Hello!
I'm new here (see my previous post) and am finding it such a great site.
There are so many of you though. Could you please write a brief summary of yourself so I can work out who is who!
I know there is a due date/birthday list and some of you have descriptive signatures but I'd like more info. Sorry to be a pain. You probably all know each other by now.

So!


Name: Jacquie
Age: 30 y.o (31 on Tuesday)
Location: Hobart
Children: Liam 2 y.o (on Wednesday)
Pregnancy: fraternal twins due December 2nd but OB said will induce at 38 wks if they haven't arrived by then. So mid November. Sex unknown but will hopefully find out at the next scan in 2 wks.

Hi Jacquie!! Glad to see you are getting to know the boards and the functions! Good idea, sure it will help alot of new people also!!

Name - Haylie, DH ~ Phil
Age - 25 (turning 26)
Location - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Children - Hayden Phillip & Brooklen Lily 21.3.2005, Step daughter Ebony 15
Pregnancy - Obviously not pregnant now, but got to 37 weeks, quiet uneventful besides the 3 years of TTC. Suffered from slight pre-eclamsia and odema. Hayden 5lb 10oz and Brooklen 6lb 11oz born via c-section....Both healthy and growing way to fast. ~Absolutly loving being a twin Mum~

Look forward to getting to know you better

Haylie & Phil,Ebony(15),Hayden Phillip & Brooklen Lily 21st March 05

Name: Amanda
Age: 31
Location: Eyre Peninsula (South Australia)
Children: Georgia and Kelsey (6 years) (identical twins) and Piper (nearly 1) :gasp:
Pregnancy: my twin preganancy was cruisy until 29 weeks when I went for a normal check up and mentioned some pain I had been having under my R ribs.
After some blood test, urine and bp check I was sent to hospital in Adelaide (8 hours drive away) and was admitted there with HELLP syndrome (a type of pregnancy induced hypertension).
They were born at 32 weeks (c-section) when things turned pear shaped with my tests.They stayed in hospitial until they were term so it was a long time away from my family, friends and home (3 months all up) Now they are 6 and full of beans!
My pregnancy with Piper was fantastic and had a VBAC when she was 11 days overdue (not induced).

Someone upstairs has a wicked sense of humour.....two months early for the twins.....11 days overdue for Piper!

Amanda
Georgia and Kelsey 26.3.99
Piper 1.7.04

Hi Jacqui

Name: Jane
Age: 31 (32 in just 2 weeks )
Location: Eastern suburbs Melbourne VIC
Children: Jackson & Riley 3yrs 7months & Ella & Liam 10 months old (nearly)

Pregnancy: all over & done with here first pg was pretty good, some high blood pressure & slight pre-eclampsia so a bit of hospital rest but all in all pretty good - got to 37 weeks & had the boys via caeser (one breech one transverse). Second pg was very much the same, no hospital stays other than a scary bleed at 30 something weeks. I had Ella & Liam via caeser at 38 weeks - they were both breech.

cheers


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

Name: Scott. DW Kylie
Age: Kylie 27, Scott: 27
Location: Central Coast NSW
Children: 4 Cows, 6 Chickens, 1 Dog, 1 x Bird and 2 babies due in Mid July!!
Kylie is enjoying a great pregnancy at this point. 34 weeks preg tomorrow to fraternal twins. Sex unknown.

Regards,
Scott

Kylie & Scott
Expecting their bundles of Joy Mid June 2005 WOO HOO

hello and welcome Jacquie

Here goes.
Name - Stacey
Husband - Colin
Live - Eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Children - Taylor 9
Gus 6
Charlie (girl) 5
Montana 2
Twins 32 weeks preg

Found this site not that long ago. Finding it such a help. Good luck to you with the rest of your pregnancy. Great new topic.

Hi Jacquie,

I'm melinda (32) Partner is Mark (33) 12wks preg with fraternal twins. I have 5 other children Nicholas 14, Nathaniel 12, Katelyn 9, Emily 7, and Faith 5. I'm living in Mackay at the moment. Partner is Mark (33).

My first two births were breech vaginally, then i had a c/s due to Katelyn being prem and breech. Then had a head down vaginal delivery and then another c/s also faith was breech.

Good luck with your ultrasound in 2 wks. I hope they don't cross there legs on you .

