I'm having a moderate freak out - I'm not even sure if I am putting this post in the right place - but here we go....
I have two boys aged 10 and 2.8 and am blessed to be pregnant with lucky last after my first IVF FET was successful. I couldn't have a natural transfer due to threatened OHSS - and got lucky on my first FET. My FET consisted of ONE day 5 blastie. Anyway, today I am 7w+2d so I had my dating scan with my beloved FS who has been my OB for 10 years.
So he finds a "perfect" sac with a "perfect" white blob and heartbeat. I can't see the heartbeat so he switches to a colour thing that lights up the heart as it flashes - and OMG there is TWO. The FS is shocked, I start crying with disbelief - and I say - why does my baby have two hearts - shocked - and he says because your carrying identical twins!
So it seems the day 5 blastie got excited and kept dividing, and now we have two jellybeans instead of one!
I told DH over the phone (I just couldn't wait) and he was thrilled - his biggest concern was for me and my health as we are now dealing with a high risk pregnancy. I am scared! This was notnpart of my plan and I have no idea how I will cope? I didn't breastfeed either of my boys for medical and personal reasons, so ridiculous as it sounds, that's one thing I can get my head around!
Has anyone else experienced this - have any words of wisdom etc? Now the shock is wearing off I'm starting to feel excited and worried something will happen to one or both (go figure).
congratulations! Twins are an incredible blessing. My own twins are non identical so you will have some extra monitoring that I didn't have but in general twins are a deviation of normal and most twin pregnancies end well with two healthy babies
With regards to feeding, it's up to you if you choose to try this time to breastfeed and nobody has any right to to judge your decision either way. It is slightly trickier to breastfeed two babies, but I would imagine it is also slightly tricker to bottlefeed two babies. Take some time to let this momentous news sink in, you have heaps of time to think about feeding your babies and remember that you can always ask questions here as there are quite a few twin mums who have breastfed or bottlefed and can help you when the time comes.
Congratulations! I hope everything goes well with your pregnancy. Twins can definitely make things more complicated (both in pregnancy and after) but it sounds like you have a great supportive doctor who you trust to back you up.
Thank you so much everyone for your awesome best wishes. I love my BB friends - and would be lost without your suupport and advice!
Traveller so great to hear from a twin mummy! Thanks for your insight im beyond shocked and now getting excited, still scared... Just trying to take one day at a time ( so I don't totally freak out about how I will cope!).
I'm worried my mum is going to be cross. Don't get me wrong is is an amazing manna and loves the boys so much - but I have a pretty demanding career (which I love) and I think she will be worried about how I will cope. She will get her head around it though - and then she will be amazing.
Thank you all again - it's really great to have someone to talk to! Both my best female friends are in their late 30's, both are childless but trying to conceive, although neither want to do IVF - and one of them has dreamed of having identical twins her whole life so I don't really feel like I can talk to them yet.
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OMG I cannot believe it's happened to me..!!,!,
WooHoo!!!! Congrats TTL!!!! Now, that is one determined embie! Or is that two embies???
im beyond shocked and now getting excited, still scared... Just trying to take one day at a time ( so I don't totally freak out about how I will cope!).
so I don't really feel like I can talk to them yet.
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