a day until 6 months and now am mix feeding and that's worked for me but i'd have had no qualms about introducing ff earlier if that was best for me x