MEL




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This message was edited by mel1973 on Friday, June 17, 2005 @ 7:04 PM

Hi Jacquie

My names Elke (38) DH Charles (38)
Beautiful but at times trying sone Kobe (18 months)
I live on the Central Coast in NSW and work in Sydney 3 days a week.
Our twins (fraternal - boy and girl) are due 5 October but will all going well will be born by c/s on 15/9. Had an appointment with my doctor today (he does an ultrasound every time) and it was amazing to see how much they have changed and grown in just 4 weeks.

Look forward to keeping in touch over the next few months

elke

Hi Jacquie,

This is great site, welcome!

Name: Beth
Age: 32 last month
Location: Canberra
Kids: Sophie and Daisy born "naturally" at 38.5 weeks, Sophie head down Daisy breech, after a pretty uneventful pregnancy
Pregnancy: Not yet but would love to be soon!

All the best for the rest of your twin pregnancy.
beth

Sophie and Daisy 9/4/03

Hi there

My name is Tammy and i am mum to 7 children including 2 sets of FRATERNAL twins.....
I live in Mornington Tas and am 31yrs old...
Please feel free to pm me anytime. I frequently use msn messenger tlwalker74@hotmail.com

hope to chat soon

Tammy(31)
James (DP 48)
mum to ds10,ds9,dd9,ds6,ds6,dd5,ds16mths

Name: Heather
Age: 31
Location: Adelaide
Children: Busy growing a couple of aliens as we speak!
Pregnancy: Due 22 Nov, Ob won't let me go over 38 weeks so we should expect to see the two naughty babies by 8 Nov. Don't know yet if they're ID or fraternal - they are in separate sacs with separate placentas - Ob says we won't know if they're ID or not till after they're born and we have genetic testing (unless of course they're boy/girl or are very very different). They're more likely to be fraternal tho as twins are heriditary in my family (my sister was a twin, her twin died in utero and my mum had twin sisters).

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Hi Jacquie and welcome

Age: 39 (just....)

Location: Sydney

Children: DH for 19 years, DS now 14 then a huge gap and now fraternal twin boys nearly 3 months. 2 dogs and some fish.

Pregnancy: Not pregnant now - but do hope to be again! I was induced at 38 weeks. I had a vaginal birth after the second baby turned during labour.

I too have msn messenger and have it on most days if anyone ever fancies a chat....... gracie_886@hotmail.com

RACHEL AND HER BOYS
Barnaby 14

Oscar and Brodie 28/03/05

This message was edited by Gracie on Friday, 17 June 2005 @ 9:29 PM

Hi all

Name: Lindy (Melinda)(31)
Partner: Kim (37, but in denial of his age ;-))
Location: Mackay, Qld (originally Sydney & Central Coast of NSW- my whole family still there)
Children: 2 Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Pregnancy: Currently 33.5 weeks pregnant with twin boys- most likely fraternal, though could be ID... Due date 2nd August, but will be delivered via c-section at 37-38 weeks (12-19th July 2005)

It is great to hear about everyone else- Mel1973, how spooky that we are both 'Melinda', around same age and living in Mackay!! I have a bit of catching up to do in the children stakes though ;-)

Cheers
Lindy

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This message was edited by lindys on Friday, 17 June 2005 @ 9:20 PM

Hi Jacqie

NAME: Melanie, DH Michael
AGE : Me 28, DH 31
LOCATION: Sydney (penrith)
CHILDREN: 5 year old son Brayden. 5 month old identical twin boys Ryan & Khain
PREGNANCY: Managed to make it to 38 weeks.
Ryan weighed 2.550 and Khain weighed 2.635
Ryan was born with a diaphragmatic hernia (which means there was a hole in his diaphragm and his bowels were all in his chest cavity). We were aware that there was a problem with Ryan from the 18 week scan when we found out it was twins. He went straight to the childrens hospital( within 2 hours of delivery). I was at my local hospital with Khain.
Ryan had his operation when he was 4 days old. The bowel in his chest had pushed his heart to the other side of his chest, pushed one of his kidneys into his pelvis and stopped his left lung from developing properly. He was in the childrens hospital for 3 1/2 weeks and has made a complete recovery and is only slightly behind Khain (800gr) in his weight.

Hi Jacqui and Welcome to a great forum for mums and mums to be of multiples!!!! Here goes.....

