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 ???

Desiren - so close!

Rednellie - you really are doing brilliantly , glad the marathon feeding has calmed down.

Dream - 4 days until your boys are here!

Hello to everyone else xx

Sorry if I've missed anyone x

Just re read and realised rednellie explained the bfing thing way better in one line - trust your instincts x

Knock, knock. Can I come in? I'm a little nervous because I'm not sure I'll keep up with you all but would like to join if I may?

Almost 32 weeks with non-ID twin boys. I'm struggling with the pregnancy quite a bit now. Bump weighs a tonne and my back has given up. Realising that I've left far too many thing until the last minute and not sure how I'll cope with it all now. A little stroll around the shops to get bits for my hospital bag was quite unbearable today.

Have an 18 month old DD so obviously have a few concerns about how I'll cope once the boys arrive too!

Reading the comments about BF with interest as would like to BF if I can.

Found out that twin 2 has extra fluid last week so have lots of tests and scans next week to check all is OK. A little concerning bit I'm trying not to worry.

Anyway, that's me.... hello!

Evening all!

MNing in.the dark in DD's room, fingers in ears, la la la style that as of next Wed she'll just sleep in the evening... We had been improving but she's totally bunged up with a cold now :-( .

skitoo, while it is exciting to be on the verge of meeting your babies you do ideally want them a bit more cooked so well done for hanging onto them. Gives the steroids a chance to work too- they need to be in your system 12 hours before you deliver. Am thinking of you, looking forward to any updates you can manage.

BB3, I hope to EBF for the first 3 months at least, but won't be too devastated if it doesn't happen I hope . Also hope K gets his ENT appointment soon.

rednellie, the delights of growth spurts/ upping milk supply... I intend to follow your lead and if babies feeding and with wet/dirty nappies then not worrying. My dad is dead keen, always on at me when DD was tiny about not going down the road of 'Anxiety Parenting'- I hope to be as relaxed and natural at this twin thing as you sound!! My bf pillow like yours arrived, and the bra. Like both so far, but hoping I've gone for the right size in the bra- cup things look slightly odd, but v v comfy!!

Hello and welcome nomorewine . Please do join in :-) . Struggling? Snap! 18 month old DD? Snap! Thank goodness only 4 more days for me though... The end bit is really bloody tough I'm finding, I think everyone does. I just keep reminding myself it'll be easier to cope and better all round with nice big babies who can feed well, don't need scbu etc as i waddle and struggle through each day

Err, on phone, forgotten if I've forgotten people so sorry if so!

Oh, of course, hope all scans and tests are ok next week nomorewine . I had a false alarm.about twin 2 not growing-he still is- so hope you get good news too.

Nomorewine! Hello! Good luck with scans, hope it's just poor measurements / positions etc and scans go ok - hope the last 6 weeks are uneventful for you.

Dream (I can't remember if I've actually posted about it) but we had his audiology appointment two weeks ago and turns out the poor little mite has very poor hearing because of severe glue ear (I've never felt like a worse mother in my life listening to them explain that for the past 12-18 months it's very likely he has heard nothing but muffled words and sounds ) it was really interesting / shocking seeing the test and seeing him completely blank to relatively 'normal' levels of sound. After crying for a few days that I didn't push for the test sooner and therefore left him struggling to hear, and at the hcps who dismissed us, I'm now just glad we have a diagnosis. We have ent on 25th to decide if we can progress with grommets or whether he needs a more invasive inner ear operation to clear it. But given that his speech is essentially what he hears from us (gabble) if his hearing is improved we have a long way to go as he'll have to re learn everything from scratch pretty much.

Quickie on my phone, welcome nomorewine ! Good luck with scans!

baileys re bfeeding: I am feeding my twins (7wks) with one breast only (long pathetic story but the other cant produce any milk), had a rocky start at the hospital with one twin who was vlassed as low birth weight, pressure to to up etc. when I went home they were totally ff, nxt days my milk came in, and I try putting them on again. To cut a long story short, they now have about 1 or 2 bottles a day each, and bfed the rest of the time, which goes well beyond any hopes I had to start with!

So it is doable but do not stress about it!

Oh and Wednesday is ds' 3rd birthday. In true bad mother style I haven't got him anything (bearing in mind he still had two sacks full of toys left from charisma he's yet to even look at!) other than taking him to the safari park and having a tea party on good Friday so I've decided to tell him his birthdays are your little boys !

