Hi Bimboo,
Thanks for the info on how you fed your DD, I am really glad it worked for you. I have read plenty of books on twins and believe that you still have the option of demand feeding, however life might be bit easier on a routine. I loved the book by Tizzie Hall called Save Our Sleep, and plan to follow as best I can her recommendations with regards to feedings and routines. She is not a advocate at all of controlled crying, instead recommends, teaching baby to self settle, so I will be doing my best with this, though have no illusions that it will be hard.
Good on you for going for a home birth, I guess you can feel more comfortable given that this is number 2 & 3 for you. It took me so long to fall pregnant and a lot of intervention I wouldn't be comfortable to do it. But am very happy with my OB and after doing the research am happy with his recommendations for epidural, just hoping I can get twin 1 to flip so I can have a VB. I guess this is my small attempt to have at lease some natural component to the birth .
I have the same pains, and feeling incredibly stretched too, and I have bad groin pain on the left side, swollen feel, a bit of relux, am super tired, but overall have been very lucky I think, so now just hoping to hang on as long as I can.
I would love to catch up too, I am in Broadbeach Waters but happy to come to you. Let me know where you are or I will try to PM you privately.
Jenc, sorry to hear of your troubles, is this a growth spurt? Are they ready for solids yet? As long as they are putting on weight that is a good thing. And I have always read that it can be hard to compare with what the tin says. I hope you can work it out or someone has some suggestions.
Bella, so glad to hear things are going well with your boys too, gosh 6 weeks already, the time have flown by. Good luck and have fun with getting into your own routine. How exciting. Are you following any particular feeding routine?
I am sure I will have so many more questions for you both once the girls arrive. Now just patiently waiting, am not yet at the point where I am so uncomfortable that I want them out. So now just hoping that they turn in the next two weeks before my next OB appointment. I guess we will be talking labour and delivery then.
BDT - you are doing great - keep those girls baking!!!
I am following the save our sleep routines! Its great - it was hard for me to really start before now - the principles i adopted about 2 weeks ago (when i bought the book!) it is a very interesting read and makes so much sense - my boys have self settled from the very begining but don't stress to much really early on - they are small and need their cuddles and one on one time with you!! Now at 6 weeks (starting today!) i am trying to follow the actual routine (time frames) adapted slightly to my liking and needs. The best advice i got from a few of the other twin mums is to always remember a routine is only good if it suits you - i have 3 different books and have taken the bits i like from each do you know what i mean? not sure if i'm making sense bit sleep deprived!
I pretty much demand fed - initially they were 3 hrly set by them + my little one wasn't to go more than 3 hours without a feed due to weight gain concern then i helped them change the routine to 4 hourly at about 3.5 - 4 weeks as they were bigger and i knew they could do it i just needed to break their 3 hour cycle (keep in mind i bottle fed from the early days - expressed breat milk + formula top up, now they are on formula as it was so hard to try and do it all!) i demand feed over night and wake the other to keep them in sync.
As far as birthing goes my 2 were both head down in fact one was so low every internal from a few weeks before birth they could feel his head! All the docs thought i would have the easiest VD but i stalled and he got stuck + my little one didn't tollerate birth that well so i ended up with a c-sec after 11hour labour! I had an epidural (initally reluctantly!) and it was the best - and i'm glad i din't take the chance without it. All i would say is prepare yourself well for a c-sec just in case as i was in denial a bit and it made it very emotional at the time - i shouls have prepared myself just in case. Overall the c-sec recovery was 10 times better than i thought it would be and my experince was great overall.
Through all my rambling i suppose i just want to say - prepare yourself but be ready to adapt and change - don't put any pressure on yourself! It is such a blessing having twins - hard work but such a joy! and like you after such a journey to get these bubs i just cherish every minute with them!
Hi loverlies,
Just popping to say hi. I am still baking away, though feeling incredibly tired, and this endless 24hr itchy skin is driving me mad. I see my OB tomorrow and have a scan on Thur to check how the girls are going and will know what the plan is from there.