Name: Sharyn (35) ...Oh god that hurts!!!!!
DH : David (36)
Location : HOBART
Children: Meg (6) and Hannah and Josie (15m) Fraternal twins born at 33 weeks.

We have a great group of very helpful members here...so don't be afraid to ask any questions you may have. I have found this site to be so informative and interesting, and you can usually find someone who has shared your experience in some way. It is a great support network, just to know that you are not alone, and some days that counts for alot!!!!!

Good luck and best wishes for a healthy pg.
_

Sharyn
Meg14/4/99
Hannah & Josie 22/3/04 (33 wks)
DH David



...some days are diamonds
.

Name....Jaki...Married to Les
Age...33
Location...Central Coast, NSW....Good grief we are fertile bunch up around here...LOL..
Children....Sammy will be 2 on the 30th of June
Pregnancy....Am currently 30wks with fraternal twins...The 1st scan said boy/girl...The 2nd scan said girl/girl...I have given up asking now...LOL...I am booked for my caesarian on the 15th of August...My Dr will be very surprised if I get that far...Twin 1 already is engaged & ready to go...Very uneventful pregnancy compared to my pregnancy with Sammy...

This message was edited by **Jak** on Friday, 17 June 2005 @ 10:36 PM

Hello to all

This is a fantastic forum and I must admit Im just a bit addicted! LOL!

Here goes:

Name: Alison
Age: 28 this July
Location: Sydney
Children: soon ...
Pregnancy: 31 weeks with identical twin boys. I am getting more and more excited as the weeks progress...its like the biggest Xmas present EVER arriving soon...
Having an 'eventful' pregnancy and hoping to make it past 34 weeks.

Goodluck, rest heaps and keep us updated!

Ali xxx

Welcome Jacqui, wish I had found this site when I was pregnant!

Name: Nicolie (33)
Husband: Mason (33)
Location: Perth
Children: Paige & Hannah, identical girls, born via CS (Hannah was transverse) 23/9/03 after going into labour at 35 weeks. Spent 10 days in special care nursery with tube feeding, then 4 days in a regular hospital room with me before coming home. I was lucky to be able to stay in hospital for the whole 2 weeks (private hospital, and no other kids at home to worry about). Blue (german shorthaired pointer) & Buster (beagle), born 10/02.
Pregnancy: Uneventful (until waters broke!), but huuuge.

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah 23/09/03

This message was edited by nicolie on Thursday, 14 July 2005 @ 10:14 PM

hi all

here goes

name Kylie dh Don
age 28
location Perth
children Dylan Blake Corey (3.5 yrs) Kade 19 mths
pregnancy Triplets were born 10 weeks prem by caeser. Blake had operation on bowel at 4 days old, other then that i loved being pregnant. Didnt really sink in that I had three babies until 7 wks later and the house was FULL.
Kade was a surprise but now I know what causes babies we are more carefull LOL ( he was 11 days overdue, even though I thought he'd be prem and tried to plan babysitters for others but poor dh couldn't be at Kade's birth (another caeser... again not what I planned)
Blake and Dylan are identical with red hair.
Corey has dark hair ( he also is autistic but loves his brothers)
thanks for letting me boast about my lovely family

good luck to all

kylie
ds Dylan 02.12.01
ds Blake 02.12.01
ds Corey 02.12.01
ds Kade 05.11.03

Wow - Come on WA ladies!!! *LOL*
Nee was wondering if we could make this one a sticky? Would be great to have a reference there premanetley?
Love the children list Scott!!! LMAO

Haylie & Phil,Ebony(15),Hayden Phillip & Brooklen Lily 21st March 05

Welcome Jacquie!

Some info on me:

Name Jo

Age 31

Location Griffith NSW

children Cameron and Joshua identical twin boys who turn FOUR on Tuesday (OMG where did the time go!)

pregnancy Had a very uneventful pg. My waters broke at 3am 4weeks and 2 days early and by 7am I was celebrating the arrival of two perfect Boys by em c/s . We were home after 7 days in hospital with no huge problems.


Good luck with the pg and ask all the questions you can!!



Jo, Mummy to Cameron and Joshua 21/06/01

Hi Jacqui and congrats on your twin pregnancy. I'm Jo (34), married to Colin (37), and we live in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We have fraternal twin girls, who turned 2 in April. I was induced at 38 weeks (they were nowhere near ready to come out!), and delivered them vaginally 29 mins apart. The pregnancy was ok, except for terrible morning sickness for the first 4 months.

