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[JuneLily]

Hi all,

 

I figured it was time to get this party started! I am 12 weeks today with dichorionic/diamniotic twins through IVF who are due March 5, 2015. 

 

So far I've been following the other twin due date groups trying to soak up as much as I can! 

 

I'd love to hear from all those who are due around the same time.

[juice]

I'm due March 22, 2015, but will probably be early. Mine have their their own placentas so fraternal, I'm assuming. 

[TJ33]

Hi June Lily - you are more than welcomed to join our December / January Group (I am not actually due until Feb)

 

Would be nice to add more ladies to our existing group! 

[JuneLily]

Juice, I'm assuming mine are fraternal as well since they don't share anything. We're pretty much planning on them arriving sometime in February... I really hope to be able to keep them in until 36 weeks.

 

TJ33, thanks! I think I'll likely end up in both groups... that way I'll know what I'm in for since all of you will have already gone through it!

[TJ33]

Very welcomed June Lily

[juice]

I am 11.5 weeks now, and I'm still exhausted, low appetite and nauseous. I feel like I should start to get energy back now. I'm a BC teacher on strike and keep wondering, how the heck would I go back to work in this condition?? 

[JuneLily]

I hear ya, Juice! I keep reading that the exhaustion should be letting up (I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow), but so far it hasn't happened. This making twins business is tough.

 

Are you on any meds for the nausea? I feel nauseas when I'm hungry... so I pretty much eat all the time. It was harder a few weeks ago when I didn't feel like eating, but that part is getting better. 

 

I can't imagine having to teach all day feeling this way. I have a desk job and don't have to move or interact too much if I don't feel like it. 

 

Hopefully by the time you go back to work you'll be into the second trimester and feeling a lot better.

[vball_gal]

If it's any consolation the tiredness does go away for 2nd trimester so you will get a reprieve :-)  I won't even discuss 3rd trimester yet with you guys sorry :-)

[juice]

 

I hear ya, Juice! I keep reading that the exhaustion should be letting up (I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow), but so far it hasn't happened. This making twins business is tough.

 

Are you on any meds for the nausea? I feel nauseas when I'm hungry... so I pretty much eat all the time. It was harder a few weeks ago when I didn't feel like eating, but that part is getting better. 

 

I can't imagine having to teach all day feeling this way. I have a desk job and don't have to move or interact too much if I don't feel like it. 

 

Hopefully by the time you go back to work you'll be into the second trimester and feeling a lot better.

 

Thaks JL. I was not in great shape before I got pregnant so that doesn't help. It's hard to get active when I feel so exhausted and lethargic all day. I could sleep forever. I am pretty sure I'm dealing with depression too so I got prescribed an AD today, see how that goes. 

 

I started taking diclectin a couple of nights ago. Maybe that's what's making me sleep so much??

 

Yeah, teaching is not a desk job, have to be 'on' all the time. Taking care of a 100 teens a day is something that's hard on a good day, let alone with with 1st trimester blues!! 

[Esperanzababy]

Hi all, I'm due March 15 (though likely end of Feb) with fraternal twins. Good to see all here.

[CCBaby]

Hello, ladies and congrats on your babies! I am pregnant 7w5d with triplets, from IVF. I don't have a due date yet because I haven't "graduated" to obgyn yet but my due date is somewhere in March. I also feel super tired all the time and nauseous in the morning, although I haven't threw up at all. My belly is already visible and my jeans only fit unbuttoned. I need to get maternity clothes but I said I will wait until 12 weeks to be more certain. I found it comfortable wearing maxi skirts and flats to work.

[juice]

I finally bought a couple of maternity jeans today, and a top, and I'm SO glad I did - they are ridiculously comfortable, just heavenly, and they look like normal skinny jeans. I'm only 13 weeks but I'm showing. I'm only 4'11" so finding xs petite jeans that don't require hemming is a miracle. And they were on sale! I'm glad I'm starting to look pregnant and not just fat lol. 

[CCBaby]

I bought this weekend a pair of black skinny jeggings and they are super comfortable! I like how it goes over my belly and not my belly over the pants also I got 2 of those bandeau type of material that goes over unbuttoned regular pants. I haven't tried those yet but I will with the jeans. I haven't bought any jeans yet because the ones I like are a couple hundred dollars so I said I will wait till 12 weeks to make sure
I also got my first OB appointment set up for Sept 29th when I'll be 10 weeks, it's with a popular high-risk clinic that also has a pregnancy SPA

[juice]

I'm 15 weeks this weekend and I'm STILL throwing up!! This morning was terrible. Always starts with a migraine-like headache, then violent puking. I forgot to take the diclectin last night. 

