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 ???

Morning all!

Managed a whole 3 hours in a stretch of sleep last night and feel miles better!! :-). Plus its sunny. Off out with DD now.

Thanks BB3, can feel more movement from twin 2 now he's breech, much happier about it. 11 days to go...

Hope all bumps and babies doing well xx

evening everyone wow it has been quiet today!! hope everyone enjoying the sunshine :)

bb3 lol at toddler bedtimes

dream glad you got a bit of a better now, how awful that we think a couple of hours of unbroken sleep makes us feel better! hope you had a lovely day important the sun :)

rednellie glad to hear the boys are doing great :)

my babies have been doing somersaults today, its so wierd the top one moves so much more than the bottom one

Morning all

We had a lovely, if unrestful, day out yesterday at the river. DD spent a loooong time sitting in the edge of the river throwing stones in and collecting them up etc. Exactly what I used to do as a child- inherited behaviour?! We certainly didn't teach her but she collects stones wherever we go mostly filthy, gritty little pebbles from the roadside . My dad stayed til late so we could go for our second meal out together in the last 18 months. Was all lovely but now I'm so tired I'm feeling tearful, and we've got friends round for a bbq lunch....

goingmad, yay for somersaults!!! Most of us do seem to have one more active twin. I still worry about movements though!!

I think everyone is just busy out enjoying the good weather this weekend. At least that's what i hope.

so glad to hear you had a lovely day yesterday, @ dd sitting throwing stones,and how lovely you got another night out :) sorry your feeling a little tearful hormones eh!!!! not long now :)

My ds's are being pains this morning one has been awake since 4am!!!! and thats with the clocks going forward, feeling really stressed today but no work so hopefully i'll feel better later, cant help thinking what am I doing!!!!

Hope you all continue to enjoy the sun

Hey ladies, I 'think' I've made my profile public and I've put one bump + DD picture up and one of the boys. Madoc is the naked one of the left with the big nose (who you calling big nose) and Idris is the robed one on the right. They look the same, but totally different now!

It's sunny here for the first time in AGES so we're off out for our first whole family outing....shit!

AAAAAHHHHH, gorgeous boys and DD rednellie. Cheered me up

awh rednellie - what gorgeous photos - your LOs are beautiful!!

hope everyone (and all the little wrigglers) are keeping well. How many days left now dream?

they are gorgeous rednellie thank you for sharing with us hope you had a lovely family day today im sure everything would be fine :)

evening dream lilyna and everyone else hope you've all had a lovely weekend :)

10 days to go!!!!!!

Yesterday DD was running down the driveway and I was trying to catch up before she hit the road... but she fell over first and grazed her chin and nose, though only chin bleeding. Today, she was legging it off after the bath and went flying and has split her bottom lip with her top tooth . She seriously needs a faster and mroe mobile mummy. 18 months is a lethal stage of boundary pushing and exploration I'm finding.... I'm feeling really bad I can't kkep u and keep her a bit safer- like, less than a blood-injury a day.... I knwo you can't wrap them up in cotton wool, and it's the only way they learn, but add whale-like pregnant person into the mix and I feel really guilty...

Ah well. Tomorrow is another day, and hopefully I will finally make it into town and buy her some sandals and summer clothes in the afternoon to make myself feel less of a bad mother by throwing a bit of money at the situation , after playgroup/lunch/nap.

Just had to have yet another look at rednellies pics. They do look so similiar! And peaceful and beautiful. How can you be so positive they're non-ID already?!

hi going - just loving the sunshine - it has put me in much better mood!! hope you're feeling a little less stressed too!

wow dream - 10 days - Im so excited for you!! Are you all ready? Awh hope your DD is ok now - our ds's are always falling or hurting themselves, its hard to stop them from exploring and climbing!!! Try not to feel guilty - you're doing a great job!

Im 29 weeks now so starting to think of names .... its so hard

Nearly ready. They are going to share a basinette level of a travel cot in our room at first- which has arrived but needs unpacking and checking its all ok, and mattress buying for it. Hospital bag needs finishing. Another pack of nappies buying. But basically ready-ish.

The sunshine does make everything better . But I've grown out of pretty much all my maternity clothes... 2 tops. One pair of trousers I can get on.

29 weeks lilyni! that's great! Have you managed to make your next appointment with a different consultant? I LOVE thinking of girls names! What's on your list so far?

