I wanted to welcome you to the thread. Sorry it was a while in coming, i have been away for the weekend, it was my daughters 6th birthday. You should be going fo your nucal scan soon? Or are you not going to do that?
How is everyone else?
I have been having the worst backpain and lig pain so i went to see a OB yesturday because i worry about preterm labour and back pain can be a marker for that, but the ob said you dont really need to worry about pain unless you can feel your tummy is tight and the tightening is rythmic. I told him that my tummy goes tight every so often and he explained that was normal, they arent brackston hicks contractions at my stage though.
I just thought i would tell you girls that info as i bet you are also worried
Is that the combo you most wanted? I think boy/girl twins are fantasic as you can buy EVERYTHING you see thats for both sexes. I am soo looking forward to bringing home a blue and pink bunny rug wrapped baby and buying their coming home outfits .
well....i always thought that i'd be happy with whatever came our way (or i wouldn't be on the IVF board!), but when they thought it was two boys, i felt like i was going to be getting off a little easy! two of the same sex (and the easier gender to manage if you ask me!) seemed to be a blessing, but that's not the case. i will get the best of both worlds and we're happy that we have the chance to have two babies at once. i couldn't imagine going through the struggle to get pregnant again.
Hope you all had a good Christmas Day. I'm taking some time-out from festive TV and DVDs to have a quick catch-up. My brain function nowadays daoesn't extend to individual messages so I hope you will all forgive me for a general response!!
Almost 37 weeks now and really chuffed to still be with-babes.
With regards to some of your questions and issues...............
The first thing to really change was the size of my boobs.....by week 8 I had gone up a cup size and then a further one by week 15!! Thankfully the rate of growth did not continue at that pace!
Measurements of your fundal height are notoriously inaccurate and my advice would be don't compare. My hospital midwives aren't interested in fundal height and my community midwives get different readings from one time to the next - one time it appeared that I had shrunk by 2cm over 4 weeks which was utter nonsense since my growth scan measurements showed nice progression. There is enough in pregnancy to raise our anxiety levels and getting bogged-down in statistics that have limited relevance is, in my opinion, pointless.
Initially I was obsessed with everything and paranoid about every twinge, new sensation or 'funny feeling' to the point that I was worrying about something each day. I read all the books and magazines in the early months but soon realised that a lot of the information has limited research base to it. I remember my husband saying to me one day that he wished I would just relax into the pregnancy, enjoy it and trust my body to do the rest. I'm not encouraging anyone to ignore important signs but simply to go about daily life safely and enjoy the time as couple before life changes. There may be some of you thinking yeah right what does she know but if any of you followed me at the time of treatment and the early weeks of being PG, you'll remember that I was pretty unwell and couldn't believe that my babies survived the 2WW whilst I was in hospital.
For those of you with symphisis pubis dysfunction the only advice I have heard about is see a physiotherapist and/or a chiropractor, don't sit with your legs crossed, get advice on posture and positioning and if swimming, don't do breaststroke.
I have had BH contractions on a daily basis from 30 weeks.
Good luck to you all as you continue to nourish and protect your babies.
Thankyou Maci for that info and congratz on reaching 37 weeks. Are you going to have a natural Labour or C-section?
I am going to have a planned c-section as my first daughters birth was very hard and she nearly died. I remember when i had my daughter, i didnt feel i could say no to certain things, like having 2 or three student doctors helping with the labour. I didnt want to upset anyone.
This time around however i plan to write the birth plan i want and have the doctors follow it as long as the babies are safe. With my c-section i want the screen lowered so i can see the babies born and i want to hold them first before they are cleaned. I want my husband to be able to go with the babies if they have to go somewhere.
You wont belive how vunreble you feel and how much you want to keep everyone happy because you are so thankful you are getting your baby (babies).
Sorry if this seems to be coming from nowhere but its been on my mind so i just thought i would share as i have been thru birth and labour before
Best wishes and a happy new year to everyone
Jaymee
My little ones started kicking on Christmas eve! They may have had the odd kick before hand but I didn’t really know that was what it was.
At first, each time dh tried to feel it they stopped, but they often start kicking late at night when we are in bed (almost as if they are saying goodnight!) and he has felt it now. I do find it quite a comfort that they are kicking – sort of a reassurance that they are awake and they are ok. It is a bit weird to see my stomach moving up and down all on its own thou!
I am getting over flu (again) at the moment, so I am even more tired than normal!
