Pregnant with Twins - The Story Week by Week
Teething and Twins
Around 6 months you will find that your twins are starting to teeth. This is a tough period
for you as their sleeping patterns which had just started to settle down are now back to square one.
We normally put ours to cot at 7pm and they wake again at 6am. Teething time means that they are
now going to bed at 7-30pm and not getting to sleep until 9pm. The cries of pain will really break
your heart but you can help by giving your twins some of the medicines on the market and remember
reassure them and cuddle them lots. We have found that this is no time to blame yourself for not
being good enough at putting the babies to bed. They will cry until they are done with pain which you
can help by giving them correct amounts of products like Calpol or Bonjela or Teetha Powder. Once
these products kick in your twins will normally nod off and hopefully sleep for a few hours. Go to bed then
because it is likely that they will wake again around 3 or 4am and you will wish you had been in bed. Wear
warm pyjamas to bed so that when you get up in the cold of the night you will feel comfortable minding
your babies. Teething will last up to 2 years for your twins but of course they will not be in pain for
the whole of the 2 years so just bear with it. Each episode of teething will usually last up to 2 weeks and
the front teeth and back molars around one year are usually the worst.
Latest on the Twins
At week 34 now and the twins are starting to go gaga and baba. Also some other sounds
mixed in too like bra and gog. They are crawling better and also since 7 months sleeping better
too. It is usually around now that they do tend to settle in their sleeping patterns so a lot of
the hard night work is done by now. Of course your twins will wake up from time to time again
especially when they are feeling unwell but most babies aged under one year old do get
sick more often than not as their little immune systems have not yet fully adapted to the outside
world just yet
The secret with twins is establishing a balance that suits you and working around it. Of
course most people say that the best thing to do is sleep when the babies sleep but when there
is a lot of work to do around the house this can be hard to do
New milestones are being met in each and every one of the last 25 weeks. The babies are
able to grab things more than they did before. They both look to each other for ways of doing
different things as twins do. They poop more as they have started to take solids more on this
next. The two of them shriek and laugh much more. They shriek and laugh at their parents
a lot more and soon will cry much more when we leave the room as far as we know
Week 27 and the twins are beginning to interact with each other much more than before
now. They find each other very funny and play with thier toys with both hands and they even
pass the toys to each other. They look at the pictures in their books with great concentration
and they also look at the pictures on their soft blocks. They are sleeping slightly longer at
night but still wake a couple of times with with or poo or for a feed though overall the feeding
has been weaned out from the nighttime.
Babies around Week 29 should be starting to try to sit up on their own and they will test
their balance. The twins are trying to grab toys off each other. They are also eating solids and
lots of them at that. They no longer have the same dependency on bottle milk but drink this
too nonetheless.
So back to the eating..to start off at week 23 we fed them a little bit of rice and then they
seemed to take very well to this so we moved on to some fruits like pear or butternut squash.
They both like this, however they are not too fond of carrots. We though maybe we are rushing
into feeding them foods and maybe we were because they are pooping a lot and it is a bit watery.
If you have a 6 month old baby that is doing watery poos you would be advised to go see your
doctor who will either give you antibiotics or will tell you all is normal as in most cases it is. Ours
are pooing a little bit less now as we have cut out some fruits, maybe we are too early, and we
are continuing on the rice until they get used to that.
The pregnancy seems an awful long way away now when you think of those long 37 weeks
and the time at the hospital. Now the twins are looking forward to spending their first little
Christmas trying to understand the holiday season and the little toys that they are being given.
They will of course be most grateful but wont know
The first couple of weeks of the twins was a constant feeding battle and very little sleep at all.
This was a killer and nearly lasts for 6 weeks though it can be made easier if family or friends help
out as they did for us
After this you start to get into some sort of routine but you will be amazed at how fast your babies
are taking formula and just how much they are taking. It will be around the 4oz mark at this stage.
