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 ???

yes dream , go in for monitoring - why not? Puts your mind at rest.

Good, I'm glad you don't think I'm totally nuts even if I am a bit, I'm certainly driving myself nuts over these movements.

Drain disaster ongoing. Drain man can't fix it with just rods. We're use as little to no water as possible til then . No baths, no dishwasher, no washing machine. Does this man not realise I fit comfortably into ONE pair of trousers and 3 tops?! And these trousers are pretty dirty. dirty trousers for me tomorrow then...

Thanks kazaar, and apparently, mine is a very 'neat' twin bump . I'm 5'4" and feel as round as I'm tall... Getting close enough into a table to eat etc etc all very difficult now!

Have other people's husbands (or older children) been less hopeless than mine this mother's day? (mine insisted on mowing lawn etc etc so I couldn't stay in bed even after he accpeted he couldn't sort the drains, and left me to face the playground with DD). I hope so, and you all got treated to something lovely!

Thanks everyone for the nice thoughts/comments - mummylin, glad you've got to see your little nieces and will have more chances soon.

OK, have skim read the thread, and probably have completely not read any of it properly, but here's some thoughts:

Breast feeding pillow: I've got the My Brest Friend. Not sure if they have it over with you, but it is a LIFE SAVER. I've been tandem feeding them lots and it makes that possible and not that hard. I even managed to answer the door with both attached when DH forgot his keys. The idiot.

dream - I don't think anyone would accuse you of going mad, you had a scan with some issues and no mum, no matter how 'sane', would not worry after that. Go and get checked if you're at all worried, that is totally sensible.

Drains - oh god, I remember just before DD was born our dishwasher and washing machine broke down. DISASTER. It was averted, but I remember my heart sinking, so you have my sympathies dream.

bigboobs - little DD is coping surprisingly well. The hardest part so far was my stay in hospital as I'd never been away from her longer than a night before then. I was only in two days so it wasn't too bad, but both DH and my Mum told me she was quite down and quiet which is very unlike her. And when she came into hospital to see me she'd get very over excited as there was always so much going on and she could tell Mummy was not herself. she's been very cute with the boys, and keeps bringing them nappies and gets very upset when they cry, but she did also try to bite one, so you know, swings and roundabouts!

Anyway, it's all calmed down since I've been home and I reckon as I've been tandem feeding I've had a bit more time to give her cuddles and attention too. She has sat on my lap a few times when I've just been feeding the one twin and pretended to have a suckle. I've not said anything about it, or told her to be a 'big girl' or forced her to do anything she really doesn't want to just during this period of adjustment. anyway, I'll keep you posted.

Phew, long post, good news today - Idris is back up to birth weight after 5 days and Madoc is not far behind him. Go my boobs! I'm really surprised and chuffed as the nurses at hospital were almost saying I should think about supplementing as Idris had lost 10% of his weight. thankfully my midwives looked at the the whole clinical picture and so I got to go home and feed those little boys into submission. I'm not finding it that much harder than feeding DD when she was new, but I am having lots of help from Mum and DH....

Anyway, love to you all, waves to everyone and great news on all the scans - multiples are fantastic!

Oh wow rednellie sounds like you're doing brilliantly!! Well done for sticking at the bf and getting their weights back so fast. It just shows how much confidence you need with bf as the baby who urgently needed supplementing is thriving so well I'd forgotten about bf pillows, crap, will get onto that tomorrow. Have heard of the my breast friend here too, so will look it up. So good your little dd has taken to her new brothers pretty well. One bite's not too bad considering TWO usurpers have entered her family! Let's hope she keeps it up and gets more and more fond of them.

Dh has reminded me the other reason he doesn't think twin 2 isn't growing and the scan was wrong is that fluid round him was normal- if not growing they normally drink/pee less so decreased fluid too, so i really am most probably mental. Oh dear.

Honestly, if the drains aren't fixed tomorrow I'll go crackers. We're trying not to even flush the loo because literally, it'll just be on the path, there's nowhere for it to go with the main drain fully blocked. We are inches deep in god awful actual shit and loo roll raw sewage outside the kitchen window, enough pressure to have lifted the manhole cover off and allow it all out. It's beyond grim. Can't even wash up as we don't want to wash the poo further towards back door.

So, as ever, I'm fed up!!!

You are NOT mental dream! Listen to your body and get checked out if you have any doubts or worries.

Sounds like you are having a shit time at the mo (excuse the pun - couldn't resist!).

How did you get on when you met your possible mothers help?

Rednellie, you really do sound like you are doing so amazingly!

Hello to everyone... another week begins!

Right ladies, this is it. Leaving in half an hour to be induced at 38+0. Feels not unlike going over the top in WW1. I am NEVER having sex again.

