Hi
I was just wondering what birth weight everyones twins were.

I had my twins last September in a small country town hospital and all the stuff including the doctors were surprised at how heavy both my boys were born.

Darcy Allen 7pounds 1 ounce
and
Kane Gilbert 7pounds 2 ounces

Is this not normal?
Thay were born at 38.5 weeks C/S, I think if they had of let me go I would have carried full term, but they all got sick of me crying and complaining at every appointment!! I had enough!!!! So who knows how big they would have got.

When we had a scan done at about 25 weeks at the Mater hospital in Brisbane they were surprised then at their weight and size and said they were above average for a single birth let alone two.

Just interested to hear from all you twin mums just to get an idea of other twin weights.

THANKS

Wems
DD 31/05/00
DS 01/08/01
DD 07/11/02
DS 27/09/03
DS 27/09/03

Hi,
Even for a singleton that would be a great weight but for twinnies it is exceptional. WELLDONE. My girls were born weighing 6lb10 and 6lb 13oz and I thought I had it hard. I had to be induced at 38weeks and 5 days because like you the pain, crying etc... just got too much. I think my girls would have taken me all the way too.
Just a quick question SUPERMUM how do you handle having your children as close as you have. Do you think it is easier to have them closer?
My girls were born last September as well.
have a lovely day

Hi Wems

I carried my two little guys til 39 weeks 1 day, when i was induced and have an emergency c/section. I think that i would have carried them over if they hadn't induced me..

Aidan was 6pds 11 and Keenan was 6 pds 10.. I nearly fell over when i saw them because my doctor was predicting that Keenan was a bit smaller than Aidan.. but as you can see he wasn't!

Rach

Rach (26), BJ (35), Aidan & Keenan - born 5 February 2005

I don't know about SUPERMUM maybe STUPIDMUM
No its great the older three all play well together most of the time lets face it they are kids. Everyone asks how I do it? And I just say well they have to be loved fed and cleaned so it just gets done. But as all my close friends have discovered when they have visited. We definiately don't live in a SHOW HOME. ;p
It is well and truly lived in, the beds don't get made, some days it takes a while for the clothes to get hung out etc. But we are all happy and all my kids are loved so what about the house! Before I had all the kids if someone had come to my house and saw it in such a mess I would have died but that all went out the window when I was pregnant with the twins I couldn't do it so someone else had to some time when they got around to it.

Your girls were pretty big too.

Enjoy them now they all grow up so fast my first goes to school next year I can't believe it



Wems
DD 31/05/00
DS 01/08/01
DD 07/11/02
DS 27/09/03
DS 27/09/03

Hi,
WOW, I thought my girls were a good size weighing 5lb9 and 5lb11. They were born at 36.5 weeks, i often wonder how much they would have grown in the last couple weeks. Not that i could have possibly gotten any biiger, i was about to burst as it was.
twinoski & wems, were your twins identical?
just wondering because there weights are so similar. The midwives told me that more often than not, twins have a far difference in their birth weight.

twinoski, Tiahna Jayde, what a lovely name. My Daughters Are Alyssa Jade and Tiana Lily

[color=Teal]Our twin boys were 6 pounds (Kai) and 7 pounds (Ryan), and delivered them via c-section just short of 37 weeks.

Hi-my boys were born at 38.5w elective csection also. They were big like yours-Joel 7lb6oz and Cam 7lb10oz (51 and 53cm long).

A girl at work has just had twins as well and hers were 6lb10oz and 7lb13oz.

Cheers

Caz Joel and Cam at 2 1/2years old-"we turn 3yrs in June"

ok say my twins weren't anything that far off the scale
cmf I don't know how you did it carrying my boys around was bad enough
All through my pregnancy the doctors thought the boys were identical, even having scans to make sure they were both gaining weight. Once they were born none of the doctors would never tell me if they were or not. But now as they are getting older they are easy to tell apart. Plenty of our friends and family still say they can't tell them apart though.

Its great to see all these dates nearly to term and such healthy sized twin babies!

I'm in the minority. My fraternal girls were born at 32.2weeks weighing 3lb 5ozs (1510gms), 41cm long, 4lb 6ozs (1985gms), 44cm long. After 3 1/2hr labour, no drugs either!!!



Cheers

Justine
Nick
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Hi Wems

I am curious to know what their estimated weight was at the 25 week scan- do you happen to remember? I am just at that point and my boys are estimated to be around 900g each.

Thanks
Lindy

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My two were born at 36weeks exactly. 5lbs 5ozs for Emma, and 4lbs 12 ozs for Brandon.

Hi Lindy

I just dragged the scans out and had a look

Twin A was 1287gr
Twin B was 1517gr

I always have big babies though
No 2 was 9p 4 oz
No 3 was 9p 7oz

Good luck


Wems
DD 31/05/00
DS 01/08/01
DD 07/11/02
DS 27/09/03
DS 27/09/03

Mine two were born at 39 weeks, c-section.

Kyle - 8 lbs
Nicole - 7 lb 9 oz

Beautiful big babies. My eldest was 8 lb 9, so they were't that far off.

