Twin pregnancy!!!!!!!!

[aku]

Hi just found out at a scan last week that I am expecting twins. I was having some bleeding so was sent for an early scan. I am about 7 weeks.

Any advice in how twin pregnancies are, what to expect etc, I am still trying to get my head round it all. I don't even think I believe it yet! Please I need to hear from mumsnetters who are going through the same thing or have done, please please

Congratulations aku!!

Hello, Hello, Hello - Yes I'm back from Honeymoon!!!

Hi Aku - congrats, it is so great to have someone else expecting twins the same time as me! Well I'm now 18 weeks, and absolutely huge...

We found out at 5 weeks,(early scan coz I had an ectopic last year) and to be honest we weren't that shocked, I just had a feeling! We see it as a blessing as I lost a fallopian tube, and the gynae (actually the consultant I have now who specialises in twin pregnancies!) said my fertility would be dramatically reduced!!!

We have now got used to the idea, and were in Toys'r'us yesterday looking at baby stuff for the first time for 2 babies! Getting excited now.( I do have a ds 4.5, and dd 22 months!) Ds was a little worried at 1st about 2 babies in my tummy, but he very quickly came around and kisses them 'goodnight', one kiss each, and tells me he is very happy I'm having 2 babies!

Are they in 2 seperate sacs?? Did the tell you if they were identical etc? We knew from the 1st scan they each were in their own sac, and we know from later scans that they have their own placentas. But according to my consultant - who is a twin expert (!) he said if they are the same sex they could still have a 20% chance of being identical.

Things to expect so far are:

• To be sicker than most, and much more tired. ( My sickness wore off at 10 weeks though)

• To have everyone (and I mean everyone) ask 'Are there twins in the family???' it gets a little tedious after a while.

• To have more scans, I have had 5 already and will be having them every 4 weeks now, they do more to check the growth, especially important if they are identical.

• what is great though is the look on peoples faces when you tell them it's 2 babies. And the expressions on people in shops, etc who ask 'how long do you have left?' and expecting me to reply a number of weeks, I say '5 months!!' LOL. You will be huge!!

many congrats indeed. mine are now 11 years old and are still an absolute wonder. i also have an older boy 14 - so he was 3 when they were born and he was a godsend. he toddled to get me nappies and wipes and cream and really got involved.
i agree with smellymelly in thatmy mother in law went back 3 generations and 4 second cousins ( ok exageration but almost) to claim twins on their side of the family.

don't go to the cinema past 6 months - those bloody chairs are hellish on your back. you will be huge. if this is going to be a financial burden start buying things in like nappies for different sizes and formula if you are not breastfeeding. i did this bought a tin of formula and a pack of nappies when i could and it helped loads. as you have already 2 chilren under 5 - see if you can get help from social services. 11 years ago i wasn't entitled to help but i did know that in some cases a home help kinda person came in to help with washing and things like that -although this is likely to have changed - worth asking. also check outwhat benefit entitlements you will have.

mine are boy and girl and so unalike that people dont refer to them as the twins. but i read a book at the time that said be careful of the initials you give them eg. daniel and daisy - as they will recieve letters addressed to D. smith or whatever and not know whose it is. please dont dress them the same as they have their own identity.

my girl had to go to scbu even though they were full term and still had to have a lot of medicine when we got home. my boy stayed quiet and never moaned - i put this down to him knowing his sis neeed more attention. becuase after it was all over - he was as demanding. your twins will amaze you am sure. watch outfor the ol ladies stopping you on the street an telling you about the twins their 2n cousins daughters neice's twins

good luck xxxxxxxxx

Well I saw the GP today and he asked if I was sure I had my dates correct but AFAIK I am NOT expecting twins. Better bloody not be- sure twins are lovely and all that but having a severely autistic child and a toddler already and I rather thinly spread as it is As the m/w said "I think you have enough on your plate". I've already told anyone who will listen if it is twins I'm leaving the country....

