Hope you manage to keep your twins snuggly inside a wee while longer. I am 5'5" and my twins were born at 38 weeks weighing 6lb 2 and 6lb 12, I went into natural labour and they spent no time in NICU, I was able to take them straight home. Boytwin did spend a couple of weeks in NICU starting at 10 days old, but that was due to an unrelated infection.
My twins were born at 38+4 weeks. I had prem labour at 33 weeks which was successfully stopped, then they refused to come out and I ended up been induced. Had several false alarms and lots of BH contractions up till then though.
I was so big in the last trimester, that i lost my centre of balance and kept falling forward. I was only about 49kg when I fell preg with them, so it put a lot of strain on my body.
They weighed 6lb 6oz and 6lb 9oz when they were born,
They are still tucked up nice and warm although this week I think either or both have dropped into my pelvis as I now have a "little" extra room under my boobs again - although this just makes more kicking room for them.
I have started getting horrendous lower back pain now from them being so low, have my Ob appt this Thursday so will see where things stand re deliver dates etc. I really want to know if my Ob is happy for my to go into labour or for my waters to break before acting or to go ahead with a scheduled c/s but with an earlier date than originally anticipated.
Kelly - my two princesses arrived at 35weeks and 2 days. (Reallyyyy need to find the time to do a birth announcement ) They were little - C was 4p2oz and M was 3p13oz. Both girls were transfered to the Special care nursery in a larger hospital closer to the city (we are in a regional area) were they spent 10 days and then were transfered back to the hospital closer to home for 7 days.
They had no health problems as such, the main scare they gave us was after they had been transfered, they had a few breathing problems but apparently that is very common because going in the ambulance unsettles them. Both girls had apgar scores of 9 when they were born, and were really alert. Their size was the biggest issue. They both had nasal gastric tubes inserted and were feed though a tube feeds with my expressed milk for a couple of days and then they did a combination of breast feeding, and tube feeds when they were too tired. They are now both feeding really well, and both actually have an amazingly strong sucking action (ouchies!).
I had a VBAC with the girls which was fantastic. I'd planned to have a c-section after having one with DS but both girls were head down and my waters broke spontaneously (at 5.30am - nice wake up surprise!). It was really good because the girls were transfered that night, and then I went down the next morning. Aside from a bit of soreness, I didn't have that long recovery time that I had with my c section.
It's great you are preparing yourself for thedifferent things that can happen. I honestly never considered my girls would spend time in the special care nursery after I got past 34weeks (that's when our hospital will take babies from) so it was a bit of a shock. It was a very surreal way to spend their first days but having said that, they were in the best place and recieved amazing care. Good luck!
Mrs Cricket big congrats on the arrival of your little girls.
My head has been in a spin the past few days... I've hit 32 weeks so my Ob has assured me we are all o.k to stay in Ballarat now, so that is one weight off my mind he has however told me that between now and 35 weeks we are waiting to see if I go into labour (I also had a c/s with DD and we were looking at a c/s this time around). Twin A's head is already engaged now but Twin B is firmly planted breech with a bottom wedged into my hip bone...OUCHY... so I have now been told if I do go into labour and if by the time I get to hospital I am like 8cm dialated then we will be proceeding with a VB as he said there will probably be no time to organise a c/s. He also indicated that as they would be premmies that labour could happen quite fast and as they are smaller they would "slip out" easier - his words, not mine, I'm sure there will be substantial pain involved. If we get passed 35 weeks then he will look at booking in an earlier c/s date than the original planned one.
I have a growth scan this week, so am looking forward to finding out exactly where things stand ie: head engagement and also my cervix length as this will hopefully give us an indication where things stand plus hopefully both boys have put on some more weight so they will be healthy sizes when they arrive.
Mrs Cricket if you don't mind me asking, how long was you labour?? Only as I mentioned my Ob thinks things can happen fast so just curious if your labour seemed to fly by or if you had a bit of time. We live 35 minutes from Ballarat and if something happens during the week then DH has to come from Ballarat to get me, we have to then drop DD at my parents house and then head to the hospital, so I could be up to an 1hr 1/2 before I would actually get to hospital..
Hi Kelly. I had my twins at 33w6d due to IUGR. I was in hospital for a little over a week before they were born and had the steroid injections. Adelaide was 1695g and William was 1810g. They were in special care for just over 2 weeks. Feeding tubes only for a short time. No oxygen or any other interventions! Still my perfect little (now 3 year old) twins!!
Good luck It will be good to get to 35 weeks, and its great you have already had the steroids! Twins are the best!
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) They were little - C was 4p2oz and M was 3p13oz. Both girls were transfered to the Special care nursery in a larger hospital closer to the city (we are in a regional area) were they spent 10 days and then were transfered back to the hospital closer to home for 7 days.
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