Really sorry to have not been back, have been with the family (brother and sisters). Thank you for all the kind words it's really been appreciated.
I have been lucky enough to have never experienced death of a loved one directly and although my dad was elderly (was 90 the week before he passed away) it hit me like a tonne of bricks, I was always a daddy's girl and it hard that he is no longer here.
Sorry to bring everyone down so back to twin stuff ok I'm 33 weeks today ahhhhhh and have consultant this week to discuss delivery options getting loads of pressure in neither regions to the point where I can hardly walk. Husband keeps asking is it time yet every time a take a sharp breath he he. Getting scared about birth I think I buried my head abit a now that it's around the corner I'm starting to panic. Bags are almost packed I know it sounds stupid but scared to finish packing them in case it sends a signal to my brain for labour to start

Great to read the stories about life after they arrive everyone seems to be doing well, I hope I cope as well.

desiren welcome back!! :) i just wanted to add my sorry to losing your dad that must have been so hard for you, when my dh lost his dad his sis was pg and they didn't want her to go to the funeral because of the stress she did obviously and everything was ok, but must be so hard :( on a lighter note yay for 33 weeks!!! and poor dh on tenterhooks with every twinge! im sure the other ladies who are near to term swear by packing the bag to ensure you don't go early! worked for dream with only 9 days to go eek!! good luck with consultant appointment do let us know how it goes :) welcome back again xx

hello lilyna glad the sunshine making you feel a little less stressed :) oooh what names you thinking we trying its ssssooooo hard thinking of two that go together!! do let us know about your consultant appointment, feels like forever since i last saw mine and got to wait until next week which will be about 5 weeks!!!

have a lovely day everyone i have 19 working days left can't wait

Woohoo dream you're in to single figures!!!

Red - your boys are gorgeous like gorgeous little old men (I think all new babies look like old age pensioners with their gorgeous wrinkly faces and slightly frowning expressions! ). You can definitely tell they're twins but they have their subtle differences even from the pics - how are they personality wise? Have you noticed much difference?

Lilnyl oh yes what names?

Desiren - it must have been a horrific time for you all, I can't imagine it. Dh's father dies 7 weeks before ds was born and dh said the only thing that consoled him was the thought that his father would be watching our little boy grow up every day from up there. It must be so hard or you but you've done so well to keep cooking those babies so well and 33 weeks is bloody brilliant, not long now!!!

Sunshine definitely helps your mood (pre and post babies!)

We had a lovely weekend, girls got their chubby little legs out in the sunshine in their new summer clothes and looked adorable. Edith-May has a tooth through so have been suffering a bit with that but luckily she's not too teary just obviously in pain with it. What with they and Ayse-Rose shuffling along commando crawling I'm very my babies are growing up! Xx

desiren - so sorry about your dad - it must be such a difficult time for you - sending you big hugs. 33 weeks is brill - it will be so lovely for you to meet your little bundles of joy soon.

bb3 - your LOs sound soooo adorable - can just imagine the chubby little legs - cute!! Hopefully Edith-Mays tooth will come through soon and give her a little relief!

dream - you sound so calm and in control about everything - I imagine when Im at your stage I'll be running around panicking like a headless chicken!!

We quite like traditional names - 3ds are Sam, Tom and Harry. DH cant think of any girls names that he really likes. So far I quite like Scarlett, Sophia, Annalise (prob shortened to Anna), Ella and Connie...... My dad has started calling them Betty and Wilma!!!! Just hope it doesnt stick and become nicknames for them when they are born lol.

Got to go back to diabetic clinic on thurs so will let you know how I get on. So far so good with the blood sugar levels - seems to be controlled ok by watching my diet - even had an ice cream yesterday!!! Hope your appointment goes well next week going - will be lovely for you to see them again - 5 weeks is a long time!!!

Hello to everyone else - yay for another day of sunshine!!

Hiya guys
Sorry not around last week but on holiday with family and broke the triplet news. Gobsmacked would be an understatement Younger sister is so excited that potentially will be an auntie three times again and has already declared she will take a sabbatical from work and move in for 6 months. With DH working away all week for the forseeable future the possibility has some merit as long as we don't kill each other!

Had first consultant appt this am which was as much use as a chocolate teapot. It took her 5 minutes to work out I was carrying triplets rather than twins from my notes and then immediately launched into whether we had considered selective termination because we have MCDA twins. Grrr. We did get to see 3 little heartbeats though which was reassuring, and we should hear from Oxford tomorrow re a scan in the next few days to check for TTTS. Everything really just seems as clear as mud and I am just getting from week to week without looking too far ahead.

Anyway sorry for such a me post. Can't wait to hear of more arrivals. Guess dream the days are going slowly for you, but it certainly sounds like you are all ready

Hey baileys, I think you sound very in control. And slightly tactless of the consultant talking about selective termination !!!! What a tool. I know a couple who have a toddler and had triplets - they are both teachers and manage great, but they do run a tight ship. I can see why now after getting my family of 5 out for a walk yesterday. It took about 30 mins to get everyone out the door, but once we were it was bliss. Sunshine, I carried one boy in my wrap sling, another in the buggy next to DD. She was so cute, she kept a hand on the baby all the way to the park and on the way back kept making sure he didn't have the sun in his eyes....there is hope yet!