 

Anyone else still have morning sickness??

[Crazy]

Juice - do you wake up during the night? If you do have a snack, it helped me a lot. I ate a banana, but you could have pretty much anything.

[Emily81]

I felt much better around 17 weeks if that helps Juice(was also on Diclectin). Hope you feel better soon. Do you get lots of protein? I always felt worse if I skimped on protein.

[juice]

Juice - do you wake up during the night? If you do have a snack, it helped me a lot. I ate a banana, but you could have pretty much anything.

I don't get up during the night at all. My headaches usually start around 5am and get worse. My alarm goes off at 6:30 am anyway so after a while I get up and take a tylenol - and 10 min later vomit. I hate it. I will try your suggestion of a small snack, but I feel like I'll puke it up anyway.

[juice]

I felt much better around 17 weeks if that helps Juice(was also on Diclectin). Hope you feel better soon. Do you get lots of protein? I always felt worse if I skimped on protein.

I hope I do too!! I actually don't get enough protein, I don't think. Thanks for the reminder!! I will also not forget to take diclectin. I have been surprisingly ok during this first week back at work, but I crash when I get home. And I'm so busy at work I sometimes have to delay my eating. Not doing that anymore!!

[tjluvbug]

Hi ladies, I'll join in. I'm expecting fraternal twins on April 2nd (adjusted due date for twins). I have had no morning sickness really to speak of except that I feel a little gaggy in the mornings but once I eat I'm fine. This evening was the first time I've actually felt really sick but then again, supper was late by over an hour so i was ravenously hungry and lightheaded. Nearly threw up in the garbage can in costco waiting for my chicken strips! Once I ate, I felt normal again. For the past two nights I've had a fair bit of lower back pain and AF like cramps that go away once i lay around for a while. It was gone this morning and stayed away all day until tonight again. I'm hoping that its just uterine stretching given that theres two in there and things are probably stretching more than with a singleton. 

 

Any of you ladies notice these types of cramps. I am 10 weeks today. My NT scan is in two weeks and I have an OB appointment on Tuesday next week so I'm hoping that she'll do a doppler. I have a small subchorionic hematoma around Baby A and had one incidence of pink spotting, no red bleeding. After the spotting thats when the hematoma was diagnosed.

[vball_gal]

juice - I had morning sickness til around the 19th week ;-(  Hang in there and definitely keep on the diclectin and protein.  I felt awful eating but it really was one of the only ways to make me feel better.   I used to eat cheese sticks and protein bars.

[JuneLily]

Juice, sorry to hear you're still not feeling well. I'm 17 weeks now and my nausea/morning sickness let up about 2 weeks ago - such a relief. I hope it happens for you soon! I definitely felt worse when I wasn't eating enough protein too - but I never wanted any kind of meat, so it was tough. I ate (and still do) a lot of cheese and yogurt, oh, and chocolate milk! Love me some chocolate milk!

 

Welcome, tjluvebug & congrats! I felt worst when I was hungry as well... so then I ate and ate and ate! The gag reflux in the beginning was hard to deal with - mine is still not back to normal, but it's better than it was. I haven't had any AF like cramps yet, just a few shooting pains in my abdomen that are likely just round ligament pain. Have you mentioned the cramps to your Dr. yet?

 

What sort of schedule are you all on with your Drs/ultrasounds? My appointments with the Drs are every 2 weeks and I switch between my OB and my GP and I'll be having ultrasounds every 4 weeks until I reach 36 weeks and then the stress tests begin. I'm also seeing a naturopath and I've started seeing a chiropractor to make sure everything is all aligned when it's time for the babies to come!

[tjluvbug]

Junelily- I see my ob this week for the first time. My NT scan is booked for the 16th of October when I'll be 12 weeks 6 days. My cramps have gone away again, I think they might be dehydration related, as soon as I upped my water intake they disappeared. I remember asking my nurse at the fertility clinic about it after my first ultrasound and she explained it as uterine stretching. I'm also uncomfortably constipated so that also adds another dimension of pain to the mix. I see an acupuncturist every two weeks and she has said that As long as my fatigue and hunger stick around then she's not concerned about my lack of other typical pregnancy symptoms.

[PrairiePaddleChick]

I am due March 5 with fraternal twins thanks to IVF! I am 17 weeks 5 days now. Nausea has been gone for a couple of weeks and food aversions are disappearing. Yay!

[tjluvbug]

Welcome PrairiePaddlechick!

[JuneLily]

Welcome, PrairiePaddleChick! We have the same due date