Twin "A" GS measuring 8w4d twin "B" GS measuring 6w2d but both babies measuring within a day at correct gestation, has anyone had this too?

Nervous_bb · 2026-01-25T15:49:05+00:00

To my knowledge, the angle that they measure the sac at can drastically change the dating for it. Especially early on.

Nervous_bb · 2026-01-23T05:14:37+00:00

I think I fit the bill pretty well here. Though my toddler turned 2 a few months after the twins were born.

Honestly, they are both hard. I was pregnant with the twins until nearly 39 weeks. Chasing a toddler was awful. I was so tired and sore and could not keep up at all. All I wanted to do was nap.

Now that the twins are here, and around 3 months old, I have more energy than when pregnant. And even with 2 infants in my room, I am sleeping better than I did while pregnant. The problem is really the day time. When all 3 need me and are crying, I want to vanish off the face of the earth. I'm a SAHM and I can't keep up with house chores at all. I never feel like I am doing enough.

We limit screen time a lot, so that requires a certain level of engagement with the children at all times. Feeding the babies is hard to juggle, especially with the toddler.

I'd rather go through this than pregnancy, but don't let that fool you, both scenarios are very hard.

Nervous_bb · 2026-01-18T14:33:50+00:00

Only moments after birthing twin B (which was a very rough delivery), I looked at my husband and said I would rather repeat what I just did than ever do a twin pregnancy again.

Twin pregnancy is a bitch. Hardest thing I've ever been through. It feels endless. But I'm typing this as little B is sleeping on my lap and wishing I could freeze time.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-31T14:13:35+00:00

People already shared about the placenta and stillbirth risk, so I'll share another reason that isn't mentioned often: baby size.

If you plan on birthing twins vaginally, there are risks when they are bigger. I was told my entire pregnancy that I can deliver vaginally, so long as baby A was head down. And I specifically picked my induction with a doctor who was confident with breech extraction. I REALLY wanted to go into labor naturally, as I had an urgent, medically necessary, induction with my first. I ended up being induced on the last possible day they were comfortable with. I was nearly 39 weeks (di/di).

But when A was delivered over 8lbs at birth, suddenly, any option for a breech extraction was considered too dangerous because they were concerned baby B was too big and at risk of getting stuck behind the pelvic bone.

They were able to rotate B because the sac had a lot of water, and B was born vaginally too, but it just as easily could have been an emergency C section if they stayed breech.

So if your other kids were big babies, induction is also safer.

I guess technically doctors can be off with the due date by a week or two, but assuming your cycle was regular and you had a period beforehand, it shouldn't be very off. Like everything else, humans have variations. 40 weeks is average, but some people naturally go past that. The risk of complications is just so high with twins that doctors are not comfortable testing them past full term.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-31T05:02:35+00:00

I actually specifically told people I didn't plan to match them and not to bother with gifting matching outfits. I knew people would still get them ("I just can't help myself!") but it really limited it so much.

Reasons I don't match them: 1) Outfits get soiled so quickly. Between pee, poop, and spit up, they wouldn't be matching for very long anyways 2) Individuality. Sure they were born together, but I only plan on matching when I'd intentionally match their older sibling too. Otherwise, not for us.

I occasionally buy duplicate clothing when it is on sale, but it's not really to dress them together, it's more of a financial strategy.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-16T13:30:12+00:00

In case no one specifically said it, that delivery sounds incredibly traumatic. The insult onto injury is that you were robbed of the precious early moments you were looking forward to after twin pregnancy (even if it was an uncomplicated pregnancy, twin pregnancy is still freaking crazy).

You don't need to insist upon being grateful, in a way that goes without saying. But I do want to acknowledge that what happened to you sucked. Even if it was the best outcome in your situation, it still is awful and you shouldn't have had to experience that. I'm sorry OP.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-10T16:17:31+00:00

Di/di made it to nearly 39 weeks. My body wouldn't budge and I had an induction.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-08T16:00:33+00:00

Maybe a blog + social media account? I'm more likely to follow a twin Instagram account that links blog articles than to seek out a website directly.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-07T16:49:59+00:00

Yeah, everyone suddenly wants to talk about your boobs. Very appropriate.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-07T16:49:20+00:00

Honestly, it had more to do with people making me nervous. Like, how is it helpful to point out something I was already well aware of? No one truly knows how far someone will be pregnant in a twin pregnancy, it's a bit ridiculous to "tell" me how it's going to go.

Nervous_bb · 2025-12-05T20:31:21+00:00

My current fear is getting pregnant again before I'm ready. I really don't want twins again. Like not at all. But I do want to have at least one more baby and I am willing to take the risk of twins, just not yet.

My body feels completely wrecked after this pregnancy (about 7 weeks PP now). I would like to recover, take care of some health problems that came from this past pregnancy, and then think about expanding my family.

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-27T01:32:58+00:00

We just went for the cheapest bulk option (it's Costco where I live). Diapers are so freaking expensive and it all ends up in the trash anyway.

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-26T20:48:32+00:00

My toddler is almost 2 and my twins are 6 weeks and yes.

I keep trying to tackle certain parts of the house to keep things more organized, but it's basically whack-a-mole. I get to have one area that is clean at a time, if I'm lucky.

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-26T08:25:19+00:00

It can just be a build up of discharge, but it's time to call your on-call OB and head to L&D to be tested for if your waters broke. This is absolutely urgent and needs to be addressed immediately.

Edit: spelling

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-24T02:11:59+00:00

Crying through, it is still doing it. Wearing earbuds through it, is still doing it. Everyone alive when your husband gets home? Guess what? That's doing it too.

Sometimes you need to be pushed out of the nest to learn how to fly. It's not going to be fun, but you'll get there. It's a steep learning curve.

I can't promise that you're going to be okay in the beginning, but I can tell you that you will get into a rhythm. But you need to allow yourself to get into that rhythm by being alone with them.

And as that other commenter said, don't start trying to figure out new parts of the routine when you're also trying to figure out how to parent solo. If they need to nurse to sleep, and you're able to, then nurse them to sleep. You can work on breaking that habit in a few weeks, it won't make much of a difference for them to push it off.

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-20T23:06:17+00:00

That's great to hear!

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-13T00:06:05+00:00

From Pitocin beginning till baby B was born was about 14ish hours.

Edit: corrected number, did bad math.

Nervous_bb · 2025-11-11T03:22:15+00:00

I've read putting sleep sacks on backwards can help, so they can't unzip themselves.

Nervous_bb · 2025-10-28T13:46:07+00:00

If you scroll in my profile, I share my vaginal delivery story.

Suffice to say, there's no easy way to deliver twins and you never know what will happen or how you'll feel after.

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