by hazelbazel » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:31 pm
Hi Katy. I just wanted to wish you all the best! Is hard to believe my twins will be 2 tomorrow! Crazy!
I had a few strange things happen, and i don't honestly remember what came first. But after we decided that we did indeed want to ttc baby #3, i secretly said a prayer asking that if it was his will, that God give me twins so that this little baby wouldn't have to grow up "alone" (my fear was that the age gap between this baby and my older kids would be too much for them to be close growing up). Around the same time i started having extremely vivid dreams that i had twin babies. I started googling my odds due to age, # previous pregnancies, etc (secretly!) because it was on my mind so much. Since this all happened well before i conceived, by the time i did get a bfp, although i wondered a tiny bit, i really was just so happy to be pregnant i had put the "fantasy " of twins out of my mind. ..... but...i did get a bfp at 8dpo....i beat the control at 14dpo. And i did happen to be on a low dose of clomid that cycle because of period irregularities after removal of my iud..... but again i just put it all out of my mind because I'd been one much higher doses of clomid and other things while ttc ds#1 with iui and most certainly didn't get twins that time! Lol! So fast fwd to my first appt....around 4 or 5 weeks ....and although i felt crazy saying it and didn't really believe it was possible, i asked the doc to do an us and look for twins. He was totally annoyed "because every woman thinks she's having twins"....but did it anyway. And. ...he confirmed just ONE healthy bean. So, i put my secret prayer, crazy vivid dreams, and question in the back of my mind, to rest and thanked God for my beautiful blessing.
But wait!........Next came my 7 week us and appt. My sister was with me and the doc heat the screen turned away from me and was dead silent for about 10 straight mins while he just kept looking and looking. Being my 3rd pregnancy i just KNEW something was wrong and was laying there in the silence freaking out. FINALLY he stops, says a few things about "their heartbeats" looking good, etc etc...to which i interrupt and say "THEIR????".....and he continues talking as if id said nothing and finally said "and there are two."
I hate to admit this but my first words were "holy sh*t!"....proceeded with a bunch of OMGs and tears and laughter and quite frankly my life flashing before my eyes (i had a 2 and 4 year old already! ).....! But honestly it was one of the best days of my life. One of the most shocking! But one of the best for sure!
Oh....and to more directly answer your question. ...biggest diff that first tri was TERRIBLE nausea which was only mild at best with my singletons.
All the best to you and n9 matter the outcome, one or 2.....or more....i wish you a happy and healthy 9 months!
DS conceived after many rounds of clomid, 5 IUI's and a vericocele repair- born 4/1/08
DD conceived naturally first try! - born 1/29/10
Boy/Girl Twins! Conceived after 3 months of trying, BFP month was a clomid cycle- born 7/8/13