Welcome to EB!

Jo

Mum to twin girls
Hannah and Emma (8/4/03)

Welcome!

Name: Maree (36), DH Chris (42)
Live: Wellington, NZ
Children: Harriet and Eleanor, MZ twin girls born 1/8/03 - nearly 2!!
Pregnancy: Never again!! 2 is enough for us. I was induced at 37 weeks and delivered vaginally with an epidural after a long and painful pregnancy - medically fine but physically I was a wreck. 2 healthy babies who are now 2 energetic and beautiful toddlers.

Maree

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

Name: Jo (31) and DH (32)

Live: Adelaide

Children: Abigail. who turns 7 in Sept :gasp:
Joseph and Scarlett who are 17 months

Pregnancy: Great pregnancy, insulin dependant for GD in the last 2-3 weeks of pregnancy, huge belly and at 35 weeks 6 days I gave birth vaginally and drug free to Joseph and 30 minutes later, Scarlett.

Hi all,IO too wish I found this site when pregnant with the Twins

NAME:Vanessa
AGE:27
LOCATION:Chatsworth Island
CHILDREN:Lachlan(5)
Duncan(3)
Neeve(11months)(nearly 1)
Zayne(11months)(nearly 1)
PREGNANCY:Never again hopefully.Fraternal girl/boy twins delivered at 40 weeks to the day(30th June 12 hrs short of $3000 per baby)Twin1-head down Girl 6pd 11oz Twin 2-Breech Boy 7pd (both delivered vaginally).I had a pretty good pregnancy Just was quite big and suffered from the wait in the last few weeks.


Ness (27)
DH (32)
DS (15-10-99)
DS (03-08-01)
DD (30-06-04)
DS (30-06-04)

Hello and Welcome

NAME Dani, but everyone calls me DOLPH
Age Just turned the big 40
DH My toyboy @ 36
LOCATION Bayside, Melbourne
CHILDREN Bailey 5, Jesse 3, Summer & Taylor 1
(step-daughters 10 & 12)

PREGNANCY
pretty easy with the twins except for losing weight with the MS. Got to just over 35 weeks and was induced. Had a fantastic vaginal delivery with both babies doing great. They both spent a little time in special care with weights of 6.14lbs and 5.8lbs. Still breastfeeding. cant believe that they just turned ONE.

Best job in the world is being a mum to multiples.

Dolph

Mum to
DS Bailey 5
DS Jesse 3
DD/DS Summer & Taylor 1

Step-Mum to Elodie & Brooke

hi. Here is our story
Patria 30
Husband - sam 30
three kids
kaitlyn 05/01/02
identical twin girls
April and Jasmin 06/08/03
The twins were born at 32 weeks via emergency ceasar - too eventful to put in here - could take all day but we spent 1 month in special care unit of Toowoomba Base Hospital before coming home.
The twins are almost now 2 - which is amazing in itself!!!! Love being a mum to twins and having a three year old as well. Whilst it is exhausting and trying at times it is well worth the effort .

Patria

Hi everyone
Name Rosie (33)turning 34 next month
Hubby Robbie (33)
Location Canberra
Children
Twin girls fraternal Krystal and Storm 13mths
Pregnancy not yet but ttc for number 3 or 4.
With the girls make it to 37.5 wks and birth by c section due to high b/pressure and krystal breech position. Birth weights are Krystal 6.1pounds and Storm 6.4pounds.
thanks Rosie

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Name: Jennifer
Age: 32
Location: Mandurah W.A
Children: Ebony 15 Savannah-Rose 10.5 & Twin boys Korbin & Jarrod
Pregnancy: Conceived both my girls with out any assistance I had Ebony @ 17yrs old & Savannah @ 21yrs old.(previous life)
Married in Sep 2000 and started TTC in Jan 2001 Did 6mths of clomid all BFN's then went onto IVF in 2004 Failed first attempt at IVF then went onto get our BFP on our second cycle (IVF/FET) I had an uneventful pregnancy up until late stages i had high blood pressure,threatened labour @ 30wks & early signs of pre-eclampisa. Delivered my twins boys on the 3rd of May 2005 via C-section @ 36wks. Korbin had stopped growing @ approx. 30-32wks but Jarrod continued on with no problems at all. Korbin was sent to ICU for a week and needed extra care. Jarrod went on with out any help or extra care.

