Having twins

[MarioOrlandi]

 

[Scoffers]

I have 10 year old twin boys, not identicle though. Mrs Scoffers and I then had a third boy 2 years later. All fun. Wife's sister also had twins!

Biggest advice. Don't panic, each child is different and you will learn very quickly how to adapt. There are tried and tested techniques out there to help deal with situations as they arrise. When my wife was heavily pregnant we attended a twins class run by mothers that had fairly recently given birth to twins and I think that helped a lot.

Join TAMBA for sure, some great advice and discounts!

The mother-in-law stayed with us for the first month after the twins arrived. I was a bit uneasy about the thought her interfering etc (no Mother In Law jokes please!) but she was a huge help.

Once you get over the initial learning, ALWAYS treat them as individuals (even though they are identicle) and never pidgeon-hole them, meaning labelling one of them as naughty and the other a saint, all kids develop in different ways and speeds and they need to be allowed to make mistakes and learn

Wow, ok, a bit heavy,

CONGRATS, your life will never be the same again.

Cheers
Scoffers

ps, my 3 kids all have season tickets with me next season for the first time, I cannot wait

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Congratulations. Although that does not seem quite substantial enough a word. Absolutely delighted for you.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Congratulations, what an ordeal! You'll find the photo will upload if you Go Advanced and try again.

 

[Rod Marsh]

I am an Identical twin if that helps !

That's true. I'm a huge 5 minutes older :0)

 

[Rod Marsh]

Congratulations!

 

[Kumquat]

I have a twin brother and my girlfriend has often voiced her wish that when(!) we have children that we might have twins. Last time she raised the subject I said once is enough. She replied "Do you mean 'one is enough'?" I said "No." She thought for a minute ( I think i saw her lip wobble) and said laughing, a little too uneasily, "you make it sound like you've already had twins!!." I said nothing. They love the suspense. They really do.

 

[Greyrun]

When did NSC turn into Mumsnet.

 

[Igzilla]

How's everyone getting on? We've had a bit of a whirlwind the past few months or so.

At just over 20wks in February, a scan showed that we were suffering with twin to twin transfusion syndrome where one baby was getting too much fluid and the other not enough. Six hours later we were in St George's in London and the following day we had laser treatment where they lasered the blood vessels on my wife's placenta to minimise the fluid intake. They also drained the fluid out from the baby who was taking in too much. Whilst completely terrifying, it really was fascinating stuff as you saw the babies on the screen as they moved the camera around in my wife's stomach. However, I wouldn't wish going through that to my worst enemy.

Oh, and then on April 13th at just 27 weeks, we had our baby boys weighing just 2lbs 2oz - this would soon go down to 1lbs 8oz as they swallowed a lot of blood as part of the placenta had broken away and they were tangled amongst their cords. They were due in mid-June. It just all happened so quickly via category 1 emergency C-section. They spent two weeks in Queens Alexandra Hospital in the specialist neo-natal ward; almost four weeks in St Richard's in Chichester; and they have spent the past ten days or so in Worthing Hospital. They were last weighed on Sunday and both boys are 3lbs 9oz now - it feels a long long time ago since they were 1lbs 8oz. It has been a life changer and a real leaning curve, that's for sure. Just can't wait to get them home.

Here's the most recent photo of the lads. I also have many photos of them when they were little under 2lbs. I did manage to get a little bit about these new Young Seagulls in the Yeovil matchday programme. One the left is Quinn and on the right is Jude. They were born in the same minute as they had to get them out pronto.

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Congratulations, Greyseagull. I remember St Thomas's - we had the laser treatment too, but we had a pretty awful time there. They did the lasering at half nine in the evening, and wouldn't discharge us until gone 11, by then we'd missed our last train home. Had to get a taxi back to Worthing.

 

[Triggaaar]

Congratulations. How are they doing (breathing etc)?

 

[imissworthing2]

Congratulations mate, glorious scenes

 

[greyseagull]

Congratulations. How are they doing (breathing etc)?

Hi Triggaaar,

Funny you should ask that as Jude came off oxygen completely this afternoon - Quinn came off last week. Still no sign on them coming home yet though. I guess it's a case of putting more weight on and us remaining patient. It's been a very long seven weeks since they arrived. I hope you guys are all well. Was thinking about you and your previous message when we got diagnosed with the TTT.

 

[Hyperion]

Congratulations [MENTION=24894]greyseagull[/MENTION] You must be very proud

 

[Triggaaar]

Funny you should ask that as Jude came off oxygen completely this afternoon - Quinn came off last week.

Wow great news. Don't they say to expect them home close to their original due date?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Congratulations and I'm glad your lads are getting stronger! Soon have them in the Amex, probably sooner than we get a manager at this rate.

 

[METALMICKY]

We are expecting non identical twins early September. I tried to turn the play off defeat into a positive as it means I can just about afford my season ticket which might have been a different matter had it been premier prices.

We now have a very practical Vauxhall Zafira and the Ferrari of twin prams the Icandy Blossom 3 in black which I will pimp with flame decals