Jaymee – I was very interested to read your thoughts about a birth plan. I have been thinking about it for myself quite a bit recently. I am hoping for natural birth. I have told dh the sort of things that I want and what I dont want to happen, but I will be writing it down. Whilst I dont want to appear too bossy and dictatorial I just want what is best for me and my babies.
Good luck with your plan
Best wishes to you all
Take care
Ange
Me 40 DH 41
1st IVF Aug 05 +ve - Twins!
Stefan and Mollie arrived 02.05.06
We may have double the work but we get double smiles, double kisses and double cuddles.
Can you tell me what your beta was? I had three eggs put back in me. On my first BFP on 12/30 my scan was 776
then two days from that 3, 726
then two days from that which is today is 6,874.84.
Does that seem really high? I'm praying for twins
Ange: Wow what a lovely xmas present to feel the babies move, it is my favorite part of pregnancy, its such a comforting feeling. I am 24 weeks today and i dont feel my babies that much, but often when i have a scan the doctors are suprised i cant feel them because they are moving so much. Maybe i just dont have sensitive insides .
tonyacheek24: My beta was 2075 day 15 after transfer and then i tested once more a week later and it was 17000 or something.
I hope you get your twins wish .
I have been worrying a bit lately about if i should ask to have my c-section a few days before i am 38 weeks or a few days after. I am 38 weeks on good friday which is a public holiday, so i really dont think the doctors will do the c-section then. I have heard it is dangerous to go passed 38 weeks though, although when i asked my doctor when they took twins via c-section and he said between 38 and 39 weeks. My husband works in another city during the week so i am scared of waiting and going into labour alone and having the c-section before he can get home.
Does anyone have any ideas about ideal birth weeks for twins?
Jaymee - The consultant at the hospital told me that their policy is not to let twins go over 38 weeks.
Tonyacheek - I was not given beta results. After I got my BFP I had to wait for my first scan. We found out we were having twins at my 8 week scan. Good luck!
Have a great weekend everyone.
Take care
Ange
Me 40 DH 41
1st IVF Aug 05 +ve - Twins!
Stefan and Mollie arrived 02.05.06
We may have double the work but we get double smiles, double kisses and double cuddles.
I think I'm going to split in two! I'm at 20 weeks and am really growing quite large. My belly button actually hurts
I have decided that I'm not going to carry these babies like a cute basketball. I'm going to be as big as a house and that's going to have to be okay. I see the doctor this week for a checkup, so i hope to hear heartbeats again and maybe get a quick peek at how big they are.
I hope you are all doing well! Reading your posts is really making me feel positive! thank you!
Ange, I just wanted to see how you are doing, I am just starting to read your book as I was really busy during xmas time!
I should start my tmt around the 19th-20. I thank you again for your kindness,
take care
souris
xxx
Me 27, DH 55
04/ 05 ICSI -tive 02/06 ICSI. No fertilisation
09/ 06 ICSI. BFP!!! M/C at 12 weeks.04/07 ? ICSI -tive
04/08 ICSI BFP!!! M/C at 12 weeks
Feb 09 6th ICSI has started! neg
June 09 7th ICSI. Please make it happen!!
KC_TTC I hope your doctors appointment went/goes well.
My babies have been sooo quite lately, i feel more rolls then anything, i am 25 weeks, and i seem to have movement in the same places, i havnent felt anything yet thats deffinatly 2 babies, i just have to try not to worry and asume if ones ok the other should be.
How are the rest of you going with movement?
I just brought my twin breastfeeding pillow yesturday, its quite a contrapion. But i think it will help a lot.
Hi Everyone, i am new to this website and message board and am loving having so many woman in my same position. i am 6 weeks pregnant with twins.
yesterday i found out we were having twins when i saw two little heart beats but they couldn't measure the exact heart rate of one of them but we saw them both flickering away. it was so amazing.. i have been in lala land. but i know it is early and i am trying not to get too excited.
i am full of excitement and then fear that something will go wrong. does that ever go away?? i promised myself that when i saw the heart beat, i would relax.. and i have a little but not too much.
do any of you know if you are not supposed to do too many ultra sounds? I went to my fertility dr yesterday and then today to my obgyn. the obgyn couldn't see the heart beating clearly with one baby (thought it was at the top but wasn't sure) but my fertility dr showed them to us very clearly. i am wondering if the fertility doctor has better equipment.
I have had anxiety EVERY day during my pregnancy. I don't think you make to the IVF message board unless you are a road warrior with disappointments...so I hear you loud and clear.
