Hi there everyone
I am just curious how many of you out there that have had twins can shed some light on the subject for me?
This is my first pregnancy and i am only about five weeks i haven't ad my scan yet. I am a bit chubby around the mid section ( prior to pregnancy) but i am feeling very bloated already and quite firm down low like i cant hold my stomach in anymore and i was wondering, when you are pregnant with twins does it make a difference early on in the pregnancy. Because i realise i am to early to show yet. just a bit confused.
i would imagine it would make a difference though perhaps not at 5 weeks... do you have a lot of multiples in your family??? sorry I am not much help, I only have 1 growing in here!!! But I was v bloated and puffy in the first few weeks, I felt like I was 'showing' though now that i look back it was just bloating!!!
I'm not 100% on this, but I believe twins have to run in the mothers family for the likely hood of having them urselves to increase significantly. Having said that, there is always a tiny chance of ANYONE having twins because blastys can split for no apparent reason too! and women can ov from both ovaries or two eggs at once....
Best way to know would be pgcy levels. If they are much higher than ur dates, you'd be sus....
I think everyone is different hun. Ho ever you are you are normal for your own body ATM for either twins or not....who knows maybe triplets????
My girlfriend is preggers with twins and 13wks at that, and no sign yet really, just a tiny tiny bump so far. And she has had 2 pregnancies before, both tiny too.
My two pregnancies on the other hand have been HUGE!! and the second time quicker then the first. Just genetics sometimes too, our family retains alot of fluid during our pregnancies.
Sorry about the BLAH BLAH.
HTH
In general you do get bigger earlier with twins and feel even more nauseated and m/s all day etc double the hormones and bub space.
Thanx for the help guys :-) much appreciated. i was just a little confused how it all works. But like you said everyone is different.
I like the idea of twins hehe :-) but no thanx to triplets lol
This pregnancy was fraternal twins... I didn't experience any significant bloating. My morning sickness was quite severe - but i'm not so sure that was because of twins, as one didn't finish developing and i was still quite sick up until a few weeks ago.
Fraternal can only be from the mothers side.....it has only got to do with ovulating multiple eggs....nothing else so Daddy has nothing to do with it except fertilizing those released eggs.
Identical is just a freak of nature when the egg completely splits and hasn't been proven to be genetic yet but could come from either side of the family in theory. Identical twins do however have a high rate of their own identical twin children.
Just had to say that coz sometimes it can be confusing
I was/am bloated but it seams worse in the afternoon it's slowly getting more and more noticable to me anyway. I couldn't do up my jeans from about 6 weeks onwards. This is my 3rd plus I have a few kgs left over from life I also have a short waiste sounds weird but I'm only 5ft and my stomach doesn't have alot of room to hide a baby even if it is only the size of a grapefruit
Sally, twins would be so exciting!!!! I hope you are carrying twins! That would be a "double" miracle wouldn't it!!?! :P
My DF has twins on his family side.... i wonder if we'll have them?
(from a website).....
Factors that increase the odds of having twins
Some women are more likely than others to give birth to twins. The factors that increase the odds include:
Advancing age of the mother - women in their 30s and 40s have higher levels of the sex hormone oestrogen than younger women, which means their ovaries are stimulated to produce more than one egg at a time.
Number of previous pregnancies - the greater the number of pregnancies a woman has already had, the higher her odds of conceiving twins.
Heredity - a woman is more likely to conceive fraternal twins if she is a fraternal twin, has already had fraternal twins, or has siblings who are fraternal twins.
Race - Black African women have the highest incidence of twins, while Asian women have the lowest.
Assisted reproductive techniques - many procedures rely on stimulating the ovaries with fertility drugs to produce eggs and, often, several eggs are released per ovulation.
Last edited by Shanti; July 5th, 2007 at 01:32 PM.
I have 11 month old fraternal twin girls.I had my suspicions at 6 weeks that I may be carrying twins as I was starting to show.I did'nt have any morning sickness just really tired.
Identical twins are a fluke of nature where the egg is split in two and it can happen to anybody.
Fraternal twins are genetic and comes about when a woman ovulates 2 eggs that are fertilised by 2 sperm.The mother or father can pass this gene onto a daughter as in my case my father passed on the gene to me.He has fraternal boy/girl twin cousins.My girls now have an even greater chance of conceiving twins as ther is the gene from me and also they are fraternal twins which makes them concieving twins 1 in 17.(thats pretty high)I believe I also have a 1 in 4 chance of conceiving twins next pregnancy.
How exciting if you are carrying twins it really is a blessing....
oH by the way we found out at our 8 week scan that we were having twins and at our 13 week scan they looked for a 3rd baby.I told the sonographer that I could deal with twins but no so sure about triplets.I've had a premonition that next pregnancy I will have triplets..Scary.
twins! I'd love twins. I have always found twins fascinating! My dh's mum is a non-identical twin, I have identical twin cousins and my dh has a cousin who had twins. Get your dr to check your hormone levels. I've heard that they're higher with twins
I am a mummy of Fraternal Twins from IVF - ICSI I had 2 frozen embies put in. (my babies are 2 tomorrow Yippeee) Sorry for that info just excited. I didnt even feel pg and was not sick at all with the twins. However with this pg (only 1 baby) I am still sick at 30wks. Good luck with your twins. Its twice the fun.
Pansy- At the start b4 I had a scan they said my levels were for a singleton. However I just had a very tiny twin.
Twins Or Not???
) but i am feeling very bloated already and quite firm down low like i cant hold my stomach in anymore and i was wondering, when you are pregnant with twins does it make a difference early on in the pregnancy. Because i realise i am to early to show yet. just a bit confused.
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