Charisma is the bb3 iphone name for Christmas

And his birthday presents are your little boys. I'm going to bed now to rest my weary brain!

Hallo ladies
I'm new to this thread. I'm expecting DC #2&3 19/05/12 MCDA so latest date I've been given is 5/05/12.
Looking forward to to finally connecting with mums in the same boat!
xxx

Thank for your the welcomes!

DreamingOfPeace, yes I keep telling myself that the longer I can hold on to the boys the better for them and pain, discomfort and lack of sleep will be worth it in the end. :) They seem to be good weights, 4lb 5 and 4lb 8 so I pray all is OK in the mothership.

Twin 1 is breach and Twin 2 is transverse (twin 2 is also the one with the extra fluid). They seem quite happy in this position and have only varied from this to both being transverse throught the pregnancy. I'm mentally preparing myself for a c-section. :(

Have you found it hard to pack hospital bags when you don't really know how long you'll be in hospital for?

Also, may I ask which breastfeeding pillows you have all opted for?

Just a quickie from me to say hello and welcome to new ladies!

scolliater i am having mcda as well and my due date is just after yours - 23 may!

really beginning to struggle now and feel like a useless blob. up last night being sick and diareah (i know that is spelt wrong!). Not long to go I spose. not that I want the boys to come out before they should, just really had enough of feeling so rubbish and useless. sorry for the moan.

hope everyone is ok. d-day is nearly here dream and good luck to those having scans.

hope your doing ok skitoo definitely a good thing to cook them longer, are you still in hospital

welcome nomore had to see you came over to join us, sorry its so difficult at the mo, when are you next being seen about the fluid difference?

scollister welcome :) not long now for you, im also having mcda girls and can't wait!! glad you came to join us do you know what your having?

hello to everyone else hope your all enjoying the weekend :)

Morning all. Agree on the BF and not stressing. We had heaps of pressure put on us in hospital because of low blood sugar to FF only, so glad I stuck to my guns. Can someone PLEASE explain to midwives that, with twins a) they're early b) if you have a CS there will be another delay c) producing enough for two is a small feat...so to chillaxe. Because, frankly, when it comes to milk production having even more anxiety heaped on you isn't going to help.

Upshot is, we've been topping up every feed with max 40ml formula, and this is now winding down as my boobs start to resemble milky Etnas. They take 10-20ml now of formula, sometimes nothing, depending whether I have the shields on or not.

Hopefully we can stop altogether in the next few days, and replace the 2.30am FF with an expressed breast milk one.

Persevere! Now, the pain though, that's a whole other post ;)

nomorewine finding it really hard to do the hospital bag. Am going to finalize today with the hope of being in less but planning for the advised 3 nights. rednellies boys were head down until 37 weeks and both head down at delivery! Mine were both head down but at 36 weeks T2 turned breech. I think he may have turned head.down again at 37 weeks but the doctor palpated and said still breech. Hmm. But they can turn late is all I mean :-) . BB3 has a wonderful CS birth story, so it doesn't mean you won't have a lovely birth anyway.

I have bought the My Brest Friend twin feeding cushion on rednellies recommendation. A friend of a friend having twins has rung the people at Twins UK who told her the harmony duo is better which she told me after I'd bought so too late for me to compare though had a quick look . The only one I've heard bad things about is the EZ 2 nurse inflatable. rednellie is EBF with the My Brest Friend though and they seem v similar.

Hi scollister and welcome! Loads of mcda twins here now :-)

BB3, poor K. He must be a very bright button to be keeping up with other development areas with poor hearing. So hard to know what they can and can't hear/ see, don't be hard on yourself. At least you have a diagnosis and I'd be fuming it wasn't picked up on the 2 year check or by any hcp- that's their job!!!

bigboobs, I'm still vomiting- think its just morning sickness still though, and had an upset tummy a few times, plus I'm useless. Can't seem to get through a day without tears now...but its never bloody labour for me!!!

Still thinking of you skitoo, hope you're managing to hold onto those babies a bit longer. Still bet you beat me to it though :-)

stinking, stirling effort with the feeding, well done you! I hope I don't have to do bottles straight away though...no idea how to do it plus double the work each feed surely?! Amazing how quick you're getting them off top ups, good going.

