How was your twin pregnancy different

[incognitony]

From your singleton pregnancy? I have one son he's 2 and my pregnancy with him was pretty easy and uneventful. I know everyone's pregnancies are different but would love to hear how your pregnancies differered.

I'm around 8 weeks pregnant with twins. (According to my lmp I would be almost 9 weeks but I was measuring behind at my first untrasound and was not yet given a due date so not sure how far along I'm considered.)

[demandypants]

I am 36 weeks into my twin pregnancy. It was a lot different than my first, 7 years ago. But not in any unusual ways. I was less tired and less nauseous this time. Last time I was pretty mean to dh and that didn't happen this time as much I have had more monitoring this time but both pregnancies have been pretty uneventful. Now all that being said I am crabby and feel trapped in a neverending third trimester, but it should be over soon.

[persa]

My DD was 3.5 and I was 41 when I got PG with my boys. I had an uneventful pregnancy with DD other than some symphysis discomfort the last month and a half.

With the boys I had pretty bad indigestion and reflux/esophagitis in the first tri and then my reflux got worse as it progressed. Then as I ventured into 3rd tri and my belly grew, I had a lot of back pain and shortness of breath. I started wearing a maternity belt around 30 weeks I think. I only gained 27 lbs and my boys were 7#1 and 6#3 so I was mostly baby belly.

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I'll do this list stylenol

Singleton:
Exercised for nearly the entire pregnancy
pretty uneventful pregnancy overall
no gestational diabetes
delivered at 38w1d after spontaneous labor. C section due to breach presentation.

Twins:
Braxton hicks started around 13 weeks.
No working out.
Very near complete separation of pubic symphasis.
Gestational diabetes
pre term labor at 32w6d.spent a week on hospital bedrest
Continued contracting at least 4 times an hour for the next 4 weeks until I delivered at 36w4d after spontaneous labor kicked back into active labor. I was essentially on bedrest during these weeks.
VBAC

[ninjabridemom]

I haven't had a singleton pregnancy but twins are innately high risk. So get used to that.

Do your twins share a placenta? That would make it higher risk. Sharing a sac, highest risk.

Mine shared a placenta and starting at 12wk I got growth ultrasounds every 2 weeks. I delivered at 37w2d, induced with pre-e, and had a vaginal delivery (17 total hrs, 5hrs of pushing). Split my pelvis (pubis whatever) in delivery.

Some things to note: All tests will be less accurate with two, other than invasive genetic tests (I got an amnio). Some doctors do bedrest preemtpively but fewer and fewer. I would not stay w a doctor who does bedrest preemptively, personally. You want a high-risk OB or MFM, or (like I had) an OB/high risk team or a midwife/high risk team. I think a specialist at least in consult is a good idea.