anyone else expecting twins?!?!?

[tabbycat76]

Hi everyone!

My husband and I recently found out on an early dating scan (like, very early, 5+ weeks) that we are expecting twins. We're being re scanned in 2 weeks time to confirm, but I'm wondering if anyone else is expecting twins. It's our first pregnancy so we're abit in awe of the thought, but wouldn't it be good to start a thread on twins so we could exchange advice, support etc. Looking forward to hearing from you! x

Victoria - How are things progressing with your sis?
I'd have lost my patience with her by now tbh. She's your sister, imo she should get over her sulky sibling jealousy and support you! :o But that's my opinion.

Sleeping is becoming a pain now, my thighs hurt in the mornings from sleeping on my sides all night :(

But coping well with everything else so not going to complain.
Hope everyone else is well.

talking of sleeping is there a way that I should be sleeping at night ..im only 15 weeks now, but seem to find lying on my one side more comfortable...

Is it true that you arent allowed to sleep on your back? or is that an old wives tale.?

hello just popping in to see if there is any news from Smokey?????????

Welcome Hippy:) they suggest that you sleep on your left during pregnancy to promote the best blood flow to the babies as sleeping on your back may prevent good blood flow to them. However, if you do naturally sleep flat on your back you will probably find this too uncomfortable anyway and roll over! Holidays try using some extra pillows, put one between your legs. I bought a Dream-Genii pillow as have a few other girls on here. It's pricey but worth it plus it doubles as a feeding pillow. If you are a member of Tamba you will get 20% at jojo which makes the pillow cheaper :)

Good to hear your 2 are doing well Sassy :)

Swazze how you feeling??

Hows things with your sister Victoria?

Well done on your buggy choice Amberc I went with a Baby jogger too :) twinsuk do discounts for tamba.

Jenz the itching is horrible you have my full sympathy I have mega sensitive skin when upduffed could try E45 or Sudocrem?

Lots of kick here on both sides which is very reassuring :)

I must recommend twins-store.co.uk. I rang up to ask buggy questions and spoke to Nigel the owner. He was so lovely and very knowledgable. He said anytime I needed any advice to call him as he'd been through it all - even if I was having a bad day - what a sweetheart! They are also doing a tamba discount - 10% (just looked - BJ is £325 on twins UK and £309 on twins store plus a free raincover ususally 29.99!).

Hippy - I think sleeping 0n your back is also nmot recommended as you have a main artery which gets squashed with the additional weight of the uterus/baby/fluid etc and can make you dizzy and faint.

thats the one twins-store!

Hi all. I'm feeling fine thanks. The babies feel very low in my pelvis but otherwise no other symptoms of labour. Maybe they'll last the distance to induction next Thursday...

I'm torn btween the Nipper and Jogger but do agree with what someone said about the Nipper seats being very laid back. The buggy is the only thing we have left to buy! The price of £309 with raincover is good - hardly any difference to the Nipper. Do they do cosytoes for the Jogger? Haven't seen any. Going to look at Twins store website now.

Feeling very chuffed with myself today. Ordered two rocking Moses baskets stands from eBay for £18 each and spent the afternoon building them. Forgot how much I enjoyed assembling flatpack furniture!

Hi all,

I'd also recommend a dream-geni - I had one with DS and it was great, really made it much easier to sleep (when I wasn't getting up to sleep). Sleeping on your back does become a real problem in the later stages - especially with big babies, or two in our cases! - when I was in hospital to deliver DS they kept getting me to lie on my back, and I kept getting v dizzy as a result.

I had another scan today - 11 weeks - both babies doing well, and now looking like babies. So exciting to see them.

Hi everyone... ooo - the buggy conversation is exciting. I'm jealous as it's too soon for my OH and I to be buying fun things!! .... saying that he's been doing some research and it looked like the out and about nipper 360 duo was top of his list... will have to get him to look at the jogger now! There are so many!!

