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Ali

[Just-one-more]

I'll claim gold!

I'm still ticking along

[AliGeo]

Silver!!

Finally a bit of time for personals.

Muggins_00 - Congratulations on your second set of twins! At least you'll be prepared for double everything again. I doubt we'll go again, purely cos I'd be too scared that we'd get twins again.

Tucky - So glad to hear that Grace and Archie are doing well and that they are closer together for you. You've been so brave throughout this all especially with kids at home too. They look so big and grown up from the first photos! Have they given you an indication of when you might be able to takes them home?

NicNic85 - All that hospital time must be hard, but keep them in there as long as you can, it's worth it in the end.

dede79 - How are you going? Home yet? Can't wait to see a pic!

Just-one-more - Good to hear that you're just ticking along. Boring is good I reckon. Have you had your growth scan yet?

MJCplus1 - How are you going? Hope that you're just resting and still cooking those babies? I thankfully didn't have anything like that to worry about so I'm no help sorry.

Alxeen - I went to a wedding like that when I was about 22 weeks. Limited food and seat was hard for me as well. I also vowed not to go anywhere after that, but life never goes to plan, and we ended up doing heaps of stuff far from home. I was lucky nothing happened. Make the most of the nesting while you can!

AFM - Since I last posted things went a bit pear-shaped with Isis and her feeding. Long story short, she's still very little and breastfeeding was using up more energy than she had. She stopped feeding on Monday and after losing weight had to head back to the hospital. Thankfully we didn't have to stay but we had to come up with a new plan for her. So as it stands at the moment Isis is bottle feeding EBM and being topped up with formula. She's just gained her birth weight back at two weeks old but her weigh gain is very slow so we're keeping an eye on her.

Rhett on the other hand is gaining weight like crazy and going great guns. It's amazing how much difference only 400g can make between the two babies and how they go in feeding.

Other than than Isis feeding issues, things are slowly settling into place at home. Thankfully they both sleep well overnight and we even get 4-5 hour stretches sometimes. Joined: 17-January 04 From: Melbourne New Member Hi

[Just-one-more]

My scan last week got cancelled due to gastro going through the radiology place so non essential scans got cancelled.
I'll have my scan next Friday now.
I went into hospital Monday with pre labor and got put on the ctg and I'm pretty sure that caused twin 1 to go breech I'm hoping he turns back asap. All was fine with the pains though no change to cervix and fetal fibronectin test was negative.
Sorry to hear your little girl is struggling with feeding. They do tire so easily! Hope she keeps gaining well now

[Jo-Anna]

HI everyone! Just wondering how you are all going? It has been a bit quiet in here lately.
I am coming up to 25 weeks and starting to get a bit uncomfortable. For those of you who are further along than me with other children, I am wondering how you are coping? I am really nervous about the weeks from 30 onwards and how I will look after DS. Do you have any tips or advice?
He is a big boy for his age (as in 15 kgs) and I really can't lift him anymore. I have moved him into a big bed and starting to teach him how to climb in the car by himself. Is there any thing else I should be doing now before I get too big?
I guess i have been a bit in denial until recently and have only just started to face the reality of what's ahead. We picked up some basinets and a mountain buggy duet with a buggy board today which is still sitting in my lounge room in boxes.
I guess I am really just after some of your experiences of the later parts of the twin pregnancy and what I should be preparing myself for.
I hope that the quiet is just from lots of busy mums and mums to be!

[reesan]

I don't have other children, but it will be 33 weeks for me at the weekend and I have definitely reached the stage of wanting to cry at least once a day and often more.

The doctors said plan not to be able to do much after 28 weeks but I would say over the last couple that has really kicked in for me, and the afternoons, evenings and nights are usually the worst!

It's all sounding a bit grim but I booked my csection last Friday, it's at 37 weeks 3 days and that just seems impossibly far away. Once I hit 34 weeks
(safe enough for bubs who are both above average size) I am going to start thinking premature labour thoughts.

