Having twins first time!!!!!!

Hey everyone,

Not sure how this all works but was wondering if there were any other mothers to be out there expecting twins that I could talk too.

Hope to hear from some soon

Kelstar24

hellooooo!

I have 6 month old fraternal twins. The were born at 35 weeks, by c-sect, due to Aoife being small for dates and having reduced blood flow through her placenta. She also had reduced amniotic fluid, so all of the above were monitored closely from 28weeks.
We spent 10 days in NICU before being discharged home.

Up until then my pregnancy was pretty easy with tiredness , or should I say exhaustion, being my main complaint.

I have a twin sister so we had a bit of an idea that it was likely we'd have some ourselves.

Like Travelgirl said, ask any questions you want.

How far along are you? How are things going for you so far?
Have you recovered from the shock yet?

Yup, I had a VB, was so proud of myself, even tho my girls were 1520g and 1910g, they felt like giants to me.

The good thing about twins first off, is that you know no different. But there is a difference, and it's not till they are a bit older you can get an unclouded view of life with a singleton, and then you will feel reallt proud of your self....... well that's how I feel anyway

Maya wrote: , they are identical (monochorionic-diamniotic) twins

*lurker in *

emma, what does that mean ?

HI

I'm not preggy anymore and the twins weren't my first but as Maya said it sure felt like they were!

Noah & Lola are 8mths now and I have a 2 year old as well.

I had the twins naturally at 35 weeks due to having pre-eclampsia Noah was 6lb and Lola 5lb 5oz and were born in 3 hours so pretty quick.

We spent 10 days in SCBU just to get there feeding sorted

Wow this website rocks! I could not believe the amount of support and friendship could be online.

Thank you to everyone who gave me a quick insight into having twins, it has made me feel a lot more comfortable about the situation.

I'm a twin myself, but we lost my twin sister at birth due to doctors negligence so i think this is why I am a little nervous about the whole process. The funny thing is my twins are due on my birthday which sort of freaked me out to begin with but now i think it's pretty special.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice re: sleeping etc do i have two bassinetts and two cots or just stick with two cots? Little confused as our bedroom is not that big and a cot may be too big in there?

I have my first ante natal appointment at the hospital tomorrow when finally i get assigned a midwife and I'm already 16 weeks! Was a little annoyed at the system here in Palmerston as I had some issues re: bleeding and had no one to turn to apart from the A and E for help or advice.

Thanks heaps guys for your kind welcomes

Kelly

Hey, when we came home from Hospital (age 6 weeks) we just put them straight into a cot, but they shared 1 cot for 3 months, then we put them into their own. We had 1 bassinet that we kept in the lounge, and often I had one or both asleep in that during the day. It was a large bassinet though, it was my dad's and he's now 63 so they were pretty roomy back then.

Mine never coslept, we bought two cots and I thought I'd see how they went sharing to start with but when we put them in the same bassinette at Birthcare Mercedes screamed the place down so they went in their own cots from the beginning. They were in their own room too, would never have fitted two cots in our room and bassinettes seemed like a waste of $$$ coz they don't stay in them long. I haven't roomed in with any of my babies tho.

Thats awesome you have had a wonderful pregnancy cat007 I will be thinking of you all over the next couple of weeks. I would love to hear how things are going for you all!

Thanks for the sleeping advice!

P.s heard my babies heart beat for the first time today wow that was pretty cool!

Kels

Are you in Palmy North kelstar???

If you are mum2paris on here is in the neonates as a nurse there. Are you under an OB up there??