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Hello all with twins. We just found out this morning that we will be having twins. Needless to say, I am shocked and pretty worried about the whole situation. My first son was a preemie and I am none too eager to visit the NICU again. I feel that we are going to have such a hard time paying our bills, I flipped out when I found out we were pregnant before I knew it was twins. I'm 22, just finished college, just became an Rn, just bought a house....My OB didn't do much to ease my fears. I have to visit the specialist and a cardiologist within 2 weeks, and I had a transva___al ultrasound today which he said "this baby is going to be too big, no wait, theres two of them. ok, don't count this ultrasound, you're going to the specialist. " I didn't hear heart beats or anything, didn't get measured, nothing! I hope I start feeling better about the situation soon. I am currently 14 w 4 d, and we are going to have to start telling people soon. Wow. That's all I can say. Anyone with advice? I would surely appreciate it!
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congrats to you and your family, twins are a good thing, especially at 22!!! this means maybe you will be all set for having anymore and you can go on with your career, you don't know how lucky you are. you did the right thing and went to college and your children will be a nice age before you hit 40!!! i have to ask, you didn't have a clue it was twins? do they run in your family? congrats again and blessing to you.
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Congrats. Babies are always a good thing even if its not what you expected. Everything will work out. I'm currently 20 weeks with twin boys and when I found out I cried for hours. Money is tight and always will be, It's just something we need to make do with. The whole twins thing has been over whelming for us, but we have never been so excited. I'm 26 and I think for a while I'm done. I always planned to have two children and twins made three. Its just one more to love. Not everyone gets blessed with twins so think of yourself as lucky and special. We don't get things we can't handle so everything will be fine. Just be glad you finshed school and bought a house and are ready to face the world. Congrats again and don't worry it really is a blessing.
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I have 9 mo old twins at 23. I had to put off school to care for them but I wouldn't trade it for anything. All the things in your life will have to be rearranged but look at the positive side. Babies who are the same age can share a lot of the same stuff so in the long run, maybe it's cheaper... Not comforting, I know! My big piece of advise is 'enjoy your privacy' and you'll know what I mean the first time you attempt grocery shopping with a double stroller :) On a more serious side, I found a way to work from home so this helps the financial burden for us. We are a young family & still live in an apt, money is always tight. Use Coupons!!! The nicu nurse who cared for my twins (my twins were 7 wks early) just gave birth to twins and we keep in touch. She will be returning to work after her leave and having other people care for her babies so she can work. Just remember, you are ent_tled to twice the maternity leave when you give birth to two babies! It really is amazing having 2 at a time... most of the time I feel so blessed and other times I get frustrated and think of how EASY it must be to have only one! I consider myself lucky to have had TWINS for my first pregnancy, that way it's normal to me to care for 2 babies. For you, it's going to feel like twice the work since you have already had a son and experienced caring for one baby. All in all, it was totally worth it... and I had a scary pregnancy. When my water broke at 33 weeks, I had to be flown to another city 300 miles away to delivery because there was no closer hospital who had 2 NICU beds available. This happened the day before payday (1am on Friday the 13th no less!) so we flew out with only $12 and couldn't even buy a camera to take pics until we had money wired over. This of course was after having contractions since 18 weeks and a plethora of other 'scares'... I'd do it again, tho. And I'd love to have twins again someday (maybe when the girls are old enough to help, though) Anyway, Best of luck to you, your twins and your singleton!
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Tmjulien- I had no clue it was twins....all I knew (thanks to lovely nursing school) that the top of my uterus was higher than it should have been at 14 weeks, so when we went to the ultrasound, I about pa__sed out. No twins in either side of our family. The only thing I can think of was that I had just come off of the pill, and maybe that triggered a release of more than 1 egg. I have no idea....I just know that I'm trying to get excited about it, but all I can think about is how poor we are now and how poor we are gonna be, especially when I have to stop working. Mrssolo- I understand what you mean about the crying part, after the dr left me to change back into my clothes, I just burst into tears and couldn't stop. I am definitely done for a while after these two.....I don't know if I will want any more after these guys or not! And sphinx- lol about the double stroller, I was thinking about that today "i will never be able to grocery shop without another adult again!" I'm glad to hear that it was worth it, because I keep thinking about the NICU and the fact that I don't want to go through that again, just cause my doc says I will be lucky to get to 34 weeks, and that I probably won't. I'm just trying to look at the positive side and hope it gets here soon! Thanks for all your help, keep me updated with any more advice because I feel like a horse in a barn full of pigs!!
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Congratulations on being pregnant with twins! I had identical twins with my first pregnancy and carried them for 40 weeks. Together they weighed 15 lbs. at birth and were completely healthy. The only problem I had was that I developed pre-eclampsia in my 34th week and had to be on complete bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy. I never went into labor and was given a c-section because the second twin was transverse. I had an epidural during it, and my husband was right there through the whole thing. We got to hold the babies right away. I hope your pregnancy goes smoothly! Twins are definitely special.
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