Have started a blog if any of you are spectacularly bored...see likepeasinapod.com/

MOST important thing is gave myself a pedicure last night. With one's fanjo on display to all and sundry I think it's vital to have pretty feet ;)

Laters. Oh ggggggggggggggoddddddddddddddddddddddddd...

And dream fingers crossed for the bog. You have every right to become a stroppy harridan from hell over that one!

Good luck stinking x

Dream crikey what a disaster! Go and get monitored! Don't even question yourself!

Rednellie glad all is going well

I worked til 34 ish weeks but worked the last month at home - it killed me! Should have finished much earlier x

Sorry if I've missed anyone just off the plane after a lovely lovely lovely long weekend in new York and am not really with it!!

New York BB3???!!! Hoe did you manage that one?!

GOOD LUCK STINKING!!!! Can't wait to hear some news...! I keep thinking I need to shave my legs - and get DH to trim (sheer) the old bikini area...!!

You have done v well to get to 38 weeks. Well done you - now for the easy bit....

Wow stinking, you've done fantastically to get to 38 weeks today!! Hope its all gone really well and come and tell us about your lovely daughters and all about it soon!

I echo bigboobs with NY?!? With or without children?! I can't imagine managing either, lol! I'm so glad it was lovely though, and hopefully a break either way from the usual routine.

I did go in for monitoring, but now been waiting hours (literally) for someone to come and look at it and tell me its ok and I can go home. To an untrained eye it looks fine- 2 good heartbeats, accelerations etc.

Worse news is I just checked with my dad and noone has been out to the drains. I tried to ring the company I think its with and they say there's no policy.... Now as someone came yesterday I know that's wrong somehow but dh not answering texts n I'm panicking now!!!! I can't go on with no water/ raw sewage!!!!!

Good luck stinking!

dream - all I can think of is awful puns (thanks bigboobs for that!), but seriously this is a shit situation. I hope it was just some bureaucratic blunder about the policy and it'll get sorted soon. Just pull the I'm pregnant with twins and imminently going to have newborns, it is UNSAFE and UNHYGIENIC and you need to fix it NOWWWWW!!!! I really do hope they get it sorted. Pants. Also hope your scan gets looked at soon...

I had a bit of an exciting day yesterday - TMI WARNING:
Went to the loo, had a wee and felt something 'come loose'. Put my hand down and felt this enormous...mass...I didn't move or pull or do anything as my mate had told me about someone having a prolapse and thinking it was a clot she had pulled it. AHAHAHAHAAGGGH. Anyway, I just sort of held it until it came loose and it was the size of my palm, very solid and livery looking. I sat on the loo whilst DH and Mum ran around panicking and phoning the on call midwife who was remarkably unconcerned about it. I'm actually fine, we've been monitoring blood loss and it's not been extraordinary and I've been walking around picking up DD etc. So I may have to go and have an ultrasound (they don't even stop once you give birth) just to see if there's anything else lurking up there. But seriously - enough now. (Ps I've got it stored in our fridge in some tuperware in case anyone needs to look at it - DH has gone right off my suggestion of liver for supper! )

BB3 Jealous or what?

Oh GOD rednellie, I'd have died of fright if it happened to me!!!! You must fill us in asap when all is revealed

So I finally escaped after 6 hours on the ward- 6 hours!!!!!!! CTG was fine, both boys good. Twin 2 moved out of transverse into head down while I was there so could suddenyl feel him again, plus stopped feeling sick. However, my bad BH showed up so strong and regular on the CTG they wanted to admit me for ? contractions ?? early labour. I had to beg to go home, and tell them I'd been in labour for yonks in that case etc etc. They've got me slightly nervous, but really, they're no worse than they have been. But now I'm meant to go back tomorrow, plus they're insisting on me seeing a consultant (I am anyway, on Thursday!). So... how to get out of going back... can feel baby, hate it in there, so not in labour...

sorry, all me me me but must head to bed

Oh- and drains hopefully cleared!!

Popping in to check for any news of stinkings babies!

After some deliberation I rang and spoke to a mw today. Yes, I've got regular bh with period type pain and back ache but they're not worsening so I don't see what another similar ctg trace would add. Luckily she agreed, especially seeing as I'm in on Thursday anyway so i escaped going back. My transverse twin making me vomit theory hasn't held up though, been puking like a good 'un again with dd, who has forgotten about the toilet-hugging mummy stage of up to 25 weeks, hanging onto my legs and sobbing... Oh this last part is hard and grim...

Who else has scans etc coming up? I am going to be watching out for news from people less horribly grumpy more positive than me!! Though I do only have 16 days left, whoop whoop!!!

