Sentences with phrase «twins than singletons»

Preterm birth is more likely with twins than singletons, which may result in some time in the NICU.

For example, premature birth and low birth weight are more common among twins than singletons (Bowen, 1999).

«There is also a higher incidence of the baby being in breech position among twins than singletons.»

To me forming a bond is much more difficult with twins than singletons because I must divide my attention so much, and it is nice when I get to spend time with one baby at a time.

Not exact matches

However, when my first three daughters were born less than a year apart (singleton followed less than a year later by premature twins) we had three cats.

I could make a laundry list of what I would like the second time around with a singleton rather than twins (breastfeeding, not premature, no bed rest, no pre-term labor scares, regular number of doctor's appts, no develo [pmental delays, cheaper, EVERYTHING), but my problem with having my victory baby is there is no way I want a newborn again while also caring for my twins (currently 2.5).

Understand that a twin pregnancy moves faster than a singleton pregnancy in two ways.

I have twin grandsons and they had since birth a different life than singletons as they always had each other and they are not identical.

Twin Registries are a little different than singleton registries.

As a mom carrying twins it is recommended to gain weight earlier and more aggressively than as a singleton mother.

My neighbor had preemie twins (a few months after I had a healthy, easy, easy singleton), and she has said more than once how much it helped to hear from other twin moms that twins is NOT the same as one, that it's eight times harder, that it gets better.

Since many twins, and nearly all triplets and higher order multiples, are born early, you'll want to schedule a class earlier in your pregnancy than if you were having a singleton baby.

While your hCG levels may be higher than normal if you conceive twins, the normal range for a singleton overlaps with normal ranges for twins.

Little did I know that twins would be much more of a handful than my singleton ever hoped to be.

A twin pregnancy is a double blessing, but it can also carry greater risks than singleton pregnancies.

Twins play by a whole different set of rules than singleton pregnancies!

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.

Cerebral palsy is more common among multiple births than single births, being 2.3 per 1,000 survivors in singletons, 13 in twins, and 45 in triplets in North West England.

I tried to match Johnson and Daviss as specifically as possible by adding in the additional variables of singleton (not twins or other multiples) and looking at Certified Nurse Midwives, who tend to care for lower - risk mothers than obstetricians.

Looking at the prenatal care, you're a specialist so when the twin moms get referred to you, they already know: «This is going to be different than a singleton pregnancy.»

Twins are often a little smaller than their singleton counterparts.

Rates of breastfeeding of twins or higher order multiples are lower than rates of breastfeeding singletons suggesting that further evidence is needed about how to support this group of women.

With a same - age sibling for entertainment, many twin or multiple toddlers are easier on their parents than their singleton counterparts.

But, yeah, I'm super proud to still breastfeeding and I feel like they are my success story because I did struggle with my boys and everyone said that breastfeeding twins is going to be more difficult and I actually found it to be more easier than my singletons so, yeah I think it's just a thing of supply - and - demand kind of thing, but yeah, super proud of that.

Due to increased blood volume and a growing uterus, twin mothers usually experience a slightly higher weight gain than mothers of singletons.

These studies also found that women with twin gestations did not incur any greater risk of uterine rupture or maternal or perinatal morbidity than those with a singleton gestation (96, 97).

Sunny Gault: I think it's different too when you have — if you just have one singleton before your twins, I think it's a little bit different than having two single babies before your twins because they have the opportunity to kind of partner together.

In any patient, the Cesarean section rate for twins is MUCH higher than for singletons, secondary to increased rates of need for induction and abnormal presentation.

Premature labor, premature rupture of membranes, diabetes, and blood pressure disorders are far more likely in twin gestations than singletons.

This new chapter includes advice for moms - to - be expecting twins, triples or quads, «from how much more you'll need to eat, to how many more symptoms you're likely to have, to the extra tests and risks involved in baking more than one bun at a time, and how labor and delivery might differ from a singleton birth,» she said.

«Twin pregnancies are at substantially higher risk of early preterm birth than singleton pregnancies and this risk is inversely related to sonographically measured cervical length at 20 - 24 weeks» gestation,» explained lead investigator Kypros H Nicolaides, MD, Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London.

The rates of ART singletons born small for gestational age (SGA) more than halved between 1988 - 1992 and 2003 - 2007, falling from 7.6 % to 3.2 %, while the rates of SGA births among ART twins fell from 17 % to 14 %.

Here, Bell and Spector argue that twin studies are «considerably more powerful discovery tools than studies on singletons» for the epigeneticist.