2days til you see your babies again goingmad. Lovely!! Is that the 22 or 24 week scan?

Hello to anyone I've missed!!

Functioning even worse than normal as DD has a cold/illness of some sort, up 5 times in the night, and I'm struggling to get comfy enough to sleep anyway. Worrying about how exhausted i am going into the newborn baby bit...eek

Err, that doesn't make sense nomorewine, I meant rednellies boys were BREECH until 37 weeks then turned head down...

Wonder what else I messed up in there...

Morning dream sorry to hear your dd still not well and that's impacting on your sleep even more, don't worry about newborn time I'm sure you'll get a burst of energy from somewhere and you'll get a couple of days in hospital, so maybe catch up on some zzz's there maybe not lol

Yes 22 weeks today and scan with consultant on Tuesday, not seen her for about 5 weeks so will be nice to check everything still going ok, will also be interested on her take on the sonographer finding the potential second placenta ! Am sure he was wrong so hoping she'll be able to explain it a bit better. Also want to find out babies positions so I can try to work out who's moving when :)

Can't believe you get to meet your babies in a few days, how exciting

Morning everyone

Welcome to nomorewine and scollister. I'm only 16 weeks tomorrow so won't be much help but plenty of the others will be able to help :)

baileys nice to hear that they are triamniotic. Something less to worry about. Will be great to have a bump buddy. Just found out that a girl I know is having DCDA twins, due 3weeks after me!

dream sorry to hear you are still being sick and that DD is ill. Not long to go now though and hopefully you'll get a couple of days rest in hospital!

goingmad hope the scan and consultant on Tuesday helps explain things. Will be interesting if they think still 2 placentas. Means they might not be id after all but at least you wouldn't need to worry about TTTS.

I'm still waiting to feel my two move but have booked a private scan for this afternoon as bump feels smaller this week. Fingers crossed!

skitoo hope the extra cooking and steroids works and that you can keep them in for another few days. Are you in hospital still or on bed rest at home?

bigboobs hope you are feeling better soon. The more I hear about people struggling at 30+ weeks, the more I think that I'll be stopping work earlier than expected.

All the positive stories about everyone bf are great and very reassuring to know that it is do-able even if some top-ups of ff are needed occasionally.

thanks kazyr i saw the same sonographer the week later and he thought it may be an extension of the bigger one, or not used at all which can happen, i doubt the consultant has been wrong for all this time especially as that's what she checks for! lol but we will see, good luck for your scan let us know how you go, i had a private scan at 16 weeks its limbo time isn't it im sure all will be good :)

Oh goodness dream, I hope you get on with the pillow now or I'll feel responsible! I have and still find it invaluable - can nod off whilst tandem feeding at night, am hands free during the day so can read to DD. PS re the bra - I took the pads out, is that what's making them a funny shape?

claire you're my hero.

Welcome nomorewine and scollister! It's a wonderful ride. And yeah my boys took turn flipping from breech to head down right up until the day they came out so nothing is fixed in stone.

Had private scan this afternoon and everything is still looking good :) they've moved from both head down at last scan to both being head up but both wriggling about lots so probably why my bump keeps half disappearing!

rednellie thanks, you're too kind! I am just b stubborn I am!

Kazar - yay for the scan - very pleased all us well -are you finding out the sex?

Dream, don't even get me started on the hcps what's worse is that 6 months ago I took him to get glue ear and Tongue tie checks at gp and hv and was told he was fine and not to worry until he was three!

oh my word ... what a chatty lot .... ill never keep up now lol

big hellos to nomorewine and scollister

will be thinking about you this week dream and skitoo. good luck with your scan on tues going - cant wait to hear how it goes.

loving the blog stinking - saw you appear on the TAMBA fb too !!!!

Im gonna be 30 weeks on Tues and not looking forward to getting even more tired, uncomfortable etc :(

I managed to breastfeed 3ds well but feel really daunted by the prospect of feeding twins - not quite sure of the tandem feeding! All the advice so far seems to be spot on - try not to put pressure on yourself is probably the most important!! Will have to start looking around at the breast feeding pillows! claire and rednellie - thanks for your posts of encourgement for everyone - it really helps to settle us!

Big waves to everyone else - I know Ive forgotten loads.