Twins and High Risk?

[UntoldAngel]

Okay, SIL is pregnant (13ish weeks) and is having twins. She has been told by the GP she has been categorised as high risk as a result and can no longer go through the GP care but has to go through the midwife clinic at the hospital.

Can you be classified as high risk purely because you are having twins? I would have thought there would be more factors?

[Miss_Dee]

Yep, multiple births = high risk because there are potentially added complications. That's how I understand it from everything I have read anyway.

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[~TT40~]

yep, multiples = high risk.
depends on type of twins - what risks the babies are at.
plus higher chance of being premature.
and then with mum, higher risk of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, pre eclampsia etc..

mums pregnant with multiples can still have relativly 'uncomplicated' pregnancies, but they are just have a higher chance of things. I think the main thing is risks to the babies though.

[RockingBaker]

Yup automatically high risk. I was considered high risk with my trio despite having no issues for 33 weeks until I developed PE. It's great to have the extra reassurance though of midwife care.

[~clover~]

Yep. Twins automatically equal high risk.
My friends were having u/s fortnightly & checkups every other week from around 25 weeks.

Both were told they'd have to have c/s at 32 weeks. Thankfully neither did. One went naturally at 32 weeks & the other went naturally at 37 weeks.
No c/s needed.

[mrscricket]

I had to change to only seeing my ob once I found out it was twins. I was devastated because I had finally found an amazing GP that I wanted to see throughout my pregnancy, although he actually turned out to be the anaesthetist for my birth so he managed to take part anyway . I wasn't even allowed to do the midwife clinic so she is quite lucky in that respect.
My pregnancy was consider higher risk because I had one placenta for the girls, although they were in seperate sacs, so had to have extra scans. My best friend who had twins 2 weeks before me, also had to go under ob only care, although her pg was 'perfect' for a twin pg - 2 placentas, no complications and made it to 38 weeks.

Best of luck to your SIL!