I was begging my gp to take the kids out at 36-37 weeks. We knew I had bigguns. My gp agreed (country town he was delivering), the hospital paed agreed, but the hospital ob assisting my dr said no, said it was too early. So I had to wait. God I was in agony by the time 39 weeks came around.

my three angels
ryan 5 1/2, nicole & kyle 4


This message was edited by 3-lil-angels on 21 April 2005 @ 12:01 AM

Hi Ladies!
I was suprised at our babies weights ~ As i was not all that big really. I only popped right out in the last two weeks.
Hayden Phillip ~ 2550grams (5lb 10oz)Twin A
Brooklen Lily ~ 3035grams (6lb 11oz) Twin B
Delivered at 37 weeks and 1 day! I was so proud of myself to get there all happy and safe. No M/S and no problems medically, perfect pregnancy and absolutly perfect delivery also in a country town.
Hayden suffered with dramatic weight loss after birth but is making up for it now and almost caught up to his sister!

Haylie & Phillip
DSD ~ Ebony
Hayden Phillip ~ 21.3.2005
Brooklen Lily ~ 21.3.2005
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My girls were born at 37 weeks 1 day (I was induced). Harriet was 2740 grams (6 lbs) and Eleanor was 2660 grams (5lb 14oz). They've always been within about 100 grams of each other since birth.

Maree

Eleanor 1/8/03
Harriet 1/8/03

Thanks Wems

Wow, that is amazing! It will be really interesting to see what weight my boys end up being born at. I really hope to get to 37 weeks for their sake (but I am sure I will be over it well and truly by then!!)

:-) Lindy

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I'm with you Justine, in the minority, doing things early! All you ladies are champions for carrying your twins so well and such good weights! My boys came early at 33 weeks via c/s. Jackson 4p 15 (2240g) and Hayden 4p 13 (2180g) at 47 and 47.5cm respectively. Now at 15 months are a hefty 11.9kg & 11.8kg and 80 & 82cm.

Lindy, I checked my 27 week scan and my boys were scanned to be approx Twin 1 1050g and Twin 2 1100g. Keep up the good work, hope you can make your 37 week goal.

Rhonda 25
DH 37
Jackson and Hayden 21/1/04

thought I might add my 2 cents in here LOL!

I had Jack & Riley by caeser at 37 weeks & they were both 7pds

I had Ella & Liam at 38 weeks by caeser & Ella was 7pd 2oz & Liam was 7pd 8oz



Jane
Jackson&Riley 16/11/01 Ella&Liam 26/08/04

Hi Wems,
I still think you are a supermum!!!!!!!!
what a wonderful outlook you have. I think your children are very lucky to have a Mum like you.

It has been so interesting to see how big everyones bubs are. Some were big bubs. Welldone to all you Mums carrying such great weights.
Princesstwins : our girls names are similar. I get heaps of comments about Tiahna's name though. My girls are fraternal although everyone says they look so alike. Their weight never really changed too much between them. They are still only a few grams apart.
Hope you all enjoy your long weekend
Jodi

Hi Jodi

Thanks heaps, I think I'm pretty lucky being mum to my 5 wonderful kids!

Will definately have a good week end, have been doing the single mum thing since 6.30 Sunday morning Dh won't be back to late Saturday night.
Please hurry up week it has been going so slow!!!!!!

Thanks


Wems
DD 31/05/00
DS 01/08/01
DD 07/11/02
DS 27/09/03
DS 27/09/03

My two were born naturally and drug free at 35 weeks and 5 days.
Joe weighed in at 5lbs 13ozs and Scarlett at 5lbs exactly...so kinda small in comparison to most of you!
They were expected to be bigger though due to my gestational diabetes but I obviously had the diabetes well under control as it didn't effect them at all!

Jo

hi. My girls were born at 32 weeks and weighed in at exactly the same weights (freaky i know) 1880grams each - i think this must be around 4 punds but i never remember how to convert...
Thanks Patria

Patria
Mum to
Kaitlyn 05/01/02
April and Jasmin 06/08/03 (born at 32weeks)

My little boys arrived at 38 weeks and were 6lb 7oz and 6lb 8oz, and have been growing ever since............

My sister also had 7lb twins though - well done

Rachel
Chris
Barnaby 13
Brodie and Oscar

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This message was edited by Gracie on Thursday, 21 April 2005 @ 3:07 PM

hi all,

gosh everyone have been having good size babies. my shelby was 4lb 8oz and riley was 4lb 14 oz at 37 weeks. i had a caesar after i could take it no more. as soon as i saw them i had wished i had held on longer but i had a bad case of pre eclampsia and gestational diabetes and i was blowing up like a puffer fish.

cheers
mel

hi

my boys were Jack 7pd 2oz & 54.5cm
Tom 6pd 13oz & 53cm

I had them at 37weeks and they have remained big boys and are so much bigger than all their singleton friends that are the same age.(as they grow they will eat me out of house and home LOL)

Its great to hear how big everyone else's were as well

Kristy

DS 8
Twin Boys 2