Double/Triple+ Trouble 2009

[ndgo82]

awwwww..I'm so happy for you. Congrats

[carisa]

Well, my gc is 16 weeks tomorrow! Yay, one more week down. Our cribs and changing table come in two days. I can't wait! Our next ultrasound is in two weeks at week 18. I can't wait

Gennessa- I know what you mean, it's hard when you are not completely close to your MIL. Mine lives 4 hours away, so I'm not very close to my MIL. She's a nice lady, but I feel like I don't know her too well. So today should have been your appointment! Did you find out for sure what you are having??

Literatriz-TRIPLETS? Bless your heart! You must be very excited!! How are you feeling so far?

Fullofhope2-You must be so excited! We were walking around on a high the week or two after finding out about our twins! My gestational carrier (surrogate) is now 16 weeks and we are still VERY excited! It won't feel real until they are here.

ndgo82-I swear, the worrying never ends. Especially for us women who have struggled so much to have a baby. I have a surrogate who is 16 weeks pregnant with twins and I'm so worried that she will not cooperate and do bedrest if needed. I wouldn't worry too much about the heartrates being different. I think that is very common. Unless it's too low, it's totally normal.

SilverAngel679-Woohoo-174 at 9 weeks is great! You must be so happy! In the first trimester I pretty much lived for each ultrasound to make sure they were both still there and growing. Now that we are 16 weeks, not much has changed. I still love each ultrasound, but not as much as the first tri. Seeing them move is also the best! Congratulations on graduating to an OB!!

[babyloves]

hi ladies!
Carisa: glad ur gc is doing well. I was just wondering how many U/S she's had since being sent to the ob? Can u tell me what stages they were at? I heard they don't do them as frequently as the RE's. Thanks.

Silverangel: congrats on the awesome hb's
ngdo: bedrest seems like a good idea...i think there's some merit to rest during pg which we don't realize as ur all tough women hope twin b catches up.

crogers: yeah, i worry about weight too. I'm a normal weight person usually, and i've only gained 1 lb in the last 10 wks..i go in for my ob apt tomm so hopefully she'll have some advice

know i missed some ladies...hope ur doing well!
Good nite!

[carisa]

babyloves-My gc saw her OB at 9 weeks, had an ultrasound. At 12 weeks she saw the Perinatologist for the first time, so she had another ultrasound. Then at 14 weeks, she saw her OB again, and had another ultrasound. Her next appointments will be to see both the Peri and the regular OB at 18 weeks. She developed very early gestational diabetes, so I'm not sure if this is a normal schedule or not.

She has gained about 6 lbs so far and she is 16 weeks tomorrow. Doln't know if that is normal or not.

[carisa]

crogers-I saw that you mentioned you were having a level II ultrasound coming up. At what week are you having that? I believe my GC has one scheduled for week 18.

[babyloves]

Carisa: thanks for all the info...i guess gestational DM prob leads to more u/s than usual. But i'm sure its nice as you get to see ur babies often They say for twins, the avg women should gain about 35-45 lbs thruout the pg.

[carisa]

EVERYONE-When is a level II ultrasound usually done? My gc is only able to get hers done at 16 weeks 6 days, so basically the day before she turns 17 weeks. Is that too soon? I'm worried. If anyone know about this, I would love to hear your opinion? I just don't want them to miss anything.

[Gennessa]

Hi everyone -

Well the ob was wrong. We saw the perni yesterday and we are having twin boys...... Crazy now that we know its so weird to think two little boys growing inside.

I will never be able to watch regular TV again it will be sports sports sports. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Ok I have to get back to work

Gennessa

[crogers]

Carisa- I will have my level II u/s next week and that will be 18 weeks for me. I don't think it has to be week 18 it just seemed to work out like that me. I have had no bleeding at all this last week and I am really looking forward to seeing if they can see anything. I hope they can't so I can go back to normal living.

Gennessa- Congrats on 2 boys!! I just knew we were having one of each and when she said boys I was so shocked and happy! Yea for you guys!

Is anyone having vivid dreams about there babies? I am and it is so weird to have them and wake up and tell yourself that was just a dream. Last night I dreamed I couldn't find my breast pump and needed to use it and in the mean time my sister was holding on of the babies and was feeding it coke!! What a crazy dream!! I just can't wait to hold them and give them kisses!!

