When do you suspect/know you are carrying twins

[Sallie]

Pretty sure I am not carrying twins as am not that sick and not rapidly developing a big belly but as am quiet at work thought I would ask the question as it has always intrigued me - ie how pregnancy differs, particularly in the early stages. My friend who had twins didn't find out until her 12 week scan......

[Sallie]

thanks for all your comments. Because of the ultra-early BFP and the exaggerated symptoms, I had started to think I was pg with twins. Always thought I fancied having twins, esp as dh wants to stop at 3 and I would like 4 kids!!! Anyway, good news is that all is well with the beanie thats there. Will have strong words with him/her when born re putting me through all this extreme tiredness and queasiness - all being well of course! Lovely to have the impromptu scan!

[sandyballs]

This thread brings back memories! My twin dds are nearly 4. I didn't find out it was twins until a 16 week scan - very big and everyone thought the dates were confused. Very lucky with pregnancy, tired but not terribly uncomfortable or sick, still managed to drive until the day before they were delivered - by cs at 37 weeks, one 6lb 15oz and the other 61b 2oz.

[Lonelymum]

I had no M/S with my first three pregnancies and then felt a bit sick with No 4. I didn't suspect twins - just thought I was unlucky - but then the sickness disappeared and I thought I had miscarried. In the end, it turned out I had lost an undeveloped ovum and still had a healthy baby, so I suppose I had been carrying sort of twins and if I had carried on with both babies, I think it would have occurred to me that I might have been carrying twins quite quickly as I had no M/S with the others. All this was at nine weeks.

[Kelly1978]

Thanks, I've just posted on there!

[smellymelly]

Hi Kelly, it is much better when they are here! Come and join my Twins thread, I can sympathise.

[Kelly1978]

Hi Sallie, glad to hear scan went well. Twin pregs are def lot harder so in a way you are very lucky. I'm now 30 weeks and having times when I feel really bad. Dd is off school again today cos I can't walk there. Can't wait til I have them, it got to be better than carrying them!!!

[smellymelly]

To the other Mum's on here with twins, I have started a twins thread...

[smellymelly]

and !!!

But glad the one looks good...

[Sallie]

Well had the sneaky scan and there is only one in there. Mixture of relief and slight disappointment as we had started wondering about having twins!!! Anyway, all looked ok - strong heartbeat and measuring good for dates. Am at 7 weeks + 2 days now. Can't wait for the 12 week scan and for this trimester to be over.

[smellymelly]

When I say the colic drops makes them sick, I mean just a normal posseting, but it comes up all slimey. It is annoying, but it is better than the colic pain.

[smellymelly]

Great Bubble99 - nearly there!

Thankfully where I live they induce twin mums after 37 weeks. I was delayed a couple of days in hospital as they were so busy and in those 2 days I got stretchmarks!! The only thing to keep me sane was knowing they were inducing me early, and my babies weighed 6lbs 8oz, and 5lbs 9oz. So they were really good weights. They were actually 37 weeks and 5 days by the time they were born.

I think people realised how hard it was for me as I couldn't walk any faster than a tortoise. Everything hurt so much, but I think it was only dh who really understood what I went through.

Harrogatemum - They were both feeding every 1.5 to 2 hours in the evening and the midwives and HV's were saying that they need to do that to build up my milk supply for the next day, and to go longer in the night. But they were not going any longer at night, so I got tough and did what I had done with dd1 and that is stretch them a little longer between feeds in the day, up to 4 hours so they take a more at a feed. Also have found infacol to be invaluable, which I use at every feed, and double dose in the afternoons and evenings. It makes them sick, but stops the colic which was waking them at night. So long as they have between 6 and 8 feeds in 24 hours then they should be fine. They have only fed once in the night all this week, and are putting on as much weight as they were in the early days - a pound each in 10 days!!

[harrogatemum]

smellymelly how did you get down to one feed a night? my twin boys are 11 weeks today and still waking twice - sometimes 3 times a night!!??

