twins5boysinall:

You can't go any where shopping what ever with out people asking if they are twins.

This is so true.  In fact, I got a tote bag from cafepress that lists like the top 6 questions people will ask you and it is spot on.

AndyB~wants~DD:

twins5boysinall:

You can't go any where shopping what ever with out people asking if they are twins.

This is so true.  In fact, I got a tote bag from cafepress that lists like the top 6 questions people will ask you and it is spot on.

I have a question for all you who have identicals.  When was the earliest you had them confirmed that they were identical.  Did you see them at 5 weeks?  I swear I'm so ill that I wonder if they missed a twin or something

jojogirl:

  Did you see them at 5 weeks?  I swear I'm so ill that I wonder if they missed a twin or something

it is totally possible and I think even likely that a twin could be missed at 5 weeks...they almost missed mdallas' identical twins..its so tiny at that pont...could be completely behind thier sibling and not be seen!!!

I had an ultrasound early maybe around 6 or 7 weeks and they only saw one baby.  I didn't find out I was having identical twins until my 20wk ultrasound!!! 

my4boyz+1=5rottenboyz:

jojogirl:

  Did you see them at 5 weeks?  I swear I'm so ill that I wonder if they missed a twin or something

it is totally possible and I think even likely that a twin could be missed at 5 weeks...they almost missed mdallas' identical twins..its so tiny at that pont...could be completely behind thier sibling and not be seen!!!

AndyB~wants~DD:

This is so true.  In fact, I got a tote bag from cafepress that lists like the top 6 questions people will ask you and it is spot on.

Funny thing when they were babies I couldn't tell them apart. Thank God one has a birth mark.

I had my first U/S with them at 13 weeks and she saw them right away. I was the one in my family totaly shocked.

I found out i was having twins because I insisted on them checking for two. I was spotting around 5 to 6 weeks and went in for an ultrasound scan (by my request to be seen..knew something was up.) they really didnt want to see me and said spotting is normal in pregnancy (but not for me!). Anyway, I had gone in at 6 weeks 2 days and only saw one baby. Went back at 7 weeks 1 day and saw one baby. I insisted they took another look with that vaginal ultrasound and so she did and VOILA! There she was hiding in the back of the other one! Since then they have both been very visual! They are identical and in one gestational sac so it was likely one is hiding behind the other. I insisted that they checked because I was getting so big so fast! I was in maternity clothes at 6-7 weeks along. You have to be your own advocate! I knew something was up with the spotting and the growing fast.

No spotting so far...thank GOD.  But I am sicker then I have ever been with any of my babies.  I think I have that severe form of m/s that needs medication.  I am absolutely miserable!  i mean down right I want to crawl in a hole and DIE miserable!  It is strange.  I would definitely bet that if there wasn't a second one in there, it must be a girl....at least that is how I'm justifying all this horrid sickness...haha!  I will have the doctor double check next week.  He has a really OLD SCHOOL ultrasound and the resolution is not good at all.  Even he admitted that.  So I had a scan at 5 weeks 2 days and we just saw a sac and he said he "might see the yolk sac" too.  We'll see.  Probably just wishful thinking though...

You should definetly have him check again. I made them because, like you, I was sick and getting big fast and knew something was up! they werent really both visable without "searching" until my 12 week ultra sound. Good luck and I hope you feel better. PS my dr said to stop taking the prenatals until I was feeling better. I use the FLINSTONES vitamens plus I take iron and folic acid supplements. seemed to help my nausea really well.

My nausea has not let up.  As a matter of fact it is so bad I actually missed a day of IG...LOL...I haven't in like 2 years!  Insane.  Anyhoo...I will have an u/s on Friday.  We'll see.  I guess I feel it's just one but this little one is causing me some severe morning sickness....ugh!

Hope you feel better soon :)

Hi Michele, Congratulations on your twin pregnancy!! 

I have 13 month old twin boys and they are sooo much fun!  I am a twin (identical) and my husband is a twin (fraternal) and we always wanted twins.  We ate lots of yams, soy milk and flax seed to make it happen and it worked!  We willed it to happen. 

I had a great pregnancy, I loved it, until the end when I got kidney stones, but that is because we had 40 degree heat and I was outside working (stupid I know!)  I was drinking tonnes of water but not enough I guess.  I ended up in hospital but it all worked out ok in the end.

We are now trying ttc twin girls, I always dreamt that my twins would be girls, so maybe the next pregnancy they will be!   

 Try not to worry too much, as I am sure you will be just fine.  Just make sure you rest when you are tired and you really listen to your body.  I am a ski instructor and managed to carry on teaching until I was 61/2 months. 

My advice would be to keep those babies in your belly for as long as possible, at least till they are 37 weeks.  My doctor got the dates wrong ( he was 2 weeks out, even though I kept telling him, he didn't listen and they were born by planned C-section at 35 weeks) they then spent 10 days in intensive care, which was so heartwrenching.  They are were fine and are strong healthy boys now, but I wish they could have stayed in till 37 weeks.

My other advice would be to feed them both at the same time, that will be a life saver!  If one is still asleep and the other one is hungry, then wake the sleep one and feed as well, they will then get in a routine together and your life will be way easier.  If you are going to breastfeed, then a double nursing pillow is priceless. 

Good luck, and once again congratulations and welcome to the world of twins!  it is sooooo much fun!!!

TeresaG

Thanks for the great advice! Did you ever worry that they werent ok inside? I am a worry wart and since I cant feel them move around (once in a while I will feel something but not sure if its them). When did you feel them move around? I hate waiting to see them on the ultrasound once a month as I worry they are growing. I am getting bigger so I guess thats a good sign. I just worry one is growing and maybe the other isnt???I am sure that is a wierd worry but i do worry about that!

Hi Michele, yes I worried about that all the time!  I couldn't wait to go the ultrasounds to know that they were both OK and growing.  Twin B who was on my left didn't move much at all so I was always worried about him, whereas Twin A was doing cartwheels in there!  They are still the same now! 

I almost bought one of those heartbeat monitors so I could check on them but then I thought I would probably become obsessed with it, so I just trusted the doctors.

..........I just looked back in my pregnancy diary and the first kick I felt was at 13 weeks.  It felt like a little butterfly in my tummy, and I thought I was imagining it at first!  Later on it feels like you have an octopus in your belly, their are kicks coming in all directions!  When my mum was pregnant with me she didn't know she was having twins - until I came out and then the doctor told her there was another one coming!!  (that was 37 years ago, so thankfully technology has improved!).  I have often asked her how come she didn't know that she had two of us in there because I was feeling kicks all over my belly, and there was no way that one baby could be kicking in all those places!

 I didn't put on any weight until I was 16 weeks pregnant which worried me a lot, in fact I lost weight when I first got pregnant and I was eating loads, but my doctor kept assuring me that the babies were growing and doing fine.  My fundal height went from 2cm - 11cm in a month so that was a pretty big indicator.

Good luck with your pregnancy and enjoy, you are going to love being a twin mum, it is soooo much fun!  I love watching my two playing together and communicating with each other, it is so very special. 

Thanks for the reply! I thought I have been feeling movement but wasnt sure. THe baby on the left moves more than on the right. Even on the last ultrasound "she" was moving like crazy while the other one just sat there. That is why I am so worried she isnt doing well. I hope she starts moving soon so I can be reassured! I know it will be a special moment, right now I am just freaked out about the big change and financial woes it will bring!