Ebony 6/2/90 7.52pm 8lb's.2oz's Vaginal Delivery/6hrs
Savannah 16/8/94 2.39pm 7lb's.9oz's Vaginal Delivery/4hrs
Kobin 3/5/05 8.46am 4lb's.12oz's Twin 1
Jarrod 3/5/05 8.47am 6lb's.4oz's Twin 2




This message was edited by Jennifer72 on Monday, 20 June 2005 @ 2:42 PM

Name: Wendy (32)
DH: Murray (31)
Location: Perth
Children: (DS) Morgan 11 in August (DD) Jorja 9
Pregnancy: Fraternal twin boys, 28 weeks. Very uneventful pregnancy - except an over-protective husband who drives me mad (the twins are his fist children) but I love it
Will be having a c/s at 37 / 38 weeks - depending on how long I can put up with an enourmous belly
Still find it hard to believe I am pregnant - let alone having two !!! But I am sure once they are here it will all sink in very quickly...




xoxox
Wendy
DS 10
DD 8

I too wish I had found this site while pregnant.

Kristy 31 and fantastic hubby Glenn 39

We have Liam who is nearly nine
Our darling little whirlwinds Tom and Jack 2 1/2(surprise as we weren't having any more children)

Had a shocking pregnancy shocking morning sickness, severe infection (causes miscarriage told amazing to still be pregnant little own two) just when things felt better suffered toxemia and hospitalised having them at 37weeks they were extremely healthy
7pd 2oz 54.5cms & 6pd 13oz 53cm

by the way this is a great thread



Kristy

DS 8
Twin Boys 2

Hi and welcome...

Me: Rebecca 32
soon to be husband Nathan(28) less than 8 weeks till our wedding.
Location: Cairns. I'm from sydney, Nathans from melb as are the girls. i really needed some sunshine so we're up here for good.
Fraternal twin girls Amber & Olivia 08/05/03 turned 2 on mothers day. Severe morning sickness for the first 4 months or so. Uneventful otherwise. Born at app 38 weeks. Amber 5lb 12oz Olivia 5lb 8oz. Both on Oxygen amber only for a short time. Olivia in special care for a couple of days. Ceaser as one engaged one breech.

Still very undecided as to if there will be anymore. these 2 were a complete suprise so will just enjoy them a bit more first.

Cheers Rebecca

Rebecca 32
Nathan 28
Fraternal twin girls Amber & Olivia 08/05/03


This message was edited by Becs on Wednesday, 22 June 2005 @ 8:30 PM

Hi Jacquie

I am pretty new to this fabulous site too.

A little bit about me and my beautiful family.

We live in Sydney

Me - Sharon
Age - 40
Occ - SAHM

DH - Bruno
Age - 43
Occ - Commercial Insurance Rep

DD - Jessica
Age - 10

DD - Eleanor (Twin 1)
DD - Melissa (Twin 2)
Age - 4

Eleanor and Melissa were born at 31 weeks after quite an eventful pregnancy that saw me in hospital fairly frequently, particularly in the early couple of months, then diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 28 weeks.

My waters broke at 31 weeks only for Twin 1, however, I did not go into labour until some 12 hours later. I went into hospital when my waters broke and there I was to stay until my beautiful babies were born whenever that would be, great I thought I could lie here now for 9 weeks !!!!!!!!!! what am I going to do with Jessica ? Anyway that was at around 1pm and no other signs of labour were evident, I sent DH home at around 10pm that night as I settled in for the duration of the rest of the pregnancy - little did I know that within a couple of hours I would have my little girls and very quickly, so quickly in fact that DH arrived as they were being taken into NICU.

We all survived this ordeal ok and the girls spent 7 weeks in RHW Sydney just growing, thank goodness no medical intervention was needed in terms of oxygen or other complications sometimes associated with premature births. Unfortunately I had to be discharged after only 1 week and the hardest thing of all was leaving my two little babies in a hospital and going home alone - this was quite a blur as I was hysterical that day, the shock didn't really hit until I went down to say goodbye - OMG did I fall apart as I had to turn and walk out of that ward. Visiting twice everyday kept me occupied and then whilst at home there was still Jessica and Bruno to look after, the house, and of course the breast pump - this was fantastic as I could take the precious breast milk into my little girls for their tube feeds and it also kept my supply going, we ended up breastfeeding until they were just over 2 years old and then they both decided they no longer wanted it.

