**Multiple Pregnancy Check-In 5/25**

[Squishy622]

Tell us how you're doing! Sending extra love and hugs this week to those who need them.

Weeks/Fruit/Team:

Symptoms:

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?

[sunnyb]

35w4d Coconuts Di/Di Team Green twins

This is long and a double post from PAIF:

Symptoms: I've been having a ripping feeling on top of my belly, under my breast bone.


On Wednesday, went into the L&D because of contractions- get there, have one and then they stopped. They did a cervical check which was very painful. I was a "dimple" dialated.. The nurse asks me if I have two cervixes because she felt a weird band in my vagina. Um?! No. TMI- When I get up there was a good amount of bright red blood in the bed. She said it was normal and it would turn brown soon. Get home, go to bed, wake up to pee in the middle of the night wipe and have tons of red blood on the toilet paper in the toilet, on the floor. We called L&D and they tell us to count kicks.

So basically I was up all night freaking out and every time I went to the bathroom same blood. The babies aren't active so much at night so I was a complete mess. We woke up and called my OB. He gets us in in the am and checks me, said I still have one cervix, there doesn't seem to be any more latent blood in there, and there's no weird band. I had already had a non stress test set up for that afternoon and be told me to keep it. Go to the non-stress test Thursday afternoon and Baby A is having decels. They ordered a BPP. Luckily everything looked good. 4 hours later, I head home. Has another NST yesterday and we all passed thank goodness!!! I'm scheduled go back for another NST Tuesday and an ultrasound on Thursday.

If you read all of that- thanks lol! It got legnthy!



QOTW: We are going to my FILs GFs house for a BBQ this afternoon.

[kcwalza]

sunnyb, wow, that sounds scary!! Was the blood from the cervical check? Glad to hear everyone is doing well.

[Squishy622]

Gahhh sunnyb what a roller coaster! Lol that you still had one cervix. Sounds like you're in great hands with your OB and frequent monitoring. I hope things calm down now and you and babies can coast to the finish. Also hope you never have to see that nurse again, geez. Hang in there!


Weeks/Fruit/Team: 20w3d, B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Mono/di girls

Symptoms: Annoying back pain, still puking sometimes if I don't take my meds right on time, nothing too earth shattering. I'm feeling completely recovered from my gallbladder surgery, it's so nice to be on the other side of that.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Anatomy scan and MFM tomorrow! Nervous and excited to see the munchkins. I'm very fixated now on making it to v-day. Still a ways to go but it's inching closer, feels somewhat more in sight now.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: None for now

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? We have no plans today and it's perfect. Went out for bagels and coffee, husband is working from home, and the little and I are enjoying plenty of screen time

[elvenqueen]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28+2, Team Purple

Symptoms: Feet, hands and ankles swelling; BH; general feeling of hugeness and uncomfortableness

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Midwife tomorrow to get my Anti D injection and Whooping Cough vaccination (owie ), then growth scan and consultant appointment on Thursday. Oh, and I had my physio appointment last week, so I got my super sexy support belt and am doing better managing back and pelvic pain. I got a letter inviting me to a followup appointment at about 35 weeks -- seems like it might be a little pointless doing one so late?

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Well I already raised my concerns about movement and it's going a little better now... I think I've just come to the conclusion that my children are playing tricks on me.

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? Not in the US, but it's a Bank Holiday here anyhow so still ended up with the day off with DH. We got a lot done this weekend so have treated ourselves to a day full of eating, cups of tea, and video games.

[kcwalza]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 25w1d cauliflower- di/di girls

Symptoms: nothing major at the moment- just can't believe how big I am.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: went in last week due to ongoing menstrual like cramping and my OB did a manual cervix check which wasn't very fun. Everything looked good- go in again for an OB appointment and ultrasound this Thursday. Can't wait to see the babies

Questions/Comments/Concerns: at what point do you typically have your first NST? My OB hasn't mentioned one.