The feeding times will start to be more spread out after about 10 weeks as you try to feed them maybe
every 4 hours instead of 3. Depending on your twins though this may not always be possible to do
After the babies are 12 weeks old they should have a regular feeding pattern and you will then
start to decide and how it best fits to get the sleeping arrangements in place. At this stage they will
have been moved from their moses basket (3 weeks) to their cots and though they may have been
together in the cot for 2 or 3 more weeks it is now time to put them in seperate cots. All very expensive
but whats best for babies is best for you
Week 1 - Is period missed
Week 2 - Conception of babies happens
Week 3 - Fertilised eggs have formed
Week 4 - Eggs attach to the lining of uterus
Week 5 - Cells have formed with heads distinguishable
Week 6 - Growth very rapid, tadpole like formation
Week 7 - Twins looking like teeny humans now
Week 8 - Head larger than rest of body which has to develop
Week 9 - Twins have formed into real baby shapes
Week 10 - Babies go from an embryo to a fetus
Week 11 - Twins essential organs develop
Week 12 - Babies are fully formed head to toe
Week 13 - Twins eyes move into position
Week 14 - Twins growth really speeds up now
Week 15 - Twins skin is very thin at this stage
Week 16 - Arms and legs complete and only grow from here
Week 17 - Head and rest of body more in proportion
Week 18 - Twins are beginning to kick now
Week 19 - Your babies body nearves are coated with myelin
Week 20 - Babies senses develop
Week 21 - Babies are able to digest water from amniotic fluid
Week 22 - Baby has sweat glands
Week 23 - Twins hearing much better now
Week 24 - Babies stronger and 1 in 5 chance of survival in outside world
Week 25 - Babies can now hold their feet
Week 26 - Lungs maturing and growing to do
Week 27 - Babies may now be thumb sucking
Week 28 - Babies enjoy the sound of your voice
Week 29 - Brain carries on growing
Week 30 - Babies early body hair is disappearing
Week 31 - Despite early growth slowing weight continues to increase
Week 32 - Twins can turn their heads
Week 33 - Rapid brain growth
Week 34 - Development of immune system
Week 35 - 99% of babies born now survive without any problems
Week 36 - Very little room left for babies now
Week 37 - Twins considered full term and born any time now
Week 38 - Twins usually induced at this stage
Week 39 - Rare that twins not born or induced by now
Week 40 - Post term twins born now at the latest
You must make sure that you are enjoying your quiet time together
before the stampede of pitter patter arrives. This is also a good time to
read up on any questions you may have on what to do when the babies
arrive. It is a life changing event and truly one that will bring great joy
to your lives
These weeks of pregnancy made you a stronger person too and
you realise that you are going to be a great parentto your twins so lets
get going and make the house all ready for those kids
The average twin pregnancy will last 37 weeks.
However some twin pregnancies go full term (40 weeks).
This website will provide a week to week guide to twin pregnancy.
Week by week twin pregnancy examination is the goal of this
site in the hope it will help people.
Another thing that mothers experience a lot during twin pregnancy
is a lot of negative emotion.
Twinsmiles will provide a lot of positive
fact about week to week twin pregnancy. e.g. Once you get past week 14 the
chances of miscarriage greatly diminishes
FRATERNAL TWIN PREGNANCY - week1
Fraternal Twin pregnancy can be both a joyful and a scary experience.
Some parents plan to have a lot of children so that when twins come along it is a
blessing in disguise as it seems like two pregnancies for the price of one. But it is far from this.
Fraternal Twin pregnancy truly is a week by week experience that goes a lot slower than
pregnancy with a sinlgeton. Most mothers of twins will testify to this with the symptoms
being much more pronounced and days are no longer 24 hours long - more
like 48!
Becoming pregnant with twins is a very exciting time for all expectant mothers.
However it is also a very scary time for many mothers too. Every day goes along so slowly
When different things happen you dont know what to do e.g Bleeding
or Heartburn or Sickness. Going to the doctor can seem like the only solution and it is the
best thing to do in all circumstances no matter how big or small you may feel that your
own problem is.