Anyway enough rambling on - they are now 4 years old and off to school next year - , so then starts another phase in our lives.

I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do and good luck with your little bubs - one baby is beautiful but when you can double, tripple it or even more it is the best, exhausting, but rewarding and so very very precious - there is no greater gift than a child.

Cheers
Sharon

Hi all,

I've not been around much of late as we've moved to the country (well sort of) and our internet connection is some what less than stable.... but I thought I'd check in, say hi and add myself to the list!

Name - Kate
Age - 32
Location - just outside Melbourne
Children - Isabella and Zoe, Identical twins born November 2003
Pregnancy - fairly uneventful until I was diagnosed with sever rapid onset twin to twin transfusion sydrome at 26 weeks. After two amnio reductions and bedrest the TTTS got worse and the girls were delivered by c-section at 29 weeks and spent 72 days in hospital before coming home 6 days before their due date.


Hopefully when we get our satilite connection I wil be around more often and get my new sig pic working!

Kate

We are moving house! Yipee!!

Hi jacqui ... great post

Name - Maryanne,
DH ~ Stacey (yes I know girls name but he is a boy)
Age - 37 (turning 38)
Location - Mackay, Queensland
Children - Ryan 6 and twins Nicole & Kyle 4
Pregnancy - Obviously not pregnant now (thank god). I got to 39 weeks with the twins, quiet uneventful, in fact it was a better pregnancy than what ryan was. Had horrible back pain, especially towards the end. Kyle 8lb and Nicole 7lb 9oz born via c-section - both breech. All of my kids are beautiful and healthy and growing way to fast for my liking.

my three angels
Ryan 6, Nicole & Kyle 4

Hi Jacquie! Welcome to EB!

Name:Kate (31) DH Ian (30)
Location:Adelaide
Kids:Alicia Mae, Sophie Jane (2.6 months) MZ (identical)
Pregnancy:All good, except for the chucks in the beginning. Made it to 36.5 weeks, then had a ceaser - Sophie's growth slowed down.

Alicia was 5 pd 6.5oz and Sophie was 4 pd 11oz - no special care required, they came home with me afer 6 days.

Cheers



Kate
Alicia and Sophie 2/12/02



This message was edited by KateTwinMum on Wednesday, 22 June 2005 @ 9:51 PM

Hi Jacqui,

Great idea because I'm new here too!

Name: Deb (32)
DH: Adam (34)
Location: Melbourne
Children: Amy - born 16 December 02, fighting a sleep right now but sounds like all has just gone quiet. Yay!!! Time for a quiet cuppa and snooze on the couch!
Pregnancy: Twins on the way. Due 20 October, but will be induced at 38 1/2 weeks if I make it that far (both above average in size already). They are fraternal twins, but not sure what we're having (not allowed to find out either). My husband is stoked because he always wanted three. Me, I'm still wondering where we're going to put them!!

No great surprise because my dad is a twin, his mum is one, her mum, blah, blah. Pregnancy has been pretty good. Twins explains why I was sooooooo tired for the first few weeks, but feeling ok now although a few aches and pains. No nausea, so v. lucky there.
Have just toilet trained Amy, so think I can handle 2 in nappies (3 would have been fun, not to mention expensive!!).

Love the site, and has helped me make some decisions re prams, etc.



Regards, Deb

Mum to Amy (16-12-02)

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Names: Mum - Carly Dad - Michael
Ages: Mum 25 Dad 30
Location: Eastern Melbourne

We are expecting our first kiddies in Novemeber although I am convinced they will arrive in October sometime. We found out at 7 wks that we were expecting twins (I had a heart attack and made the sonographer check 3 times) and we have just had it confirmed that they SHOULD be a girl and a boy. We are very excited about meeting the little munchkins.

Apart from the extreme morning/all day all night sickness the pregnancy has been pretty smooth. Hopefully it continues this way.