Bimboo, hope you are doing well, and if your bubs have already arrived I hope they are safe and sound. Let me know how you are going.
Bella, thanks for your advice, will keep all your comments in mind, I have pretty much resigned myself to a Csection, and almost feel a little excited that we will have a date scheduled. I hope you and your boys are going well too.
Hi Jenc, sorry I can't help you with your questions lol, I hope you work it out.
I just noticed in your previous post you have been having itchy skin. I had twin girls in October 2005 and I too suffered from severe itchy skin all the way through my 3rd and 4th tri mesters. At first I thought it was just my skin stretching so I used loads of bio oil but it was still a problem (to the point of near insanity as it was so bad it kept me awake at night and I would have to bathe for hours just to relieve my skin!)
Anyways I talked to my Doctor about it and he pretty much brushed it off and told me to get some cream, it wasn't until I was about 35 weeks I was at the hospital for a check up and I had a different Doctor to who usually saw me and I told him about it and he advised me to get a blood test immediatley. Turns out I had a condition called Cholestasis. Basically it is a rare condition that results from a liver problem which occurs when bile fails to flow normally in the small ducts of the liver. This results in bile salt accumulation in the body and can cause excessive itching. This itching is more intense than other forms of itching. Once this was discovered I was told I would have to deliver my babies the following day!
I dont want to alarm you but id suggest you check with your Doctor to see if he thinks you may have this conditon. There is no evidence to suggest your babies will be harmed so dont worry I just thought this info might be useful for you as I know how annoying it is putting up with the itchy skin along with all the other things that come with pregnancy!
Hi Gemalala,
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this, about two weeks ago I had the test and had slightly elevated levels, but not enough for them to treat, I was retested this week and my levels are now high, so am now being treated and have a C-section booked for next Wed (which will be 37 weeks). So thankful that it wasn't just my imagination, as it was driving me crazy. And what are the chances, I think they say only 1% of pregnancies get this lol, it is sort of nice to know I am not the only one.
Hi Bimboo, hope you are doing ok, and yes would love to catch up once you are settled after bubs' arrival.
Hi ladies
I've finally found a minute to get back on. Good luck BDT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting. I'm glad they discovered your cholestasis. I ended up having it towards the end too, but thankfully only very mildly. It drove me absolutely nuts. Thankfully I was already in hospital, so they could do what they needed to asap to keep it under control.
My boys' feeding issues seem to have just sorted themselves out. They are back on track with timings (I had been a bit slack with the routine, and boy oh boy do my boys need it. They just respond so well and totally lose it if I let it go). I have also just accepted that they are not going to eat the amount it says on the tin. They are happy, sleeping through the night, and gaining weight, so they're obviously getting enough.
I'm really enjoying my little ones. They are growing and changing so much. Every day brings me something wonderful and I am dreading ever having to go back to work. But unless I win lotto....! Still, I have 7 months or so to go. But I know it's going to fly fly fly!
Take care everyone
Jenx
OMG I am in heaven. Our baby girls were born yesterday, 3rd Feb at 8.34 am and 8.35 am, Aria weighing 2.3kg and Sophia weighing 2.8kg. The C-section was so quick and smooth, both girls came out beautifully, we had skin to skin in recovery, were in the nursery by 9.00 am, and they both had their first breast feed right away. It was divine and I can not have hoped for a better birth experience by C-section. Both girls are perfect and no troubles at all, so good in fact they are rooming in with us and no time in special care nursery. They are both having a good go breastfeeding, and it seems like I have a good supply of colostrum so far, am just about to start expressing.
I can't believe they are finally here and they are ours, they are beautiful, Aria a little more like me, and Sophia a little more like DH in looks. I am so in love with them already!
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Will be back to catch up soon, love to you all and thank so much for your support.
Saph, hope you are going well with your little man too. Hi to everyone else, xx
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hehehe look what i found girls a post from BDT,thought you might like to see it .
and a big hello to all you beautiful twin mummas ,hope all is going well for you .
taking my hat off to you all as this is hard enough with one baby
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hehehe look what i found girls a post from BDT,thought you might like to see it .
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