Comments on: Singleton vs multiple pregnancy

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:19:17 +0000

My singleton was first and I had a lot more morning sickness with him. Also I couldn't eat much at all the first trimester. I got pregnant with the twins when my son was 3 months old so it's hard to say how much of a role he played in my twin pregnancy. With the twins, I was so much more hungry, never sick, tired but in a different way than my singleton, and popped very quickly (initially thought it was just because I had been pregnant so recently). I did go on bed rest at 23 weeks with the twins vs 32 weeks with my singleton, so I made sure I got lots of rest (I could sleep all day and still go to bed and sleep the night through). I was officially off strict bed rest at 35 weeks and was so tired by then, I still didn't do much. I delivered my twins at 35 weeks 4 days vs 38 weeks with my son. .-= Amy´s last blog .. =-.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:24:28 +0000

Oh no, this is scary to read about twin pregnancies being easier than singletons! We have 20 mo old girls and would love to try for one more in a couple years. I’d love to hear more about people’s experiences with adding another when twins were their first!

By: diane

diane — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:12:24 +0000

My twin pregnancy was only different in these ways: I got bigger much quicker and was alot more tired; I delivered sooner (at 35 1/2 weeks, vaginal delivery); and it has been HELL to lose the weight afterwards! (see other posts about this!) Whereas after my singleton pregnancy I was back in shape in no time. Sigh.

By: Cristal

Cristal — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:46:20 +0000

Don't hate me for this but my twin pregnancy was WAY easier than with my singleton pregnancy even to the very end. No morning sickness, no extreme fatigue, I gained about as much weight as I did with my first and I felt great up until the day I delivered at just shy of 40 weeks. I ended up being induced and had a vaginal delivery that was also way easier than with my first. Throughout my pregnancy I read everything I could get my hands on about multiple pregnancies and was throughly prepared for bed rest, pre term labor, back pain etc none of which ever happened. If only caring for twin newborns would have been as easy as caring for a singleton newborn! .-= Cristal´s last blog ..Hoping not to eat these words later... =-.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:27:34 +0000

I am the other way around – twins first and now 19 weeks along with a singleton. So far, this pregnancy has been much easier. Even chasing after two 15 month olds. I have way more energy than I did at any point with my twins and, now that MS is over and I’m in the second trimester, no real discomfort. I hope it stays this way for awhile because I’m really enjoying it!
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..More on Nap Transition =-.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:43:46 +0000

In the beginning, my twin pregnancy was almost exactly like my singleton pregnancy. I guess that is why we didn't discover that I was carrying twins until the sixth month! I was bigger and more tired but nearly everyone chalked that up to it being a second pregnancy and having a 2 year old at home. The end of the twin pregnancy was quite similar too. Only instead of delivering one child in a birthing center at 40 weeks and 4 days, I delivered my twins at home at 39 weeks and 4 days. I had three more midwives there but in the end, it was exactly the birth I had hoped for when I thought I was cooking just one baby. .-= Samantha´s last blog ..Compliments? =-.

By: Kristin from Intrepid Murmurings

Kristin from Intrepid Murmurings — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:49:10 +0000

I was lucky that with both pregnancies I didn’t have any serious complications. So in that way, they were similar!

I was actually a lot more tired during the 1st tri with my singleton! I think I had just gotten used to less sleep with my toddler. However, I was SO MUCH SICKER with my twin pg and also went on meds for that. Thank God for medication.

I feel like knew a lot more about what I was in for, and how to manage my aches and pains and pregnancy worries, so in that way it was good to have my singleton first. I was actually in more pain the first time — the second I was already all stretched out I think. I did find I had to sit down and do less with my twin pg, though, throughout the pregnancy.

I was hoping for midwife care too but transfered to perinatologists after finding out it was ID twins. We had some TTTS scares so we were monitored heavily. That was different, but I was used to being in a medical setting so not too bad. Helped ease my worries!

I was on modified bedrest for a few weeks with my twins, but then they stuck around just like my singleton and had to be induced! This time (with the twins) I was able to labor standing up, though, and it went MUCH faster. I was able to manage the pain longer without meds. And the pushing stage was so much faster too! A twin hospital birth, even a vaginal one, is still quite a production, so that was different but I didn’t mind it.

I feel really lucky, actually, to have had experience with pregnancy, birth and parenting before having the challenge of twins. I think I was so much more prepared!
.-= Kristin from Intrepid Murmurings´s last blog ..Juggling =-.

By: reanbean

reanbean — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:42:42 +0000

I don't have a second pregnancy to compare my twin pregnancy to, but I will second that bit about getting prenatal massages. I only had two during my pregnancy, and I wish I'd had more. However, I did have two or three more after my twins were born, and that was fantastic too. After spending 10 weeks on bed rest, my body was so achy and weak. Massages were great for lessening the aches and helped to get me mobile again. .-= reanbean´s last blog ..Potty Training: 5 Weeks Later =-.