Hi twin mummies, just a quick post to say hello to you all. Not long to go now for me. My OB is hoping I'll make it to 38 weeks, in which case he'll schedule me for a caesar, but as you all know it could happen any time ... scary but also exciting. Hope you are all well. I'll post with a birth announcement soon!!!!
Hi Brunette,
How time flies! My little ones are 6 months old already, I can't believe it. This forum has been on the quiet side hey. Did you find out any more about the dolicocephalic head shape? Sorry no-one has been around to answer your questions. i myself know nothing about it.
I hope you've had a good pregnancy and have had enough support throughout. Good luck with the upcoming birth, how exciting
All the best x
Sararach, thinking of you often and hoping you're getting stronger day by day xo
KaylaB, time flies all right. Wow, can't believe yours are six months already. Dolicocephalic head shape just means the head is narrower and longer, usually associated with breech babies. My OB is not at all concerned about it so that's good enough for me.
Hi everyone
Cathie sorry I can't help my girls are too young and I haven't even looked in to it.
Just wanted to send best wishes to Brunette, not long to go now and the fun will being. Don't be scared of your cs, I didn't really do too much research either and didnt really feel prepared. Just go with to flow and it will be fine. You are lucky to be so far along so chances are they may not even need time in special care. make sure you tell them what you want though, I has skin to skin in recovery and they were on the breast within 20 minutes or so. Fingers crossed for you you have good sleepers. Yes you will be sleep deprived and the 3 hourly feeds are a killer, especially if you are expressing on top of that, but if you can sleep in between you will be fine. Just make sure you sleep any chance you get, and no housework or anything like that. Eat lots of protein and drink lots of water for your milk supply, and stay away from sugary foods to avoid getting nipple thrush as that is the killer. Make the midwives help you every time you put them to the breast to make sure you are getting it right, and if you are going to bf get a twin bf pillow, it was a life saver for me. I can't think of anything else lol. Can't wait to hear your news.
Hi to everyone else. My girls are going great, I am more in love with them every day.
Hi BD, thanks heaps for your tips. I saw my OB this morning and was told that 3 out of 5 babies born by CS go into special care - maybe only for an hour, maybe for a few days. I was also told there's a good chance the paediatrician will try to feed them formula - 20 mls a feed instead of about 1-2 mls of colustrum they would normally receive when BFing. They'll come out of special care potentially wanting 20 mls each feed before my milk has even come in! The midwife at our OB clinic said to be assertive, that I need to give my consent for them to formula feed my babies, and to hand express diligently every two hours into a syringe and get the midwives to give this to the babies. So I'll just be very clear about my wishes to BF and hope they don't have to go into special care at all, and if they do that they're out as soon as possible. I've got a twin BFing pillow. Hope I get a chance to use it! You did so well not having your twins go into special care, having skin to skin and BFing so quickly after birth. So sweet when you say you're more in love with your daughters every day!
I'll be back with my birth announcement! OB said it might be sooner than the 8th as when he pushed on T1's head he said the uterus was irritable and he felt small contractions. Yikes. As long as they don't come this weekend because he's not on call!
Last edited by Brunette; November 29th, 2010 at 10:43 AM.
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