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? Leaving for a cookout shortly, though it looks like he clouds and thunder are rolling in here in upstate NY!

[elvenqueen]

sunnyb, yikes!! Not fun at all. Hope all continues to be well for you!

[sunnyb]

May 25, 2015 12:41:25 GMT -5 kcwalza said:

sunnyb, wow, that sounds scary!! Was the blood from the cervical check? Glad to hear everyone is doing well.

Yes! The nurse was SO rough. My OB checked me the day after and said there wasn't latent blood and I had a BPP too- and everything looked good. Horrible cervical check! I don't want any more!

[sunnyb]

Squishy622 glad you are feeling fully recovered! Enjoy your anatomy scan The shame in it is that the nurse was really sweet!

[sunnyb]

@feegan hang in there! yay for 33 weeks!!

[sunnyb]

May 25, 2015 12:56:08 GMT -5 kcwalza said:

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 25w1d cauliflower- di/di girls

Symptoms: nothing major at the moment- just can't believe how big I am.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: went in last week due to ongoing menstrual like cramping and my OB did a manual cervix check which wasn't very fun. Everything looked good- go in again for an OB appointment and ultrasound this Thursday. Can't wait to see the babies

Questions/Comments/Concerns: at what point do you typically have your first NST? My OB hasn't mentioned one.

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? Leaving for a cookout shortly, though it looks like he clouds and thunder are rolling in here in upstate NY!

They started having me go twice a week at 34 weeks!

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sunnyb, glad to hear everything is okay, that sounds horribly scary!

@feegan, sorry that you're still dealing with contractions but it's good that they aren't getting too bad. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and your babies!

kcwalza, I'm 34w and still have not heard from my doctors about going in for NST's yet. Seems to be different with everyone!

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Weeks/Fruit/Team: 34w/spaghetti squash - B/G twins

Symptoms: BH a few times a day and just completely and terribly EXHAUSTED. I thought I hit a wall several weeks ago-- nope. This is the wall right here. I can barely do anything at all, going to the grocery store takes everything out of me. I attempted to sweep and mop our bedroom today and started getting shooting pains in my cervix/pelvic area halfway through so I couldn't finish. I'm currently resting on the couch and feeling sorry for myself.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Growth scan/BPP tomorrow and then weekly check up Wednesday.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I'm starting to get really paranoid that I will go into labor any day now while DH is at work or something and I won't be able to get to the hospital on time. Baby A is breech and B is transverse, so I'm just terrified of something bad happening. This came out of no where this week and it's mostly just irrational FTM of twins anxiety, but it's been a rough, emotional week for me. I also don't feel prepared at all and so much cleaning and organizing needs to be done before they get here but I'm physically not able to do it all.

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? I was home all weekend. Had lunch with a colleague yesterday and then today did absolutely nothing besides attempt to deep clean our place.

[sunnyb]

Liking in solidarity @sassycassieb I feel like a ticking time bomb!

[steen9713]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 32W 5D/ team purple

Symptoms: just the normal discomfort and contractions. And still have my morning sickness... Seriously it sucks!

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: I have NST tomorrow and Friday and oB on Wednesday

Questions/Comments/Concerns: nothing really... Just FX my floors get fixed this week so I can get back on track in the nursery and get everything re washed!

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?

Took some quiet time early this morning to think of my friends and family who lost their lives serving our country. Then I had DH take me to some stores to do some gift returns from my last shower. We just have WAY TOO MANY CLOTHES!! Returned them for store credit so later on when I need things I can buy them... After we met with our cousin and his two kids and went to the festival and walked around. Then came home watched TV and just finished watching the Hockey game.

[steen9713]

sunnyb: so scary! Glad you have such a good OB to get you in and help put your mind at ease. 