Sister is like a different person now... think it took a while for the shock to settle, but now she seems quite happy and excited. I think she's still a bit miffed, but she liked the scan picture of them together and said it looked like they were in bunk beds :)

I got my TAMBA membership pack today, which is actually pretty exciting. There looks like some good deals in there, and also loads of information about classes etc. Phoned up the other day and ended up seaking to the Chief Executive by mistake- he was lovely :)

Had the results of the nuchal fold test back today too...

One Twin was - 1 out of 7873
The other twin was - 1 out of 7817

The lady from the clinic said these were low risk results - and they sound very low risk to me, is this about the average for twins at 12 weeks? I can't find much about twin results... but pretty happy with the odds from a lay mans perspective?!

The sleeping thing isn't too bad for me at the moment (prob because it's so early) apart from getting up about 5 times in the night to go to the loo! The other thing is i've been having really vivid/weird dreams for weeks now- has anyone else had this? Like to the point that I wake up in the morning not sure whether it was a dream for a little while!

Hope everyone is feeling well... it's exciting that so many are close to meeting their babies, but it might make it a bit quiet on here :)

Hippy - i've been googling the sleeping thing too because I'm terrible -even if I start on my side I end up flipping over onto my back and sometimes front. I've been trying a body pillow just to stop me, and have to say it works quite well. Saying that, apparently sleeping on your front isn't a problem for as long as you can bear it... sleeping on your back is a bit of a no no but tends to be more of a prob as the mechanical weight of the babies pushes down on your nerves etc. rather than right in the early stages, and sleeping on your left side is best as it gives the clearest channel for blood and nutrients to get to the babies without getting squished. prob good to try and get into the routine earlier although i'm finding it quite uncomfortable.

Had a strange recurrence of morning sickness today... well, started last night. Went really dizzy to the point of having to lie on the floor, then felt lightheaded and sick ever since. Now got an absolutely cracking headache which paracetamol won't touch, and still feel dizzy- like if you get up too quickly, and back to being knackered. Hope it buggers off again soon as have had a couple of weeks of feeling almost normal energy-wise etc... will continue to guzzle water and wee and hope for the best :)

x

Ah... and one more question... a friend mentioned to me today about 'cervical screening' - something about measuring the size and thickness of the cervix... does anyone know if this is common and when it happens?

x

Good news on your scan snowfalls and not long to go Swazze!

Victoria glad your sis has come round and your results were low risk. Yep can vouch for the crazy dreams too! Not sure if they measure your cervix routinely when you have a scan, have a look on your scan report it will give the measurements if they have checked. Mine is being measured due to previous problems but will only become an issue if it is shorter than 2cm.

LOL Victoria not wanting to be mean but the end sentence of your last post says "will continue to guzzle water and wee..." How's the wee taste?

Just putting off going to bed as can feel the heartburn building. Spent most of last night (3am - 6am) dozing on the sofa as lying down at all with this heartburn is horrible.

So Swazzee yes they do cosy toes - £49.99 each - they are on the website but say out of stock but they are getting more in on Thursday. I would really recommend trying out any buggy before buying it - they look a lot different on t'internet than they do in real life. Those seats on the nipper and crazy. Apparently it's American and in America they have 12 inch back wheels which sits them up more. In UK we have 8 inch wheels so you lose 4 inches of height hence the recline.

Snowfalls - glad the scan was good!

Victoria - I also read your post as guzzling water and wee - yum! Erm - I can only think of measuring the size and thickness of your cervix when you are ready to pop. The MW ususally does it to see how far from labour you are. Not sure if it means anything else. Thise results are mega low risk. Mine were low and they were 1 in 2 thousand and something.

Having a mare today. Feeling really low unfortately. I think it's the lack of sleep combine3d with a child that wakes at 5.20 every day (since the clocks went back) and who is ultra whingy at the moment. I nearly cried this morning

Hi all

Lots of updates in the last couple of days, it's nice this thread is quite active without being a full time job to keep up with!

Snowfalls that's great about the scan, after such a frightening start to your pregnancy. Hope things remain boring and uneventful from now on.

