***Multiple Pregnancy Check-In 4/6***

[Squishy622]

Happy Monday! Congrats to everyone on another week!

Weeks/Fruit:

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Symptoms/Rants:

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds:

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents?

[elvenqueen]

Thanks for the check in, Squishy622!

Weeks/Fruit: 21+3, bananas

Sexes/Twin Type: frat b/g (confirmed!)

Symptoms/Rants: Sleeping is starting to become a bit of a bitch again. When I wake up to pee, it takes me up to 2 hours to get back to sleep. Ridiculous. I'm tempted to sleep downstairs just so I'm closer to the bathroom, I think it's the long walk that wakes me up. But the lovely perks of the 2nd trimester make everything worth it -- I feel relatively normal, just quite big and uncomfortable in the evening, with a sore back if I've overdone it during the day.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: I had my A/S on Thursday, and all is well! It was a bit of a nightmare to get the all clear. Baby girl was resting up against the membrane (and yawning, haha), wouldn't budge to let the tech see her spine and skin. I was going to have to come back in two weeks (yeah, right!) but I asked if walking around would help, so she let me go do my clinic appointment and then come back. Baby girl had move to sit on her brother's face (still can't stop laughing at this), providing a perfect view of her back. Bonus PIP below. Next appointment will be my first growth scan at 24 weeks, end of April.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Kicks are increasing in frequency and strength, so DH finally felt one yesterday! I did wonder, though -- for those of you further along, is it difficult to tell which twin you're feeling movements for?

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Off the top of my head, I'm very into writing. It's been a hobby/obsession since I was in high school, and I still keep it up even though it has nothing to do with my area of work. I like to think I'm getting pretty good, but who knows?



Baby Girl squishing Baby Boy's face, 20+5

[SassyPants150]

Weeks/Fruit: 34+4/butternut squash

Sexes/Twin Type: Fraternal b/g

Symptoms/Rants: Fatigue, indigestion, stretch marks (didn't get any with DD...boo)

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: Regular OB appointment scheduled for Thursday. Usually pretty uneventful. Last MFM ultrasound is scheduled for two weeks from now. If baby A turned around I will get to go for a vaginal delivery, otherwise I will be scheduling a C for around the 38 week mark (EEEP!)

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I worked in the yard during the weekend and the struggle is getting real. It's hard for me to accept being physically unable to do things. As a fitness instructor it's hard enough having to start my break from most of my classes. I'm down to just teaching seniors. I just keep telling myself that I'm coming up on 3 weeks to go. That sounds short and manageable!

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Nope...I'm pretty average

[nomnom]

Weeks/Fruit: 15w3d

Sexes/Twin Type: frat (a/s on May 11)

Symptoms/Rants: I've been having frequent headaches when I wake up, probably related to struggling to get comfortable at night. I've also been nauseated off and on. It's not quite morning sickness... maybe just acid?

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: Nothing until May 1.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: No concerns about the babies. I wish I'd stop having headaches and nausea.

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Nothing hidden. I'm good at writing, and I do that for a living. I'm also decent at jujutsu, and I teach/practice that up to three times a week.

[sarums]

Happy Monday! Congrats to everyone on another week!

Weeks/Fruit: 24 wks, ears of corn

Sexes/Twin Type: identical girls

Symptoms/Rants: Hungry all the time, but I eat 4 bites and I'm uncomfortably full.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: U/S yesterday, and they looked great! Both measuring 1 lb 8 oz.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: nope!

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? I play the trumpet (my husband and I met in college marching band!)

[Squishy622]

Weeks/Fruit: 13w4d, peaches

Sexes/Twin Type: Mono/Di identical girls

Symptoms/Rants: My gallbladder surgery is scheduled for the 20th. Otherwise tired, constipated, achy, unfocused at work, the usual but it's all bearable! If I didn't have the gallstones and anxiety about the surgery, I'd be feeling great.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: I just transferred my care to the high risk OB/MFM at the university hospital where I work. My first appointment there is this afternoon but not sure if I'll have an u/s. I'll start every 2 week monitoring for TTTS at 16 weeks.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I asked this last week, but if anyone has experience with surgery in pregnancy or knows anyone who has, I'd love to hear. The benefits outweigh the risks for me but I'm still scared out of my mind.