dream and BB3 - it's funny, I think the boys look TOTALLY different. To me they're like chalk and cheese, their heads are different shapes, DT1 has darker skin, a bigger nose, a pointy chin whereas DT2 has a round head, very pale, cute babyish features. Now you've all got me thinking maybe it's just me and my family who can see it and they're ID after all!! (But I don't think they are.) Anyway, they're still being amazing, waking up more and having definite naps during the day...

baileys congratulations on sharing your news its great everyone was pleased :) on my first consultant appointment i came out very depressed answer was told to expect the worst at every appointment, which i did and completely ruined things at first, i saw my mw at 16 weeks and she read what the consultant had put which basically outlined the risks, and it all spilled out she assured me it can and does work but of course there are risks but they could have been put across in s different way, hopefully that has happened with you and they were being cautious, not right i know but just a thought. is that the consultant you will continue to see as mine checks for ttts?? so we have the same sort of twins woohoo and you have another one for luck :)

hope everyone else is ok and you are resting dream can't believe its so near

im 21 weeks now and actually starting to believe i will have my girls :)

Bailey - that's so nice of your sister. My sister lives with us and is now our full time nanny and at times I have to bite my tongue but generally it's just brilliant having her here all the time - company when dh is away, someone to laugh with when there is nothing you can do but laugh as you're surrounded by screaming, pooing children and I trust her enough to leave all three kids and have an hour away without completely stressing! So you have ID twins and a singleton?

I know the consultants have to ask those questions but you'd think that seeing as it was all in your notes you would think they'd have guessed you didn't or could have at least asked a different way. They can be very tactless! I guess with triplets and id twins you'll be basically living at the hospital with appointments !

The girls have d&v bugs. It's 6am and after a restless night I'm now on the second load of puke/poo covered washing! Top tip - have a decent washing machine! The sunshine is great as it means things are washed, dried and ironed in one day but it is never ending! My dn has it and dsis' washing machine is broken so we are doing all hers too, it's like a Chinese laundry in our house x

oh bb3 sorry to hear the girls aren't well hopefully they will be better quickly, lol at Chinese laundry have visions of rows and rows of washing how lovely to have your sis with you bet on the whole its great fun :)

baileys, I think they have to make a big point about selective termination because many many families are offended and horrified at first, but then if something goes wrong, particularly if no baby survives, bitterly complain they didn't realise the risks and what was in store and might have acted differently. Not sure if she said especially if assisted fertility treatment couples too. That's what Emma robbins wrote in her blog- don't know if you read it? She had naturally concieved quads on Feb 29th this year!! I was hooked to her blog- she's still writing. She said it was an upsetting chat, but she was at least made to understand why it happened. She had mcda twins plus two other babies Fantastic your sister would consider a sabbatical- say yes yes yes!!!

Boo for illness BB3, I imagine our house will look like a Chinese laundry with 3 to wash for, dread to think about more!! Hope they get better soon and don't get sore with the D part to make matters worse.

I'm having a small flap today... I never wrote a list to pack a hospital bag, so really think I need to do that and check I've got the right stuff,and I'm so tired and really sore. Masses of pressure and some low abdo pain that's new,making me slightly nervous- though I'm 99% sure its just being 36+5. Plus I am trying to get quotes from nanny tax companies etc, and feeling a bit embarrassed at how privileged I am to be having 2 days a week help. Plus dh works 4 days- overlapping with the nanny on his day with earlier finish as its when i work if i go back, so only 2 days by myself. Feel a bit spoilt rich kid?! Even though we could no way afford it without my dad paying. Hormones?! 8 days to go.

Sorry, forgotten the rest, on my phone... Must do this tax thing though, will be back!

Oh, rednellie the boys sound fabulous!! Glad you at least find it so easy to tell them apart- I know BB3 said in hospital she got her girls muddled up!!

And 21 weeks is great goingmad, have you relaxed a bit?!

I'm also busy thinking of girls names lilyni. I like Esme, Elsa, freya, all yours (but I'm obsessive about 'full' names so I'd probably go Constance, nn Connie) Eliza, I think i like Matilda....Oooh, loads!!!!

waves to dream pressure is all good at this stage surely???? don't feel bad about getting help believe me if i didn't have good friends and family i would.consider paying for some !
yes relaxing a little but don't think i ever will fully but i know you appreciate that :) I've almost certainly decided on freya :) so was lovely to hear you like it just need another to go with it :)

loving the sunshine

Oh yes, LOVE Freya goingmad. Right, will get on with thinking of another to go with (if I had girls I liked freya and esme) .

Yes, I'm sure all my aches, pains and symptoms are normal . I am getting very worked up about leaving little DD while I'm in having the boys. She's so clingy. Today my dad took her to the swings and I walked down to nag him remind him its her tea time and she was so upset I'd left her she wouldn't let me out of her sight til she was in bed protesting . Nothing I can do to make it any better really as she's too little to understand at 18 months... I think. Any ideas though?