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 ???

Dream wishing you all the very best for meeting your beautiful boys later today xx

wow dream today is finally here :) wishing you and your family all the very best and can't wait to hear your news :) glad you had a nice last day with dd on your own yesterday,

bb3 that was such a lovely message of support, thank you for my good wishes too im so grateful for this thread and you ladies :) hope your ds has a lovely birthday and defo cake for breakfast

still no news from skitoo hope your doing ok and having lots of cuddles :)

I'm about to eat a creme egg in honour of your ds third birthday BB3 before the eating is banned in about 5 min!!!

Omg I'm so nervous now (&tired, way too excited to sleep, doh) . Is it really happening?! Do I really get to meet my babies today?!

Anyway, must gget off here and save my glitchy phones battery...

just a quick message to wish Dream all the best for today - I am so excited for you. Yes, you get to meet your boys today! Good luck - it will be amazing. I will be thinking of you and look forward to hearing the news. You have done sooooooo well to make it this far and although you think you worry and moan all the time you don't - you have been very strong and positive and a real help to everyone else on this thread! (so don't leave us!). You will have your family complete in just a few hours. x x x x

Good luck today dream, and love your final meal of a cream egg. Have a wonderful evening enjoying your new babies xx

well said bigboobs i second everything you've said, i don't want any of you to ever leave!!! just think dream were all behind you 100% you've done so fantastically well to cook your babies to maximum time xxx

Hi - I can't read this whole thread now but i'd like to join. I'm 9 weeks pregnant today, with non-ID twins. Too early to say whether b/g yet. I hope to find out at my 3 month scan at the end of the month.

morning thereistheball welcome to our thread, and congratulations on your twins :) are they your first children? its a scary ride but from the ladies experiences on here definitely worth it , were all at different stages of pregnancy and motherhood so lots of support :)

Hi All, sorry for going quiet, its been a blurry few days....

So our little men finally entered the world Sunday afternoon, Oscar George at 1.42pm weighing 4.1lbs and Henry Joseph nearly an hour later at 2.38 weighing 4.11lb. They are amazing. Labour was good, first part flew by, got to 9cm on gas and air in about 3 hours but then things slowed down and I ended up with some forceps assistance. Neither needed much help after they were out but both are in SCBU and will be for another couple of weeks but both are already making good progress.

Will update more later and try and get some pics on.

Good luck Dream, will be thinking of you today xx.

Love to everyone else.

Welcome to the world Oscar and Henry... feel like I've know you since you were just a few tiny cells

skitoo so totally over the moon that your little men are here and hope you are doing okay and loving being a mum! They sound like fabulous weights, especially Henry.

Pictures please but only when you can drag yourself away from more important parental duties

dream hope the cream egg sustains you! Yay for even more babies!

fantastic news skitoo so lovely to hear from you :)lovely names and great weights!! wow nearly an hour between them well done you, sounds like you did great. wishing the boys a quick spell in scbu and hope there with you soon, are you still in hospital? Will await pics eagerly

I was wondering if anyone had the steroid injections and when? I'm not keen on them at all, but am weighing up the risks of of not having them.
xxx

Congratulations skitoo on the safe arrival of your little boys! xxx

awhhhh skitoo - big congratulations..... hello little men!!!! Oscar and Henry are lovely names, and such great weights for being a little early!!! Hope you are all well and that you get to go home together soon.

welcome to the rollercoaster thereistheball !!! hope you are keeping well - this thread is a great support!

thinking about you dream

Congratulations skitoo well done! Love the names, hope they will be with you soon.

scollistar I had steroid injections at 27 wks when I was admited to hospital because of a short cervix. I am pretty sure they are given only when they consider labour to be imminent but wouldnt know why it is so. I was later discharged as there no contractions and put on bed rest for 8 weeks, they were eventually born at 37+6 by cs. I am convinced I would have gone a lot further otherwise !!

Welcome thereistheball I also found out at 9 wks! Its a bit of ashock to start with but now they're here they are so gorgeous we're all deeply in love! Thwy're dc3&4 for me!