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? I'm an awesome baker but that's not really unique. I can tear the aluminum foil to the exact size of the baking sheet every time, maybe that counts!

[richzep]

Weeks/Fruit: 18 weeks. Sweet potato I think.

Sexes/Twin Type: b/g

Symptoms/Rants: headaches have improved! No complaints.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: have to go in weekly for a cervical length check. I'm here right now! But all is going well.

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? I can quote every single line to every Friends episode. Not super proud of this.

[mrsf0831]

Squishy622 thanks for starting thus, I was going to but couldn't think of a gtky and gave up lol

Weeks/Fruit:35w3d coconut

Sexes/Twin Type:di di boys

Symptoms/Rants: omg I developed the worst new symptom ever I would take everything else over this. PUPPS I am an itchy mess right now which I feel I am making it worse by scratching. I wake up and I am scratching lol. Still heartburn and swelling feet

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds:nst and growth scan yest. Babies are doing well nice and big lol 6.5 and 6.4 me on the other hand I have to go in on friday to get bp check and my dr will determine if I am to stop working or not. She didn't like the way it fluctuated from my nst apt to my grown scan so we shall see. First was 131/?? And 128/?? I forget the bottom numbers lol

Questions/Comments/Concerns: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh im a whiny brat bc im so itchy I feel like i.rolled around in poison ivy wahhh ok im done lol

Gtky : Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Not at all hahah

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Weeks/Fruit: 27/bunch of bananas (according to Ovia). That seems smaller than the squash they were supposed to be last week lol.

Sexes/Twin Type: B/G Di/Di.

Symptoms/Rants: Heartburn is becoming manageable-- a glass of milk when I start feeling it really helps! Overall I am just SO freaking exhausted all the time. I could sit and do nothing all day and I would still be tired. Turning over in bed is getting difficult. Other than that things are going okay.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: Next bi-weekly appointment is in a week to check BP, weight, and hear their heartbeats. We attempted to get a 3D scan done last week and it was a big fail. Not sure if we will go back and try again.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Just starting to feel like I'm most likely going to end up with a c-section. Baby A has been breech since almost the beginning of second tri, and Baby B has been transverse since then as well. Baby B is also our bigger baby, so I feel like I have all the odds stacked against me for a vaginal delivery. I'm not terribly upset about it since I'd rather go into it knowing I'm having a section than attempting vaginal and ending up with an emergency c-section, but it still sucks.

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Not really hidden, but I used to sing and don't really anymore (except when driving lol). I sing to the babies now though, I hope they don't mind .

[mrsf0831]

elvenqueen it depends on their position. Baby b is trans across so I know his movement. When I feel kicks low in bladder area I know are A

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Apr 7, 2015 14:14:39 GMT -5 mrsf0831 said:

elvenqueen it depends on their position. Baby b is trans across so I know his movement. When I feel kicks low in bladder area I know are A

+1 on this! Baby A is on my right and breech so when I'm getting kicked very low (usually in my cervix or bladder) I know that's her. Because I have a lot of fluff down there I haven't felt her outside kicks. Baby B on the other hand is transverse with his feet in my middle above my belly button, so his kicks are very forceful and I can see them from the outside/others can feel his kicks. 

[chiwifey]

Weeks/Fruit: 18 sweet potatoes
Sexes/Twin Type: b/g
Symptoms/Rants: I feel like among other things my a$$ is huge... Is that a symptom? rant? Maybe both I feel pretty good except for my awful varicose veins. They make me sad.
AW/Appts/Ultrasounds: reg appt and u/s on Friday before we head off to Mexico on Sunday!!! Can't wait to see my babes
Questions/Comments/Concerns: just trying to wrap my head around logistics of two babies.
QOTW: not really, I can roll my tongue 3 times. Not that exciting.

