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Oi vey...

Well, I had my 20 week ultra-sound this past thursday (the last day of school, thankfully, also) and found out i'm having fraternal twins... Both appear female. I'm very excited because i'm keeping them both (and will have help from my mom and step-dad, plus my boyfriend wants them and is supportive though he lives 3 hours away right now).

These are the names we have picked out... I picked a boy and girl name and my boyfriend, josh, did the same (so that it's fair and we both get a say):

josh's picks:
nicholas arnold (arnold is a traditional middle name for his family)
evee danielle

my picks:
mei lin
oryan richard (my dad and grandpa are named richard, I would've been richard the third, but I was born female, lol)

anyway... Even with the help of both the parents I live with and the support of the babies' daddy (and my own father, by the way), I am still sure there are things I should know about raising twins. It won't be easy!

Any advice or sites to check into?

Thanks!

((my mom and I have school figured out and we're looking into wic, etc.))

**why won't it capitalize everything I capitalize? Odd forum style...

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ThriftyGal

replied on May 30th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

Do you happen to have an ultrasound picture of your twins to show us?

MsKtty89

replied on May 30th, 2006

New User

Lol, I was just getting that. My mom scanned it, she e-mailed it to me. I had to put it in photobucket...

the one style is "baby a" and the other is "baby b"... She didn't mean to make them each different styles, but she did. So both "3d" photos are of the one and both "flat image" photos are of the other.

ThriftyGal

replied on May 30th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

It didn't work. Make an imagecave.Com account. Much more reliable.

MsKtty89

replied on May 30th, 2006

New User

tanyaface wrote:

it didn't work. Make an imagecave.Com account. Much more reliable.

okay, thanks... Just a moment...

oh_mommy

replied on May 30th, 2006

Supporter

The pictures is really small

arcadia

replied on May 30th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

It's not small for me. But .I'm confused.

MsKtty89

replied on May 30th, 2006

New User

When I test the link I can click on it with a magnifier, so they're not so small.

And what's confusing?

DylanJacob

replied on May 31st, 2006

Experienced User

Yeah it all looks legit to me, dates match and names are the same and yeah - congrats. =)

MsKtty89

replied on May 31st, 2006

New User

Thank you. =^_^=

hopefully next time they ultra-sound they'll get the same style of pictures printed for each. The lady I think was a bit pressed for time and was hurrying to fit in all the information for the two before I went to talk to the doctor.

Now, anyone have any sites on raising twins? Just wondering if there's any tips out there for me. :)

Melissa_20

replied on May 31st, 2006

Especially eHealthy

I only see one baby. . . Have no idea on twins,don't even have 1 of my own yet,lol

MsKtty89

replied on May 31st, 2006

New User

melissa_20 wrote:

i only see one baby. . . Have no idea on twins,don't even have 1 of my own yet,lol

only one baby?

The two photos on the left are one, the two on the right are another. The lady that did the ultrasound printed them seperate styles for some reason.

If you can see, both left photos say "a" and both right photos say "b" for "baby a" and "baby b".

I didn't know the lady's mistake in printing would cause such confusion. :?

Melissa_20

replied on May 31st, 2006

Especially eHealthy

Well usually when you have twins they get pictures of them together. Iv'e never seen them seperate before,especially in 2 different forms. . .

MsKtty89

replied on May 31st, 2006

New User

melissa_20 wrote:

well usually when you have twins they get pictures of them together. Iv'e never seen them seperate before,especially in 2 different forms. . .

i didn't know they did that.

Like I said, it was a surprise, so the lady was trying hard to measure all she needed, etc., before I went to my doctor appointment.

The 2 forms, as I said, were her little mistake. She was in a hurry.

I'll have to see what they give me for photos next time, hopefully it'll be something that people don't question so much. :?

kissofangel20

replied on May 31st, 2006

Experienced User

I have a book...Its called what to expect when your expecting twins or more. It has a list in the back of groups who can help and it is also very imformitive. Try getting it.

MsKtty89

replied on May 31st, 2006

New User

kissofangel20 wrote:

i have a book...Its called what to expect when your expecting twins or more. It has a list in the back of groups who can help and it is also very imformitive. Try getting it.

okay, thank you!

MamiClaudia

replied on May 31st, 2006

Experienced User

Yay Msktty!

Congrads msktty! Your going to have your hands full! Do they run in your family? My boyfriends family has twins and his generation is supposed to be the lucky one to get them so we were kind of thinking it would be cool to get twins just a hell of alot of work lol. But they have only seen one baby with me and yesterday at the dr I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time and they havent said anything to me and it only looking like one baby. Only 14 weeks tho so who knows. Is it common to find out you are having twins that far into the pregnancy?? 8)

MsKtty89

replied on May 31st, 2006

New User

Identical twins run in his family, fraternal in mine (which is what these are). So we were deffinately the generation for them to hit again, lol. My mom's grandma or something was a twin (i don't remember exactly if that's right) and my boyfriend's uncles are twins, one of which just had a set of twins. So yeah.

When I went in and heard the heartbeat for the first time there was only one, too. The second time I heard it they measured me, too, and that's when they said I was measuring big and all that jazz.

You may still have twins, we'll have to wait and see!

Bridget

replied on May 31st, 2006

Especially eHealthy

Congrats! I would love to have twins!

And to mamiclaudia- it is common to find out you're having twins this far into pregnancy. They usually don't pick it up by doppler and if you only get 1 ultrasound (which is usually around 18-22 weeks) then that's when you'd find out. Sometimes they'll hear another heartbeat by doppler but even that could just be the placenta or something else, so they might schedule an u/s based on that. Also they might find your uterus is measuring ahead of where you should be (although my doctor doesn't check anything when I go in, I just hear the heartbeat and get sent on my way). So what a surprise that would be!

Zanny

replied on May 31st, 2006

Supporter

Oooh that's exciting.. Fraternal twins run in my family, and it's my generation that there's due to be another set! I'm putting on a lot of weight, too, even though I hardly eat - due to the amount I throw back up again. Hehe.. So maybe my next scan will reveal a secret twin hiding in there! =p

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