When Did You Find Out You Were Having Twins?
Monday September 10, 2007
Whether you know from Day One, or don't know until they are delivered, finding out that you are having multiples is a big shock! Some people find out early in the pregnancy and have plenty of time to plan, while others spend their pregnancy in blissful ignorance. What about you?
Poll: When Did You Find Out You Were Having Twins/Multiples?
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Poll: When Did You Find Out You Were Having Twins/Multiples?
- I knew all along.
- I found out in the first 6 weeks of the pregnancy.
- I found out between 6 and 12 weeks.
- I found out between 13 and 18 weeks.
- I found out between 19 and 26 weeks.
- I found out between 27 and 36 weeks.
- I found out in the last month of the pregnancy.
- I found out when they were born.
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Comments
I found out at a routine sonogram at 20 weeks. I’d had a previous sonogram at 7 weeks, but it only disclosed “one” baby. Because the girls shared a placenta, they were positioned very close together and one fetus “shadowed” the other, making it impossilbe to see them both in that initial, early sonogram. By 20 weeks, however, it was VERY clear that there were two heads … four arms … four legs … etc! It was quite a shock!! My first reaction upon hearing the doctor say “It’s twins!” was actually relief. I’d been quite alarmed when he started the conversation by saying, “Here’s the first head … and here’s the second head.” Somehow, having twins seemed much more manageable than having a two-headed baby!
My husband and I found out at a sonogram visit, the visit was to find out the sex of our baby, it became clear that we were having a boy to my husband and my delight, then the technichian started asking questions like “do twins run in your family” I started thinking why is she asking me this, it became very clear when my husband said, wait I see TWO HEADS! I almost jumped off the table. We were excited that we were having another baby boy!
I found out in my 18 week, when they screened for defects. They thought that the baby had downsyndrome because the numbers were off. A nurse called me at home and informed me, very inpersonal. I nearly fainted. I was then sent to a specialist. And that’s when we saw my second son,fraternal boys.
I found out at 8 weeks, the first sonogram. My sonographer asked me if I was aware I was having twins. I asked, “Are you serious”. I took the day off work and stayed in shock for a couple of days. I was glad to find out early and have time to prepare. We met our fraternal sons 3 months ago.
I found out at my first visit. Being pregnant with them was so different from my other three I didn’t think I was pregnant. I thought I was starting menopause! I didn’t even realize I was pregnant until I was about 16 weeks along. Since I was coming in so late and not measuring right she decided to do a quick ultrasound. I went in still not really sure I was pregnant! She and the nurse kept frowning and cocking their heads at the screen without saying anything until it started making me nervous. Finally the midwife said, “It almost looks like two, doesn’t it?” They seemed to serious I just didn’t get it. “I asked two what?” expecting some sort or horrible news like two heads or hearts or something. She said, “Well, two babies.” I sat bolt upright and yelled “Two REAL babies?!” They probably still get a chuckle out of my reaction.
My husband and I had been home for 2 days from our “babymoon” in Mexico, where I climbed some ruins at Chichen Itza in 90 degree weather when we found out at the 20 week routine sonogram. We thought we were going to find out if “junior” was a boy or a girl - What a shock when the technician swiped the scanner over my stomach and, when I asked, “What is that?” did she reply, “Your babies.” The look on our faces were priceless, Im sure, as she responde, “Oh my goodness. You didn’t know you were having twins, did you?” At 7 weeks I had a sonogram but only one baby showed up in the pictures. The girls were so close together that, for months, only one was thought to be there, with a “very very strong, loud heartbeat.” Additionally, my doctor claimed that never in her history has she misdiagnosed a multiple birth until me because I carried like I was only have one. Well, it was the shock of our lives and has been the greatest joy of our lives. My sister also recently found out that she was having twins but, at 7 weeks.