Jenz hope you can get some relief from the itching. It sounds horrid.

Swazzee hope you can get some rest and get comfortable if it's not all going to kick off imminently. Not being able to sleep must be a bummer when you can see arrivals approaching and know you're going to need it!

Victoria glad your sister is showing more enthusiasm now. I've also been having really vivid dreams for a few weeks, not necessarily about babies but often situations where I don't know what I'm doing (eg last night I had to defend a case in court, not being a barrister!) Presumably this is some kind of unconscious comment on me not knowing anything about babies either...

Hippy welcome. I'm not far ahead of you (coming up to 16 weeks) so we are due at a similar time. Congratulations on your twins! Have your friends and family been excited at your news?

Amber sounds like progress on getting your to-buy list sorted! We've also started thinking about buggies (only thinking though) and it was cute how my husband was walking around the shopping centre keeping his eyes open for twin buggies - the nipper 360 caught his eye. I think they can get on board with mechanical purchases like that, can't they, but perhaps find shopping for changing mats etc a bit harder to enthuse about!

As for sleeping patterns, I almost always start the night off sleeping on my back and it's been problem-free so far so will carry on doing it until it starts to give problems with dizziness. Otherwise am fine on my side but do prefer my back.

I've been told I'll have my cervix measured at my anomaly scan (21 weeks) - I'm glad they do this as I have an irrational fear that mine might not be up to the job and I'll need bed rest...just another random, stupid fear that I continually entertain.

Do you all find it reasonably easy to stay calm and positive or do you find silly worries creeping in? I tend to have a new worry every few days which takes time to go away again - eg this morning in the shower I worried that only one of them is alive and that's why I am not growing lots (have had a couple of comments about looking small) and not yet feeling any movement. I am only 16 weeks tomorrow - can someone please slap me with a big wet fish?

Went shopping at the weekend for maternity clothes and am really surprised/vexed by the lack of supply out there. I thought there was a massive baby boom at the moment? So why aren't the shops catering for it? So much of the stuff out there is really drab, long vests (v suitable for winter!) in grey, black, dusty colours. I had to buy anything vaguely decent and in the end got a few things but was really surprised it wasn't easier. Do love my pregnancy leggings and jeans though - so comfy!

Cerubina I can't get into my preggo jeans now - the waist band cuts into me too much. Leggings I couldn't do without!

I don't think you can feel too much at 16 weeks. Especially on a first pregnancy - don't worry - slapppppp!

a lot of maternity stuff is online only...very frustrating!

Had a really bad night with itching ... driving me potty and not much relieves it!

for footmuffs try looking at generic ones as they are half the price and do the same job!

Amberc we are in the same boat today, this has been a sick household since last thurs and I am shattered. Have cancelled work today as I feel shattered and almost cried on the way home from the school run I felt so pants. Hope your day picks up.

Cerubina you missed my post but it was way back last Friday but I am under St Gs too and they have already told me they prefer to do c-sec at 37 weeks with Id twins. Have you seen Joyann or Samina the twins consultant yet (forgive me I can't remember how many weeks you are)? I got some nice mat clothes in Hennes. Agree with you on the dull colours, treat yourself to a nice scarf or dress jewellery to spice it up :)

If you've got the cash Isabella Oliver is the place to go for lovely preggo clothes. 'tis online though.

Morning ladies,

've just had my first cup of wee of the day .. lol i actually read that back last night and wndered how many people would comment on it!

I'm dreading the heartburn getting any worse... Been drinking Gaviscon double action by the litre already!

Aw, Amber - sorry to hear you are feeling a bit low.. it seems to come and go for no real reason. Is there anyone that can take your other child out for the day or something so you can have some time to yourself, maybe have a nap and a bath or something? Or get out and go to the shops :)

cerubina - the cervix measuring that you mention sounds like the thing my friend was talking about, and apparently they sometimes put a stitch in it if they think it's not 'sturdy' enough.... that set me off on my latest stress too! I'm seeing the midwife next week so i'm going to ask her. I worry about things all the time, when I first found out about the twins I googled everything and found all the horror stories, then seem to think of different things to think about as each week goes by. A bit daft really as to some extent what will be will be :). I have the worry about something having happened to one or the other pretty much the afternoon after i've been for a scan... remember me with the lopsided belly etc? At 16 weeks they are still pretty small, and will be held back from popping out too much by your muscles... once they give i bet you show a lot more!!