Squishy622: glad things are going well for you! 

elvenqueen: Hope your swelling eases up for you, I always try and keep my extremities lifted and propped up when ever I'm laying or sitting down. And I can't live with out my support belts  

@feegan: glad you have family coming in to help you out! Keep those babies cooking! 


kcwalza: I just started my NST at 32 weeks twice a week. 


@sassycassieb: I can relate to the exhaustion. I can only do a little house work then take a break, and then a little more then rest.  It's so difficult being pregnant!  
 Don't feel sorry for yourself, your're not alone!  

[kbrooke06]

First check in!


Weeks/Fruit/Team: 16w4d/avocados/ team purple

Symptoms: really sore belly, only on the sides. Eating allll the time, it's nuts!

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: no appts this week but so excited we have just one week left until we see them again.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: when should I be taking birthing classes/hospital tours? I know most people wait until the end, but I just feel like I'm going to get huge and not able to focus on the class. Ours is a 6week class that meets for 2.5 hours once a week at night. Also, they offer a cheaper class if you know you are doing a csection, basically you only attend the last sessions of the regular class. Should we just do the whole class series? Not sure what the heck to do!

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?

Our weekend was pretty quiet. Bbq yesterday and today with family/friends.

[beachy]

kbrooke06, I never took birthing classes with DS, but I would start in your early-mid 20s if you can before you get too uncomfortable. Do you plan on attempting a vaginal birth? If not then I would just do a c/s portion. Definitely take a hospital tour too if it's not included, I got so much useful information from that.

kcwalza,I'm almost 32w and they haven't even mentioned starting NSTs yet. I did have one a few weeks ago when i was having rib issues and couldn't take more than shallow breaths, but that was the only one.

[beachy]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 31w5d, romaine lettuce, team purple

Symptoms: lots of BH all the time, and tons of pressure down low, but other than that feeling great!

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: at my OB appt last week everything was looking great so he's keeping me at every 2 weeks for now. So no appts for me this week.

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?
DS turned 2 on Saturday and H's birthday was yesterday, and my brother and his gf drove down. So we went to the beach and cooked out a lot and just had fun catching up.

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steen9713, I feel you on the morning sickness, I've been sick since week 6. I take Unisom & Vitamin B6 every night and it is amazing how much more normal I feel when I take it. I've run out or forgotten to take it a handful or times during this pregnancy and without it I'm not functional at all, I will literally be in bed throwing up all day. Sorry you're still dealing with it !

[nomnom]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 22w3d, coconut or papaya (are those really the same size?)

Symptoms: Occasional BH, but less than a week or two ago. Boobs itch! Hungry almost always. Occasional lower back ache or lower belly ache.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Nothing much. Just waiting for the four hours of appointments on 6/3.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Is my bra making my boobs itch or are they just itchy?

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?
Weekend was good, but a little bizarre. DH and I plan to sell our house in a couple of years, but we told a realtor friend that if someone came along who was looking for a house much like ours we'd consider selling early. Well, the realtor friend called Saturday to show the house on Monday. Cue DH and I spending most of the weekend cleaning the house. It looks so much nicer! I think the people liked it, too, but it remains to be seen if they like it enough to buy it. If they do, we'll have a crazy summer of moving DH's mom to a retirement home five hours away, moving our household from a 4000-square-foot house to a <1000-square-foot bottom unit of a duplex, and preparing for babies. Despite the complication, I really hope they like our place because it would be great for us financially.

[kbrooke06]

beachy I'm not sure yet if I want/can attempt a vaginal birth. My OB said they wouldn't let me unless both are head down, but even if they are, it's up to me. I'm not set on either eay, so I don't know if we should just do the whole series.
We for sure will be doing the tour. I have so many questions on how they handle twins, and I'm way paranoid that these babies will be coming early so I'll be checking out the NICU thoroughly.

[thesportsgal]

Thanks again, Squishy622 you are so on top of things

@sassycassieb, I have learned that there is NO SUCH THING as irrational FT twin mom fear/anxiety It is all perfectly rational and acceptable.