[carisa]

Genessa-Yay for two boys!! That's so great. Yes, there will be lots of sports watching in your house! LOL. My husband watches so much football it's ridiculous, I can't imagine having two boys to join in on the action. We were told that it looks like we are having one of each at our 14 week ultrasound, so it will be fun finding out for sure what we are having. I can't wait!!!

Crogers-Hopefully you will have no more bleeding. I'm sure it's been a long pregnancy so far with that happening. Just think, you will have two little ones coming soon!

I guess our level II at 17 weeks will be fine. At first I thought it was too early, but after some research, it should be fine.

[Literatriz]

Hi all,
I am glad to hear that besides the not so restful surrogate everyone is doing fine...we need days of no bleeding, no extreme vomit, no disgusting gastric reflux - and no nightmares about lost pumps!
Gennessa, congratulation on your twin boys! What will be the official sport in Dad's opinion?
ndgo82, you doctors may check for some sort of problems if the twins share a placenta or if the differences can't be explained by individual differences, which is quite possible. Twin-to-twin transfusion and some other problems are not very frequent but I am sure your doctors will monitor your babies more frequently.

For all of us struggling with nutricion and the ideal weight gain...life is plenty of "good protein". We must exercise self-control and good choices as our children will learn from start that one cannot eat all that is available and adversized...obesity is epidemic in many countries (especially here in the US). It is a direct consequence of the distorted way we have been fed - fast food and empty proteins.
My hustand and I have pushed for an early appointment with a dietician and it was very, VERY helpful. So far, I have gained 3 pounds and my babies are just fine.
We have a binder with dividers for : weight chart, daily charts of the groups of foods I must eat, lists of foods I enjoy (I fill it out as we browse through the supermarket islands), recipes... It became a lot easier. I also say to myself - refuse junk! - everytime I see empty calories advertised on TV. They don't care about me or my baby. They just want us to continue to eat 4 times more calories than any other citizen in the world and to be morbidly obese. Sorry if I sound aggressive. I need to defend my little ones against all messes that happen when we don't maintain a healthy diet If I don't take charge, who will?
I have changed my eating habits six months before getting pregnant. Believe me, it is getting easier every day.
Wishing you and your babies a healthy waiting/weighting season,
Literatriz

[sweetmomi]

I have a lot of reading to catch up on here.

Just jumping on to let you know I had my 8 week US yesterday and the triplets look great. Next US is 9/18.

[stefanie]

Hi all -

I've enjoyed reading everyone's story.


I am having twins and we found out just last thursday. We are 6 weeks and 2 days today and have another ultrasound this thursday. Iguess we'll be looking for heartbeats this week or next. I'm nervous. But feel good.

Can we talk about constipation? It's killing me. I eat cooked veggies, apples, only whole grain, and drink prune juice every day and still can't go! At best I'm going every three days. what are other people doing. I was eating cheese again, but am now doing Yogurt instead to also help the digestion MOVE.
sorry to be so graphic.


Other than that I"m queasy and boobish and full of heartburn.... and happy for every sick feeling minute.

stefanie

[siouxsie]

Sweetmomi: What were the heart rates?

Stefanie: No constipation for me. Phew. But, I do have really bad gas, from both ends.

Literatriz: Your plan sounds wise. At my appt. tomorrow I will also push for a nutrition consultation as I am a pescatarian. DH would love it if I started on meat, but 3 REs all said it wasn’t necessary. Personally, I am missing beer and wine a bit.

Also,I hope it’s not crass to ask, but I was just wondering why you choose to go to Brazil.

Crogers: I suspect when the chaos of real twins comes, the dreams will seem calm!

[Gennessa]

Hi mom's ......

Well I dont know about you but I have the worst heart burn. Its more of a buring in my chet then anything. I eat tum's like candy and they help but boy oh boy its not tasty.

Lit- you were asking what the big sport it. Well its all of them. DH plays soccer and tennis and watched football golf volleyball you name it. So there will not be one but many a sport games I will have to attend.

Ok so we went and registered for stuff this past weekend. My 1st of three baby showers is mid Oct. I know three but there is just so many people I have to break it up. But oh my some many things to decide. Which bottle are we going to use and which pacifier. Oh and I have a big QUESTION. Has any one looked into double strollers???? The Greco bigger one is nice but heavy and I have read some not so good reviews on it. I am stuck so any info would be great. But it was fun looking at the prints and stuff. I am going back this weekend to add a few more things with my mom as DH got bored last time and started to get hungry and that was the end of that. HAHAHAHAH

Ok back to work. I wish I was on leave already but it looks like I have at least three more months before that will happen. Oh well