In terms of maternity clothes, i've had a snoop around, and the ones in 'proper' maternity/baby shops seem to be a bit bland, but if you go to debenhams there are maternity sections in most of the outlets that have more interesting things. Haven't really started looking yet - biggest worry is what to wear for work. Suits are too tight, and I think baggy stuff makes it much more obvious and I haven't told people there yet! Do you think i'll be able to keep it hidden until after the 20 week scan, or will i be too big by then?

xx

what about Next they seem to have some new ranges out. Have a look at the tunics too.

Thanks for the slap Amber! I know I am a bit daft, I think I am a natural worrier anyway but after a couple of losses and so on, it's really hard to let go of panic. I keep reminding myself that it is more helpful to chill out and if something bad is going to happen then it won't make any difference whether I fretted over it or not. I think the 20 week scan will be a big hurdle for me and perhaps I will stop holding my breath after that ... perhaps!

Sorry Magic I did see that post from last week and never replied. I am having non-id twins myself - not sure if that makes a big difference to how they plan things? I have also seen Joyanne a couple of times and the first time was when she said about aiming to do it naturally. I'm seeing her again next week for a check-up.

BTW - her name. I have never really got it straight but it sounds as if it's pronounced like Joey-Anne rather than Joy-Anne or Jo-Ann, is that right? Really should know how to say it before we get to the delivery room!

Poor both of you for feeling tearful and run down. I agree with Victoria, if you can get a little break to have a nap or something perhaps that will help.

Clothes - yes, accessorising is going to need to be the way forward. Isabella Oliver's stuff is lovely and I might treat myself to a dress or something but it's quite £££ and at the moment we need to be a bit careful of cash so my dreams of being a mega-stylish mum-to-be may not pan out!

How come you haven't announced at work yet Victoria? Are they likely to take it badly, or are you waiting until after an appraisal or something? Personally I doubt many people can completely disguise their bellies until 20 weeks but perhaps you can do what they do on Eastenders whenever anyone's pg in real life but not in the story - carry a huge handbag in front of you all the time!

The sister of a friend of mine had twins at the weekend - two boys weighing 6lb 14oz and 7lb 2oz! And they were delivered naturally! The mind boggles!

I must apologise for the excessive use of exclamation marks in that post...

Hi ladies. Sorry to have been AWOL but the news is that Freddie and Tobias arrived safely in the middle of strictly on sat night. We got home last night so am spending day feeding today. Will post birth story and pics later on today but all well. It was a natural delivery as the induction worked like a charm! The boys are fab but am still pinching myself that I am now a mother of 4.

Back later . Hope everyone ok. Xx

I have no idea about her name! I have shared care with another department because of previous problems and Melanie (my other midwife) wrote her details in my notes as Joeann. But everyone seems to call her Joyann???? There is also another twins St Gs thread and the ladies refer to her there as Joyann, so I am assuming it is Joy ann...... I am seeing her next week too, who knows our paths may cross! When are you due again?

Brilliant news Smokey! Many congratulations - love the names too. Enjoy getting to know them and showing them off to friends and family. Hope you have managed to catch up on Strictly since .

Magic I'm due at the end of April (16 weeks currently). Seeing her on Weds morning - if you're there, wear a red rose and I'll carry a copy of the Times!

The Next clothes look nice actually - shame hardly any stores do them. I shall just have to overcome my natural aversion to internet shopping and give them a try I think.

Congrats Smokey! :o

Glad to hear the natural delivery went well - I'm hoping to have natural del. so it keeps my hopes up! :P

Did you have to have an epidural? I read it's almost always needed in twin deliveries, in case of complications or the need for a C-section really..