Worst Fear: Delivering on the bathroom floor! o:

This message was edited by Pinkmilly on Tuesday, 28 June 2005 @ 11:22 PM

Name: Julie
Age: 30
Children: Luke and Jenna who are almost 11 months
Pregnancy: I had the babies at 38 weeks by c/s as they were both breech, and I had a few other complicating factors. I spent the last three months at home on bed/lounge rest after early labour at 25 weeks. Other than that my pregnancy was good and the babies were fine when born . I often think I would like to experience that pregnant glow and enjoy pregnancy in the way other women talk about it. Maybe one day..

Julie
DS Luke 6/8/04
DD Jenna 6/8/04

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Hi everyone thought I better get my info up here!!!!

Name: Wendy
Age: 31
DH: Graeme
Age: 43
Location: Country NSW

CHILDREN: Elizajayne 5, Joe nearly 4, Lascinda 2, Darcy and Kane 9 months

Had a terrible pregnancy, sick the whole time, gestational diabetes (had this for all 4 pregnancies) and just tired and miserable. DH left work a couple of months before my due date because I couldn't cope with the kids and the house work and cooking. Didn't much get out of bed. Went into early labor 3 times!!!
Had a C/S at 38 1/2 weeks because they finally got sick of my crying and complaining. Darcy was 7pounds 1ounce and Kane was 7pounds 2ounces.
Love them all to bits most days LOL

Hi there
Name: Lisa (29) - 30 in Sept aaaarrrrggghhh!! DH Aaron (29)
Location: Eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Children: Fraternal (we think - fused placenta so not sure) twin girls Jessica Amy & Isabel Ruby, 4 months. Both beautiful blonde-haired & blue-eyed little cherubs who look pretty similar right now!
Pregnancy: Uneventful, no m/s or any problems. Elective caesar at 37+1 weeks on 1/3/05. Girls weighed 2.440kgs and 2.430kgs.

Lisa
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Hi Jacquie and everyone,

Name: Kim (26)
Dad: Peter (26)
Location: Sydney

After alot of browsing and reading everyones posts Ive decided to join in on the fun. I am almost 40wks pregnant with my twin girls and due to be induced in two days Mon 4th July, first babies. Pregnancy has been great, no complaints, except I have been expecting the bubs since 37wks, and Im so surprised that I have gone to full term.

Hope you have a great pregnancy Jacquie.

Hi there
Name: Alison (31) DH Darren (34)
Location: Adelaide
Children: Our special IVF treasures - Twins Tayla Jane and Jake Patrick
Pregnancy: Uneventful, no m/s (probably due to the fact that I had so many drugs on IVF cycle and was so sick that my body was used to not feeling well when I did get pregnant) induced at 37 weeks with Pupps rash.
Tayla weighed 2.340kgs and Jake weighed 2.560kgs



This message was edited by TwinMumAli on Sunday, 10 July 2005 @ 9:47 PM

Hi Jacquie and all fabulous mothers of twins and multiples...

I have been an EB member for a while and I found this particular Twins and Multiple thread and the mothers here are a real life-saver (you all who helped me know who you are ).
Unfortunately I am not an active poster

Name: Emilia
Age: 30 y.o
Location: Sydney
Children: Nathan and Jeremy (15 months old on Wednesday)
Pregnancy: Not pregnant at the moment and not planning to be pregnant again yet.

I fell pregnant with fraternal twins at the first cycle and it was a real shock for us.
Had a considerably comfortable pregnancy (apart from all common ailments in third trimester like occasional back pain, sciatica, and mild symphisis pubis disfunction).

I was induced at 38.5 wks due to the babies were considered too large for my body size (I was 40 kg before falling pregnant and still 40kg now! Got to 55kg before the boys' birth ).

Both boys were born vaginally with the 'help' of epidural...
Nathan was born at 6.35pm (2.53kg, 50cm) and Jeremy at 6.49pm (2.475kg, 49 cm).

PS. Thank you for starting this, Jacquie.

PPS. My birth story can be seen on: http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/CFforum/vi...=16&Topic=90396

Regards,

Emilia 30
DH 33
Nathan & Jeremy

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This message was edited by Emilia on Monday, 11 July 2005 @ 11:50 AM

Hi Jacquie and Everyone!

Name: Kate
Age: 31
DH: Adrian
Age: 35
Location: Perth WA
CHILDREN: just Jones, the only cat (who is in for a shock!)
PREGNANCY: I am thoroughly enjoying my first ever PG with what looks like Fraternal twins (though apparenly they cannot be sure unless they do a DNA test after birth). I am 24 weeks pregnant this week and have had (touch wood) no problems other than morning sickness - which wasn't THAT bad. Can't wait till our little surprises are born!

