Twin Pregnancy
July 12, 2008
Twin pregnancy # 1 – You just feel you’re carrying more than one baby. Don’t disregard intuition or dreams. Some mothers of twins (or higher order multiples) say that they knew right from the start that they were carrying more than one baby.
Twin pregnancy # 2 – You experience more nausea and/or morning sickness. If you are having more than one baby, you may also have an elevated hCG level. Higher levels of hCG also make it more probable that you will have bouts of morning (or all-day) sickness.
Twin pregnancy # 3. Other normal pregnancy symptoms may be exaggerated. Many women — but not all — who are pregnant with twins have more intense pregnancy symptoms, likely due to the extra hormones circulating through their system. You may find that your breasts are very tender, you have to urinate often, you are hungry all the time and you are very tired. In the second trimester, you may experience difficulty catching your breath, swelling (edema) of the hands and legs, an unusual rate of weight gain and abdominal enlargement and extreme fetal movement. Anemia or low iron (decreased hemoglobin) is also common with twin and multiple pregnancies.
Twin pregnancy # 4. You gain weight rapidly in your first trimester. A higher than average weight gain in the first trimester may be your first clue that you’re carrying more than one baby. If you’re eating well, don’t be concerned:
# 5. You are told that you have elevated levels of AFP. Levels of alpha fetoprotein (AFP), a protein released by the baby as it grows and found in the mother’s blood, can be elevated when there is more than one baby. (It can also be elevated for other reasons, such as neural tube defects.) Normally this simple blood test is given 16 to 18 weeks after your last menstrual period. Alpha fetoprotein testing detects over half of all twin pregnancies.
# 6 You are told you have rapidly rising hCG levels. Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) is a hormone produced by the fertilized egg and by the chorionic villi. It is needed to maintain the pregnancy until the placenta develops. It can be detected in your blood or urine even before you miss a period. Normally in a singleton pregnancy, blood (serum) concentrations of hCG rise rapidly during the first weeks, doubling every two to three days. Levels of hCG can be even higher with twin or multiple pregnancies.
# 7 . Your provider hears two fetal heartbeats. Two separate heartbeats can be distinguishable with a Doppler in your care provider’s office by around 12 weeks. At around 28 weeks, it may be possible to differentiate two fetal heads and multiple small parts when doing an abdominal exam.
Our Range of Products for Women
The bark of Ashoka or Saraca indica , which is the real potent drug, is reported to have a stimulating effect on the endometrium and ovarian tissue and is therefore very valuable in treating problems like menorrhagia due to uterine fibroids, in leucorrhea and in internal bleeding. Uses of Ashoka or Saraca indica are:
* The best uterine support
* Any uterus or ovary problem including leucorrhea
With fast experience in achieving great impression for breast skin firming, providing elasticity and recovering the skin condition to be smoothening from various natural ingredients combined with the lastest technology. Nano Breast Serum will provide valuable essences and nourishments to your breast skin with high efficiency.
St.Botanica Cosmetics
Recent Articles
How to cope with an autistic child
He could start to speak when he became three years old. Till the age of seven he often repeated sentences. He felt afraid in crowd. As a grown up his lectures were puzzling
How to choose the right maternity clothes
Two things cannot be hidden: being astride a camel and being pregnant. On being pregnant you will realize that your boobs have gone up 2-3 times
How to help your child read better
Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don’t train babies to speak; they just do. But reading is different
Thumb sucking in children
Do you know which fruit did Christopher Columbus introduce to Europe? No, you are wrong, it is not orange, its pineapple. Did you know that fresh pineapple provides 60
How to Deal with a Speech Delayed Child
If you find your child not responding to sounds or not imitating sounds like children of his age group would generally do, then it might be that the child is suffering from a speech delay