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 26W5D, Team Purple

Symptoms: Nothing but being pregnant. Except I get to have anxiety everyday now based on my "diagnosis" from last week.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Meeting with my OB Monday, then MFM scan Tuesday and consultation with the MFM Doc Tuesday afternoon.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Sigh. I don't know. I am trying to cope with all of this and especially since we don't know anything FOR SURE yet but it was all just so surprising, like getting punched in the face over and over. There are things I should be thankful for, like the fact that we get to tour the NICU and get prepared, unlike a lot of other twin moms. But it's hard to not feel like a failure. That my body failed me and my babies and my family by making a shitty placenta. Hoping/praying that Baby A is growing in there. If they send me to L & D next Tuesday I think I will have a stroke

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend? Had a wonderful weekend with my husband and LO. She continues to amaze us every day and I just love her. I miss her so much when I go back to work after a weekend like that!

[thesportsgal]

kbrooke06, Mine would let me attempt vaginal if Baby A was head down. She said even if Baby B is transverse, she could get her out (barring no complications of course). I'm surprised both have to be head down as I didn't think it was that common. But I know NOTHING about twin L & D , haha

[chiwifey]

Hugs to everyone who needs them! This being pregnant with twins thing isn't easy!

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 25w3d rutabagas b/g twins

Symptoms: horrible heartburn and reflux, swollen feet and ankles, headache, and I just feel huge, crazy crazy emotional... basically I'm a ball of fun right now

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Just had an appt with my OB. Due to baby girl's cord issues they lovingly kicked me out and want me to see the MFM for everything now. I'll deliver at a different hospital which is farther away but the NICU is a higher level there which is best for all of us. Now just waiting until June 15 for my growth scan and praying baby girl is still doing well.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I am monitoring movement all the time to make sure that I can feel baby girl. I am terrified something will happen to her cord and we will lose her. Also I hate that my feet and ankles are swollen so early with this pregnancy. I truly look like I am about to deliver though so I guess it makes sense. I am having a rough day so I'm sorry if this is the whiniest post ever.

QOTW: If you're in the US, tell us what you're up to for the holiday today. If not, how was your weekend?
We did some gardening and grilling this weekend. Fun weekend and I loved having DH home with us.

[sunnyb]

thesportsgal and chiwifey praying for great growth for your babies.

[thesportsgal]

chiwifey, Ugh, try to hang in there!! You and I are sharing a boat, I think.

For heartburn, I moved onto Prilosec. It's been amazing. I gradually moved up to it from TUMS, then Pepcid and once the Pepcid stopped working she moved me to Prilosec. I asked her over and over if it would affect the twins and she said no. Every question from now on starts with "Does that make babies small??"

I also found this article that I have found to be the most informative and I'm bringing it (along with my questions) with us to our MFM meeting. I would like to know more about the scale it mentions - Stage 0,1,2 etc - and the management suggestions it lists based on that. Of course, he might tell me the article is BS but at least it helped me gather my thoughts and info on what our situation might end up being.

contemporaryobgyn.modernmedicine.com/contemporary-obgyn/content/tags/intrauterine-growth-restriction/detection-and-surveillance-iugr

And you can tell me to shut up of course

[thesportsgal]

chiwifey Another good read if you want:

contemporaryobgyn.modernmedicine.com/contemporary-obgyn/news/clinical/obstetrics-gynecology-womens-health/mfm-consult-twin-iugr

ETA tag Twin IUGR in case anyone does a search in the future

[chiwifey]

thesportsgal thank you SO much for sharing those articles with me!

[kbrooke06]

thesportsgal yeah, I was surprised she said both had to be head down to even try. But I know nothing about this either haha so I'm preparing (as much as I can with never having done this!) For a csection, but I don't want to rule out a vaginal birth yet, so I'm constantly going back and forth on what classes, if any, I should be taking.