Oh, and skitoo, the twin mum I met came round and did me a sling demo. Feel slightly better with the Moby now (ignoring the fact I struggled to get dd in, but partly at least as my bump is so in the way)

I too shall join the list of rubbish posters - sorry ladies .

No news from Stinking yet, am sure they'll be here now, so exciting! Thinking of you, hope you are all well and you're enjoying time with your new ones. We'd obviously love some details when you get the time.

Dream, sorry to hear you're having such a miserable time again . Sounds like you know your body better than the quacks do but please make sure you go get checked out if you're worried or anything doesn't feel quite right. But not long to go now eh, can't believe it's just 16 days!!!! And yes this last part is getting hard and I'm not as far along as you so god knows what I'll be like in another couple of weeks....

I'm in again on Thursday for 32 week scan and hopefully some detailed conversations on actual birth. Am wondering if they'll give me a date then for induction should nothing happen before??

Rednellie, you sound like superwoman and that you're all doing fantastically well. You've obviously got loads of time on your hands so could you please write me a manual or shoot lots of clips for me to view on YouTube . Seriously, it's great to hear xx. But sorry that you've had some nasty extraterrestrial objects to deal with , hope people in the know are checking it out and it's nothing serious. Your liver comment did challenge my pelvic floor!!

Kazaar, I ended up finishing work at 30 weeks, 2 weeks earlier than originally planned and boy am I glad I did. The change in the last 2 weeks has been huge and I don't think I could have coped with the commute or the uncomfortableness (sp. or is that even a word ) of legging it between meetings or even just sitting in my chair. You need to think of what's best for you and babies and cope with sticking 2 fingers up to work, which I found a little hard.

Welcome Baileys, triplets WOW, congrats!!! This is a great thread so please do stick around.

BB3, New York!! Please tell, did you hit the shops? Did you take the little ones with?!?!?!?!

Waves to everyone else, hope you are all well. Got to haul great big lump to yoga and hopefully stretch out some of the increasing niggles.

Lol, let's hope so skitoo! They have been this bad but not worsening for 3 or 4 days now, so it really can't be labour. Just makes me wonder if its a build up to it, but i drive myself potty with that so accepting I'll be here til my CS date and trying not to think about it . And goodness yes, I'd be in like flynn if i thought it was labour- no way would I ever want to attempt an unplanned homebirth with twins, especially early- what if they did need help breathing etc?! I'm 36 weeks on thursday though, so near enough fully cooked.

I know they didn't give a friend of a friend a date til her 36 week appointment. Think that's when BB3 got hers too- not that she lasted til her date!

I want to know if rednellies unidentified innards are still in the fridge . Agree pelvic floor challenges at this stage should be avoided.

Innards safely in the bin. Midwife came and prodded them and just reckons its the blood loss from labour that didn't come out at the time. It was whopping though.

skitoo - I'll get on to it

Blood loss the size of your fist that you birth on the loo This childbirth thing is barbaric you know....

Will look forward to the manual rednellie! Hope your DD is feeling better and everyone else is immune to her cold. And your mum is less homesick now there's two little babies to fuss over and do a million jobs for

Thanks for the warm welcome. Is it ok to admit I'm a little alot scared of being a mum of twins. My support network will not be around (my dad passed away last week) so rest of family will go back to his home land to bury him. My husband is in denial big time, although very supportive not he's not really grasping the two babies concept.

desiren of course its ok! I think we all panicked a lot a bit when we first found out!! I would still get waves of panic in the early days looking at them and thinking how on earth am I going to look after them on my own and keep them safe??

Well they are now 6 weeks and aecond week on my own and you do cope, with a bit of organising, imagination, and a lot of sense of humour !! Yeaterday I had tocheck my older dds hair for nits (they're in school its the bane of my life) abd dtb was crying so I put him in a sling and he fell asleep there. you will find resources you never knew you had!

And when panic sets in come on here and you'll find plenty of company!

dream sorry to hear about deains problem! We had the same a week before I gave birth!! Luckily the came and sorted it pretty quickly and it was during big snowfall, too cold to get nadty smells and the yuck was also covered by the snow. Hope you get it sirted soon, its the last thing you need!!!

Congrats to the triplets mum (sorry on phone and cant go back to check your name). Wow that must have been a bit of a shock! Have you had your consultant app?

rednellie loved your liver comment , at least my pelvic floor is back to normal!!!

I am still thoroughly enjoying this twin malarky, emma and ricky are just adorable and I still cant believe they are here!

Oh znd good luck with scan skitoo

and thinking of you stinking hope everything is well and you are having lots of newborn cuddles!

