Hello lovely people! Oh I do appreciate you all! Thank you for thinking of us. For the slightly newer than me people on this thread - it's so supportive and brilliant!
So news ... We are still as one. Had a scan yesterday and got the sonographer to check out the placentas to make sure they weren't reaching post maturity, and do a doppler on the heartbeats to make they were OK, and obviously check growth, which is also fine. Saw the hosp midwife who checked blood pressure, which was up slightly but that always happens in the hosp - must be their machines... So boys are happy where they are, I'm happy where I am. Lovely consultant then threw everything up in the air and said she'd like to induce next Tuesday, and why didn't she do a sweep while we were there just to move things along a bit. She had a poke about but I said no to the sweep and told her I'd get one of my midwives to do it today. She was OK with that and told me that although the bottom of my cervix is open the top is still closed. Thought I was kind of OK about it all, until I happened to speak to the man selling us our new (old!) volvo at which point I lost it because he hadn't told me that I couldn't pay for it with a cheque, even though we live in the same town, it's only just over a grand which is not a lot for a car these days, and he knows where we live! Anyone else done the, "But I'm having twins NOW! Don't you understand what that means?????" I put the phone down on him and lovely DD asked if I was cross with her, and then gave me lots of cuddles and said, "Don't worry, Mummy, Daddy will sort it out for you." And stroked my hair. Nearly, nearly came on to MN to tell you all the woes, but decided to wait til after the midwife this morning.
Also told DH in no uncertain terms what it was going to mean to have boys here without him, and what would happen on a 3 hour feeding routine (which I know I would be very lucky to have early on but had to give him some kind of idea what might happen). He went very quiet. About time too.
So went for a 2.5 mile walk this morning to bounce DT1's head on the top of my cervix (absolutely nothing doing but my pelvis still seems to be in one piece fortunately), and then went to midwife and poured the story to her. She said she'd pop round on Friday morning to do the sweep because it would much better than at clinic, and anyway, she couldn't do a sweep with the top of the cervix still closed. So what was the consultant talking about??? Arrrrrgh!
And now I'm wondering if there's any difference in the gestation periods of naturally conceived twins and IVF/ART conceived twins - do any of you mind me asking? From talking to friends at twinsclub it feels as though naturally conceived stay in longer, but I'm not sure. Does anyone else know anything about it? It would just help if I do get to next week to have an idea, but I don't want to offend anyone by asking.
So feeling very teary, spots appearing here and there, and I think it's got to be hormone changes in readiness, and I'm worrying again about how to cope once DH has gone back to working in London and Mum is back in the shop. I can't ask her to do a nightshift with me when she does 2x12 hour days in the shop and the rest of the week 8 hours a day. She's already retired 3 times!
Ho hum. Life will go on so long as I don't strangle anyone. I'm actually a lot happier now after my walk and midwife visit.
Anyway, more important things - I can still giggle (sorry!) over the children not doing what they're supposed to stories. At the very least it makes me feel so ... normal!
1B3 - Having Twins by Elizabeth Noble has lots of good reading in it and tells you what to worry about and what not to; lots of stuff about tests too. Can't help you with the tests because I only had my first scan at 20 weeks having refused the 12 week one. I've also cancelled other scans when I haven't felt they've been medically necessary, but I have done lots of research and my nice consultant does actually discuss things with me rather than tell me what to do these days. (Not sure why I agreed to book an induction next week though.) In the end you have to do what YOU think is right for your pregnancy and your children. Oh, and the Viridian Pregnancy Complex supplement kept me going. Sounds like your supplement may have a dodgy sort of iron in it - can't remember which sort it is, but one of them can constipate you. I didn't have any probs with the Viridian one. You have to get it from an independent health food shop - if they haven't got it ask them to order it!
Oh sorry, this is sooooo long! I like to save it all up and blurt it all out in one go, you see!
Must go make a raspberry leaf tea cake with DD who is patiently waiting for me - again. Poor child. Will keep you posted!
xx