[Alxeen]

Jo-Anna I have a child at home but she's 10, so well past the physical demands of a toddler. I think the answer, asides from having a lie down in your DS's nap time, is occasional care/helpful parents/ILs so that he's out of your hair, ideally for one to two hours a day. I know that can be tough, but if you consider life with newborn twins you will be needing that kind of assistance anyway, so better to get him used to it now. Sounds like what you've done with him so far is great, but third trimester it's really just rest, rest and more rest that you need everyday.

Speaking of rest (or lackthereof) school holidays are exhausting! It's been really great, and so much fun having DD at home with me, and even though she plays great by herself, I do find myself just wanting to do things with her, have her friends over etc. I try to structure the day so I get at least one lie down a day. I'm also finding it a bit hard to sleep in this heat! And yes, the BIG feeling has set in finally I am now bigger than I was at 42 weeks with DD.

We've had an eventful week - first a trip to emergency for me with a very small bleed. All is perfectly fine though and I've had no bleeding since. Then DH had someone rear end him while driving home, so that was another trip to emergency to treat suspected whiplash. Thankfully he's fine but the car is a 50/50 write off and we need to decide whether to repair it or not. It's mainly just a hassle because our capsules will not fit in the back of my little hatch, and without the station wagon we only have that one car. The timing, to say the least, is pretty terrible! I am getting rather anxious we will actually have no car in which to install capsules and take our babies home from hospital in! Oh, and to top things off the other guy is completely at fault and is not insured at all, so who knows how much hassle it will be getting the money out of him?

Thankfully all going well pregnancy wise, although I am getting VERY regular, but painless B-H contractions. There is a noticeable slow down when I reduce my activity though, so it's pretty clear I need to basically not do much at all from now until birth! Friends/family (and everyone except DH) seem to be having trouble understanding that though

Hmmmm....well this was quite the complain post! Hope to update with some good news next week. I have a growth scan next week so fingers crossed that's all good.

[HairyMaclary]

I thought I'd pop in and introduce myself. Still getting my head around the fact that I belong in this group even though we found out about the twins just before Christmas!

I'm having monochorionic diamniotic twins. As you can see from my sig, I already have a 6 year old and a 4 year old. Fortunately the oldest one is already at school and the youngest does kindy 3 days a week, so I won't have 4 at home all the time. I'm going to keep working 2 days a week until I'm 26 weeks if all goes well, but I'm already counting down until maternity leave.

Saw the Ob today for the first of many scans. Not only am I having twins, but my cervix was a bit dodgy during my first pregnancy (needed a stitch at 22 weeks and spent awhile on bedrest). So it will be fortnightly scans for the next little while. Our Ob is fantastic and is organising a shared care arrangement with a large public hospital, so we'll have the scans there and he'll do everything else. But because we live outside of their catchment it is proving to be a bit complicated to organise (although they have acknowledged that our local public hospital isn't able to care for me so I'd have to go to there anyway ). I thought we were making things easier by going private!

Look forward to getting to know you and sharing this exciting (and scary!) journey with you all.

This post has been edited by HairyMaclary: 30/01/2013, 01:54 PM

[Alxeen]

HairyMaclary Yay, another one! I was starting to think there were no more multiples being conceived! Welcome and congrats on the twins It's a very daunting thing at first, but there's great support here and through AMBA as well.

[Jo-Anna]

Welcome Hairy Maclary!
We all know how you feel, it's a big thing to get your head around, in fact I am still trying now! I had to do the public hospital shuffle too when we found out about the twins, but am glad to report that I am settled in my hospital system now with what seems to be a lovely OB.

AFM everything is moving along nicely. I am measuring 31 weeks, so 5 weeks ahead which I think is pretty normal. OB is happy to plan for a natural vaginal delivery. He did say that they usually induce at 37 weeks. I thought 38 weeks was more standard so I will see how we go. Has anyone else got an end date in sight?

I am also feeling so much better now DS is back into a good napping routine and I am getting some rest. I feel much more able to deal with the aches and pains when I have had some decent sleep!
Just-one-more I hope that twin 1 turns back for you soon
Alxeen, what a pain about the car accident! Lucky you weren't in the car too! All the best for your growth scan, fingers crossed for some nice big bubbas in there.
It's so quite around here, I think we need to go recruiting, I am sure I have seen some more signatures with twins in them lately!