Big news for me today. At 8wks exactly i have lost all pregnancy weight! This is having twins for you (+ 2!) and I do eat lots!! Stomach still wobbly though, but it never was that firm anyway

Skitoo! Huge, huge congratulations on your baby boys and welcome to the world Oscar and Henry! You did so well my love! Honestly just fantastic! I'm sending fattening up thoughts to your little men so they can get out of scbu and home as soon as possible!

Dream come on little lads, your mn aunties are waiting for you!!! I can't cope with the anticipation! Kara was born at 4 o'clock on 4th of the 4th so I've now officially been a mummy for 3 years and 30 minutes!!!

Claire! Wow! Well done! X

Welcome thereisaball! Hope you're finding it all ok, any ms?

Congrats Skitoo look forward to some pictures. Dream's babies must bea couple of hours old now. How exciting for everyone!
Welcome newly preggers ladies at the start of your journeys it's an exciting road, I'm yards from th finish line but sooooooooooo excited.

Congratulations skitoo - you're a champ! And what lovely names for two lovely boys. Can't wait to hear how you're all doing when you've had a chance to land.

dream, we're all thinking of you. xxx

claire - I'm only 3 kg off my pre pregnancy weight 3 weeks after giving birth, which means I must have been losing weight in 'my' body whilst I grew that monster belly. I mean the boys accounted for over 6kg of it... BUT I think I've got diastasis and possibly a hernia, need to get it checked out by someone other than me or doctor google, but I've got a HUGE gap in my stomach and a weird blooby bit. Going to see the OB about it asap...ugh.

BB3 - happy birthday K! Hope he's had a lovely day. Can't believe he's 3!

Welcome thereistheball - lots of new mums have joined recently so there's a good crowd here. In fact after all this batch of babies gets born we should update the stats...

Oh my rednellie that doesnt sound like much fun! Our poor bodies are nit designed to carry more than one baby at a time really, are they? I had hardly lost anything after birth but I think that was due to being massively swollen and all the water retention.

Hello again! Congratulations skitoo! I hope you have your boys at home in no time.

Thanks for the good wishes everyone. I have known for 2 weeks about the twins. I have a DD who will just have turned 5 by the time these two appear, unless they come a whole month early (entirely possible, I realise). I am already on insulin to control my blood sugar and thyroxine to compensate for hypothyroidism, so I'm being very closely monitored. I am in France and learning about the different approach to childbirth here relative to the UK. Apparently I get very little say in proceedings here and the c-section has already been ordained. Meanwhile I'm tired and nauseous, and need to eat every two hours on the dot or I feel terrible - my strict diet doesn't really allow for this but I'm managing to keep going on fruit, oatcakes and plain yoghurt between meals. I have my neice and nephew staying this weekend and am not looking forward to being surrounded by all their forbidden chocolate!

Argh - niece. Sorry. In my defence I am already in bed. Good night!

Just popped in to see if any news from dream. hope she is cuddled up with her babies right now

Congrats Skitoo, great weights so hope they are not in SCBU for too long xx

Congratulations skitoo, fabulous names and weights, well done you. I hope their time in scbu is not too difficult for you.

My boys are here. Twin 1, born first at 2:28 is Sebastian Allan, 6lb 9oz, came out very floppy and needed bag and mask but doing great. Twin 2, born 2:29 is Benjamin Philip, 5lb 10 oz (so.growth scan was right, he'd stopped/slowed!), came out fine :-) .I am utterly, utterly besotted. CS was wonderful. Not done the recovery part yet, obviously, still in bed, but a lovely birth. 37+ 6 achieved :-)

Anyway, sorry for not replying in more detail, but yay Claire for the weight loss, rednellie, I have huge diastasis too, hope there's a good way to get these muscles knitting back together, thanks everyone for lovely posts and thoughts for us. Two mucous-y boys needing attention now (though mummy desperate for some sleep already!) So need to attempt repositioning/ picking up post CS... Will put pic on now.