Hi everyone....

thinking about you stinking - hoping you and babies are doing well and looking forward to hearing all about them.

skitoo - hope your scan goes well tomorrow and that you get a confirmed induction date.

wow baileys - triplets!!!! thats fantastic news - hope you are feeling ok!!

dream glad both babies are moving well now - hoping that the BH dont turn into contractions before your induction date. your bump is so cute in the photos. Also glad your drains seem to have cleared - im sure you could do without the stress at the minute.

Rednellie - Im loving your updates - they are cheering me up so much - im so scared of what it will be like when the babies arrive but its so nice to hear that it can go so well. The "liver" updates are however making me a little queasy - but glad it was nothing too sinister!!

Im not sure what's up with me at the minute - I seemed to spend all day yesterday crying - so fed up with feeling so crap and tired all the time. Also ended up shouting at DH and kids quite a lot so now feel guilty. Although Mother's Day seemed to have been forgotten in this house - no card ..... no pressies so I guess Im maybe feeling a bit taken for granted!!

I have been transferred over to diabetic antenatal clinic and Im having to monitor my blood sugar levels throughout the day. Im hoping that it can be controlled by diet but im down because I cant have any chocolate / biscuits - one of my few joys in life at the mo!!! lol! Everyone was lovely at the clinic except for the obstetrictian..... she did a quick scan (both babies transverse) then said that they would be keeping my notes and to come back in 5 weeks??????? luckily the diabetic consultant had said to come back in 2 weeks and I mentioned this to the receptionist who said to ignore the obstetrician. I had to ask the obst did everything look ok at the scan - she said yes that babies were measuring 29 weeks (I was 27 wks). So now Im worried that the diabetes is making the babies larger than normal - is it normal for twins for measure bigger than their dates????? Im only normally a size 8 and worried how Im gonna carry 2 big babies. I didnt even get a chance to sit down to talk to her before I was ushered out. Do you think it would be unreasonable to ask to see a different obst the next time?

Sorry for the long moany post - just need to get it off my chest.

Hope everyone is doing well - big waves to everyone!!!

Lilyni the obs sounds totally crap, I would try and see a different next time if possible. Sorry also to hear about the diabetes, a friend oc mine used to buy dpecial chocolate for diabetic people whe she had it in pregnancy, not sure how good it was, but maybe better than nothing? I soo understand you though, I still find choc digestives are the best thing to get me through sleepless nights!

Oh lilyni, how hopeless- that is not what you need. I think with gestational diabetes you do tend to have bigger babies. I am normally a size 8-10 and my babies are both 50% centile and I'm just about managing, but I think they tend to deliver at 38-39 weeks latest with a single baby with GD (from a friend who had it) so maybe for twins it'd be more 36-37 weeks? And it is the third trimester when the babies are really banging on the weight ready for birth!! I think you can definitely ask to see someone else. Honestly, I couldn't cope with three times daily chocolate so you're doing marvellously. I'm so tired and sore and cranky I'm amazed DH hasn't served the divorce papers yet , so you're not alone!

It's so good you're managing without the stress of dm/MIL there claire. Have you been out much with them? Are you finding you can't move for people wanting to gap at your beautiful twins?! Blooming nits.... I wish they'd just become extinct- preferably in the next 3-4 years before DD goes to school I absolutely can't wait to meet mine now, 2 weeks today (babies, not nits!)!!!!!!!

Very impatient to hear stinkings news on birth, weights and names... Hope all is going really well and you're enjoying your babies! xx

Right. I'm a moron I know but who was it who got the bra rednellie recommended?! I want one and now I can't find the link or remember which company made it!!! So, rednellie if you get a second (don't worry if you don't!) and is it skitoo?! Help!! Been back to page 17 on old thread, will carry on trawling otherwise but our computer playing up, taking ages on my phone!!!

Desiren, sorry to hear of your loss, and of course its ok, I'm scared stiff!! But reading posts from our ladies who are now on the other side really helps and makes me believe that it'll all be ok.

Claire, your post really warmed . I know it'll be hard work for you but sounds like you're enjoying it.

Lilyni, sorry you're having a naff time of it and these crazy hormones are making it worse, grrrr. Ob sounds like an eejit and if you're not happy then deffo ask to see someone else. Personally I'm not sure how accurate the measurements are and have also been told that there's normally a growth spurt around 26/27 weeks, so could even itself out by the time you're next scanned. Think you should hunt down some diabetic chocs but here's some virtual ones in the meantime .

Dream, it was me who bought the bras on Rednellies recommendation. They're the Bravado body silk seamless nursing bra. I'll try link to where I got them from, great service and price and free delivery. www.NursingBra-Shop.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=112. Theyre really comfortable and have good growing space for when milk comes in, only criticism I have is that they come up pretty high, so don't work with some of my maternity tops.

Rednellie must be busy today putting the finishing touches to her superwoman manual .

Woohoo get me, I did a link!!!