[steen9713]

Weeks/Fruit: 26+1

Sexes/Twin Type: di/di B/G 

Symptoms/Rants: still having morning sickness and contractions  

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: I have an appt tomorrow with my regular OB hope he can give me info from my growth scan this past Friday. 

Questions/Comments/Concerns: getting really excited as I get further along in this pregnancy. 

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents?
ive been told im a really good cook. - other then that... Nope , I'm a plain Jane. 

[sunnyb]

Weeks/Fruit: 28w5d

Sexes/Twin Type: Team Green/ Di/Di Fraternal

Symptoms/Rants: I've had a stuffy nose for the past few days. Not sure if that's pregnancy related or not.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: Our next u/s is scheduled for 4/14!

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? No

[kcwalza]

Weeks/Fruit: 18w 3d- sweet potatoes

Sexes/Twin Type: both girls, pretty sure they are fraternal due to separate sacs and two placentas.

Symptoms/Rants: I have rheumatoid arthritis and can't take my meds during pregnancy, so that sucks. Otherwise just tired and feeling large.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: Next ultrasound/ OB appointment is April 29th. Don't like waiting!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I have a fear that my cervix will shorten quickly.

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? Sadly no- how depressing!

[mrsf0831]

@feegan omg I have had soooooo many skin tags form I hate it.

[SassyPants150]

Squishy622 Shut the front door. We have a running joke that I should go on Americas Got Talent for lining pans with aluminum foil with quickness and accuracy.

[neongreen]

Weeks/Fruit: 30 weeks today!

Sexes/Twin Type: di/di girls

Symptoms/Rants: I was just diagnosed with cholestasis, which isn't the end of the world, but is just one more thing that needs to be monitored closely. Also, sleep is now a thing of the past.

AW/Appointments/Ultrasounds: I had my first non-stress test yesterday, and I had more contractions than they would have liked to see (most of which I didn't feel). The doctor isn't too concerned, but between that and the cholestasis, it's weekly NSTs and ultrasounds from now on. Girls are still very active and are now over three pounds each!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: With the support of my family, I've decided to stop working now. It's just one more stressor that I don't need, and I'm very, very lucky that 1) my job is flexible anyway and my boss is awesome, and 2) we don't rely on the income I bring in to get by. Here's hoping that my biggest issue for the next seven weeks is just boredom from "taking it easy"!

QOTW: Do you have any hidden or unique talents? I used to be a music/band teacher, and as such, I can play most musical instruments. For instruments like the violin, I can just get out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the like, but for all the band instruments, for flute ranging down to tuba, my college demanded proficiency at New York's Level 4 (out of 6). Not that I've had opportunity to play a tuba in the last five years or so, but it's still a fun fact to whip out.

[bluebonnet22]

Weeks/Fruit: 26+3, squash of some kind

Sexes: b/g fraternal

Symptoms: Just feeling huge. I've been super good on my diet the past 3 days in anticipation of my doctors visit (counting calories, only eating healthy foods, no sugary snacks, etc) and still I gained 1.8 lbs this week since Monday. Oh and at my appointment today the phlebotomist told me I was going to have a "HUGE BABY" . Thanks, feeling great right now!

Appointments : Appointment went fine today, but excited for an ultrasound in 2 weeks!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I'm having contractions but my doctor isn't concerned so I guess I shouldn't be either! 

QOTW: I wish!

elvenqueen - I started feeling tons of movement around 22 weeks. My babies are similar to your's - girl on top of the boy and I definitely can tell the difference. The girl's movements are felt much higher and the boy I feel more in my pelvis and low. I can only feel the girl from the outside, the boy I don't feel as much and when I do I can only feel from the inside.