[mum2twins]

towards the end I slept very little woke and really wanted them out - when I went for my check up I had developed pre-eclampsia at 36.5weeks and so they were induced. Still managed to deliver normally although DD was a little tricky as she was breech. But I can remember being so big I had to roll on and off the sofa and could not lie down on my back otherwise I would pass out from the pressure squashing the main artery (they told me that during a scan) I had to keep rolling onto my side. So yes I can fully appreciate how you feel, but they are now 3.5yrs and are playing beautifully together as they always do - so hang on in there! and good luck.

[bubble99]

I'm 36 weeks + 4 days smellymelly, My consultant considers 'term' to be 38 weeks. Said she will induce at 40 weeks, but due to scary reaction from me quickly said that 39 weeks would be OK.
It's crap for me to be complaining so much, I'm delighted to be pg and excited about twins, but it's just so uncomfortable. I'm also getting fed up with people thinking but not saying "big deal, she's pregnant, why all the complaints?" Or "I've got 4 children, why is she making such a fuss?"
Did any of you with twins encounter this? Unless you've carried twins it really is impossible to understand how disabling it can be isn't it?

[smellymelly]

MMMM - are yours boys or girls? We have one of each. I'm glad you are positive as well, further down the road!

[smellymelly]

When are you due Bubble99 ??

It is really so much easier than I thought it would be. And so amazing to have 2 little babies.

[pooka]

Good luck sallie when you have your sneaky scan. I'm very

[MunchedTooManyMarsLady]

I agree smelly. Much easier to have newborn twins than to carry them. Mine are now 11months and they are like puppies. So playful and happy. Tumbling over pretty much everything.

[bubble99]

Thanks for the positive post smellymelly. I am so fed up with being pregnant. I really enjoyed my singleton pgs but this is hell.
One feed a night eh!? Good on you! Hope my two are as obliging when they eventually arrive.
Sallie, good luck with the scan tomorrow. I too had a 'sneaky' scan at 6 weeks - during my lunchbreak at work - one of the few perks of my job

[Sallie]

all very interesting. I am slightly suspicious as got a BFP very early on - at 9/10dpo and cd24 out of 28/29. Have felt a lot more tired and queasy this time around but then its THAT time of year and there are a lot of bugs going around aren't there? I don't feel particularly big. Hoping dh will do me a sneaky scan tomorrow to have a quick peek. As I said, am pretty sure I am not carrying twins and there are none in the family but doesn't stop me speculating just coz I have been so damn tired!

[mum2twins]

maybe I was just built for pregancy as I never had any symptoms, and never even felt sick. I loved the pregnancy so much! I only went mad once they were born

[smellymelly]

Thanks for asking Bubble99 - Having 2 newborns is so much better than being pregnant with twins, don't want to scare anyone expecting 2 babies, but I found it incredibly hard going, and I was in alot of pain.

They are 6 weeks today and it is all going incredibly well, we even have it down to only one feed in the night now!

[MunchedTooManyMarsLady]

I didn't find out that it was twins until my 11 week scan. I was incredibly sick, but I know people who were hardly sick at all. I wasn't any bigger than with my singletons. I was huge with them and people thought that each of my pregnancies were twin ones. I also developed ptilism. That was particularly disgusting. I couldn't swallow the huge amounts of saliva that I was producing and so I was constantly spitting. So attractive. Until my scan I wouldn't have been able to say that it was twins. I always looked 6 months pregnant from conception!!

[Tortington]

i was as sick as a dog, i could only eat oranges and tomato soup - not at the same time. the smell of chips and fat made me yonk, everything made me yonk - i yonked for months. of course i didnt suspect twins. didnt know til 3 month scan - and i was so fucked off becuase i was lookng forward to not being jabbed with needles and having to see a doctor ever month like i did with my first. however every hospital employee delighted in telling me!

at 7 months i had to get a taxi to pick ds1 up from nursery - a 25 minute walk away - the taxi driver shat himself thought i was gonna give birth - i was huge

[bubble99]

How's it going smellymelly? Is the complete discomfort of the late stages of twin pregnancy worse than the sleep deprivation of two newborns?