Smellymelly on the Dec and Jan threads is expecting twins but not me!

sorry that last message sounds a bit rude. I was in shock at the twin suggestion! Congratulations to everyone expecting twins!

Jimjams - sorry sorry sorry .

No worries Nimme- I am HUGE so I've had twins (and triplets!) suggested to me lots of times

Jimjams, actually so am I. Mother pg with no 3 and ready to pop suggested I was carrying more than one! Followed by someone who asked whether I was due in October! And GP 8 weeks more pg than me and smaller! Perhaps I'm getting a complex

Twins will only be passed on by the fathers side when he has a daughter, by the way. So if your dp has twins in the family (like my DH) then it makes no difference to the fact that you (or I) have conceived twins.

Just thought I'd add that!

i was told that twins were passed down through the female line......hmmmm

i thought only non-id twins were inherited - eg if your mum's line had them then you would be more likely as a woman to ovulate say twice in a month & produce non-id twins. the others ie identical are purely by chance. so I thought...

congratulations aku fantastic news

aku hope you dont mind if i hijack your thread to say congrats to jimjams too

aaaghhh no no no!!!

Glad its not just me Nimme......

If you read my explanantion properly .. you would see I was actually answering Custardo who was talking about her MIL going back generations. And also I'm pretty sick of people asking me if their are twins in my or Dh's family?? There are twins in Dh's family, on his Mum's side and I was told these would pass to his dd, but people assume this makes a difference to me which it does not.

I can't trace my family back as my Mum was adopted, so you can see why I'm pretty tired of having to explain.

Now I just say 'NO'. Gggrrhhh!

Sorry for the rant, blame it on the hormones.

I'm sorry - Did I say that all twins were inherited????????

I'm answering every single person who says to me as soon as they find out it's twins...

'do they run in your family??'

mmmm - seemed to have killed this thread, Sorry for my outburst!

Hi just to say thanks for all the messages. I have been off work for a week as I have been bleeding on and off. Had a scan yesterday and everything is still fine, so will just have ti keep fingers crossed. Better stat doing some work! will write later

people always ask do they run in our family. Mine are identical which don't run in the family. But you can still have non-identical and have none in the family - it just means you ovulated twice - can happen to anyone, but some families have that tendency, which can get passed down the female line.

I'm directly related to 3 sets of identical (all male) twins (maternal grandfather, my dad, & my brothers from my mom's previous marriage). The hospital got very excited because they reckoned that I might have inherited the ability to be more tolerant of the hormone levels in twin pregnancies -- ie, in their minds, there was a tendency for even identicals to run in families, down female or male lines.

There was also an article in New Scientist a few years back about a family where identical male twins seem to be passing down the male line (ie., from fathers to their children). Maybe that's what happened to my mom (daughter to a twin, mother to twins at age 18).

But I think it's only fraternal twins that tend to run strongly in families, the other increased "risk" must be only very slight -- I haven't had twins, don't think I'm extra tolerant of pregnancy hormones at all!

ps: I will ring you tonight, T'holt, or try me on UEA email about Friday, I think ntl has shut down my account.

Just to make you smile....

The Heavens were excited (statistics were right)
"Gather around" the wisest angel said,
"God's designing twins tonight."
It's quite a marvelous process as anybody knows...
Two separate souls beginning their lives, as His love just overflows.
Perhaps He'll make them just alike, or as different as can be,
But that's the way He wants it, He's planned it that way you see.
He must then find a loving mum, a very special dad...
For twins take special parents, and the best just must be had.
So your joy is mighty special, I'm sure you know that's true
God knew you'd be these parents, and so, He's sent you two.

Author: unknown

with love to all expecting twins...xx

Thanks Mn - that was lovely!

Thanks Mothernature, i was feeling a bit down today but that cheered me up. Just hope it will be just the thing to lift my spirits for my driving lesson in a few minutes!

Aku - Thanks for the message on the Jan thread.

How are you feeling at the moment? Not too sick I hope?

Now we know the sexes I feel it is more real, I can actually start shopping soon!!!