Maternal anatomy can make
a twin pregnancy more likely to be missed (such as a severely obese woman or one with an abnormal fibroid uterus).
Not exact matches
Discuss the unique joys and challenges of
pregnancy, childbirth and attachment parenting
twins, triplets and
more.
Having
Twins And
More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple
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Unfortunately, this means you are
more likely to suffer from nausea and vomiting.Along with worse morning sickness, women pregnant with
twins often complain of things like back pain, difficulty sleepingand constant heartburn throughout their
pregnancy.
More than we would like, but it is a common occurrence with
twin pregnancies.
A: A survey by the National Organization of Mothers of
Twins Clubs found that 70 percent of mothers of multiples experienced bed rest during pregnancy with twins or
Twins Clubs found that 70 percent of mothers of multiples experienced bed rest during
pregnancy with
twins or
twins or
more.
Your doctor will likely monitor the
pregnancy for a few weeks to be sure everything is going smoothly, and to check if you've conceived
twins (or
more).
Having
twins, triplets, or
more puts your
pregnancy into a different category.
While the great majority of multiple
pregnancies result in healthy babies, any
pregnancy with
twins or
more is considered high risk.
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My boys, so my first two were boys, so my first son was about six months and same thing really for my second son and I was really personally disappointed by that, that wasn't my plan, my plan was to breastfeed them a lot longer than that and just other things just kind of got in the way and education and everything that probably could get in the way and with my girls I just kind of was like and I think what helped me too was knowing that the
twins were my last plan
pregnancy, like after that like, if I get pregnant you know «Surprise» but we are not planning have any
more kids and I think knowing going into to it that I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do with my first two, really, really motivated me and knowing that these are my last babies that I'm planning to have so if I, it's now or never so it's kind of like putting a little bit of pressure on me I guess on that regard.
Pregnancy complications — These could be pre-diagnosed or complications that develop during the early stages of labour e.g. preeclampsia, premature labour, a baby in the breech position or if you're having
twins or
more
Mothers who conceived dizygotic
twins due to hyperovulation are already
more likely to have
twins; and after carrying a
twin pregnancy already, their womb is
more likely to successfully sustain a subsequent multiple
pregnancy.
Once you've had one multiple
pregnancy, you're significantly
more likely to have
twins again.
Transferring
more than one embryo increases the likelihood of a multiple
pregnancy (
twins, triplets, etc.).
Approximately 30 % of IVF
pregnancies result in a
twin pregnancy, and another 3 % to 4 % result in a triplet or a higher order (four or
more implanted embryos)
pregnancy in the United States.
Here are some great
pregnancy diet guidelines for mom's expecting
twins, triplets, or
more!
But the clarity and precision of modern imaging, as well as
more frequent use of ultrasound during
pregnancy, makes it less likely that a
twin would remain hidden.
Although there's not much science to support it, some moms of
twins report feeling movement earlier and
more frequently in
pregnancy, sometimes as early as the first trimester.
This is
more common in identical
twin pregnancies or if your baby's umbilical cord is longer than normal.
Here are some of the
more common signs and symptoms of a
twin pregnancy.
More hCG is released in a multiple
pregnancy, such as
twins or triplets, than in a single
pregnancy.
This measurement is
more difficult earlier in
pregnancy than later on, when an ultrasound may have already detected the presence of
twins.
The most common fertility drug risks are conceiving a multiple
pregnancy (like
twins or triplets or
more) and developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
Having higher or lower levels than are normally expected will not cause any changes in your
pregnancy, but may (or may not) be a symptom of something unusual, such as multiple
pregnancies (
twins or triplets —
more than this would be extremely uncommon unless you are on fertility medication).
But is the claim that summer
pregnancies result in
more twins valid based in truth or not?
Recently we have added post
pregnancy support — we can help you get the
twins on a schedule, alleviate any feeding issues, help you develop successful bedtime routines and
more.
You're
more at risk from anaemia during a
twin pregnancy.
«We tend to do
more frequent ultrasounds for growth in
twin pregnancies, compared with one anatomy scan and one growth scan in a singleton
pregnancy.»
For example, a
twin pregnancy is
more likely as you get older because hormonal changes can cause
more than one egg to be released at a time.
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Twin pregnancies require
more monitoring than single
pregnancies, Monga says.
«You also need
more calories for
twin pregnancies.»
Eighteen women (1.1 %) were expecting
twins; 10.2 % of women reported one or
more medical or social risk factor during
pregnancy (high blood pressure, diabetes, problems with baby's growth, problems with baby's health, depression, lack of social support during
pregnancy, or housing difficulties).
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Researchers report
more cases of vanishing
twin syndrome in women older than 30, though that may be due to the fact that older mothers in general have higher rates of multiple
pregnancies, especially with the use of fertility treatments.
The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend
twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or
pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or
more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).
If you've experienced the loss of one of your
twins during the second half of your
pregnancy, your practitioner will
more carefully monitor the health and growth of your remaining
twin and watch you closely for signs of complications.
This includes that the mother must have no significant pre-existing disease, no significant disease arising during
pregnancy, a singleton
pregnancy (no
twins or higher order multiples), the baby must be head - down, labor must start between 37 and 41 weeks of
pregnancy, the mother must have had no
more than 1 previous caesarean section, and labor must begin spontaneously.
Labour & birth is discussed in
more detail in our
Twins Tip:
Twin Pregnancy — Labour & Birth.
Nancy Bowers director of Marvelous Multiples and author of «The Multiple
Pregnancy Sourcebook,» advises moms of
twins to attend training during their second trimester and encourages moms of triplets or
more to schedule a class prior to 20 weeks.
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Twins or Triplets in the form of post
pregnancy support — we can help you get the babies on a schedule, alleviate any feeding issues, help you develop successful bedtime routines and
more.
With my
twin pregnancy I had a
more notable swelling on my legs, I could hardly walk and had to be laying down almost the whole day because the swelling was not going away.
While spotting is
more likely in
twin pregnancies because of higher
pregnancy hormone levels, take all precautions necessary and see a doctor if you are at all concerned.
They may feel it as they know
twins run in their families and their chances are higher and in this case are the next ones in the family ushering in
twins, or they may just look at all the
more exaggerated symptoms of
pregnancy that they are getting and put it all together.
However, in a
twin pregnancy women can feel
more unstable and
more prone to tears as those hormones kind of run around haywire in their bodies.
However, it's even
more common in
twin pregnancies, so it's something you need to watch out for.
The average weight gain for a mom with a single
pregnancy is about 25 pounds while the average weight gain for a mom pregnant with
twins is
more like 30 - 35 pounds.