This site is really fabulous and the advice of the twin Mummies is invaluable!

Cheers,

Kate


Kate
Me: 31
DH: 34
"Only Cat": 5
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Hi to all multiple mums and mums to be!!

Name: Alison
Age: 28
Location: Eastern suburbs Melbourne VIC
Children: Mikayla 3, Twins Jordan (B) & Isabella (G) just turned 2...

Pregnancy: First 5 months absolute dream until i started to feel blah... For me thats when it became hard as i was a single mum and had trouble in last few months doing daily things for my eldest (She was only 19m when twins came along). I was induced at 38 weeks and luckily was already 4cm dialated so the Dr announced it would be quick!! Anyway Jordan came out first after 2 HOURS and then 7 minutes later out came Isabella. Both natural, no problems or stiches or anything - BUT EPIDURAL HELPED ALOT!!

Jordan was 6lb 1 & Isabella 4lb 15

I also love been a twin mum plus one and adore them although i admit it is hard work!!

Good Luck to all mums to be - it's all worth it!!



Ally mum to
Mikayla Joan 12/10/2001
Jordan Anthony &
Isabella Grace 16/06/2003

Hi Jacquie and other multiple mums
Wow there are so many of us I had to join in.
Name: Adele or AO
Age: 35
Live: Bayside Melbourne soon to be relocating to Abu Dhabi UAE!
Children: Lily Age 2yrs 8 months, Liam and Callum 14mths.
Prg: Identical twin pg, one placenta. Found out at 8 weeks while supposed to be on relaxing holiday in Port Douglas, huge shock. Many dramas a long the way...threatened labour at 27 weeks, hospitalised for 2 weeks sent home on bed rest. Suspected first stage twin to twin transfusion at 26wks, seemed to correct itself after time in hospital, still not sure how. Made it to 35weeks 5 days, twin two stopped growing, actually lost weight, weight difference suspected about 500g so advised to Csection. On delivery weight diff actually 200g and both really well. Boys stayed in Special Care for 2 and half weeks before coming home.
NOW: Growing so quick, hard to believe how worried we were about whether we were going to meet two healthy babies or not. Never know it now. Soon to be off on a new adventure OS and can't wait. Long Haul flight should be very interesting!

Name: Melissa
Age: 24
Location: Brisbane
Children: Jade & Hannah (27/3/05)
Pregnancy: Fraternal girls were born at 35 weeks and had to stay in the Special Care Unit for 2 weeks being fed through tubes in their noses. It was awesome when they were allowed to come home!! It takes its toll having to visit the hospital everyday to see your babies.

Basically there were no complications throughout my pregnancy, except 4 months of morning sickness and the usual aches and pains associated with lugging 2 babies around inside you for 8 months or so!

My waters broke 2 days before the twins arrived, but my contractions were irregular so at the end of the second day (when I was exhausted from no sleep and could no longer stand the pain!) I was put on a drip to induce me. Long story short, epidural didn't work, was too exhausted to push so my beautiful girls were born vaginally with the help of suction from the doctor. So much for my pain-free birth, but oh well you soon forget when you have 2 gorgeous babies to care for! Jade was born first at 8:13pm at 2400g, followed by Hannah at 8:28pm at 2490g

Melissa (24)

Twin girls (27/3/05)

This message was edited by Brizzygirl24 on Thursday, 14 July 2005 @ 8:56 PM

Hi, just thought I would add my details.

Name: Kylie(33) and DF John(37)
Location: Townsville
Children: 1 daughter, Jorja who is 2 and fraternal twins due in December

Pregnancy has been pretty uneventful except for the morning sickness that comes and goes. We go for our 19 week ultrasound on Monday 25th July and if these bubs are being cooperative we will find out the sex.

Take care all, Kylie

Hi this is a great idea.

Name: Lyn (38)
DH: Anthony (32)
Location: Sydney (Penrith)
Children: Courtney (4.5yr), Nathan & Amy (2.5yr)

My twin pregnancy was great, no real problems. I had a c-section at 38wks, as twin 1 was breech. Nathan was 3.1kg and 48.5cms and Amy was 2.9kg and 46cms.