Just Found Out That I Am Pregnant for the 3Rd Time.

Hello K..My name is T..I am 10weeks pregnant with identical twins.I have a 17 month old son.I have to say that I am sick all day and extremely exhausted just like you had described.I definitely feel worse than I did with with my son.In fact,I told my husband that I am so sick with this pregnancy that it has to be twins and I was right! It is very possible!

K.,
I am a mother of identical twin boys. I did not experience sickness at all nor was I tired. I will admit that the last month of my pregnancy was the toughest as far as getting around. My OB/GYN was Dr. Sanger and he was quick to inform my hubby and I the male does NOT determine whether or not a woman carries multiples. It is totally up to the female. Afterall, she is the one with the eggs-as to whether or not two eggs are fertilized-resulting in fraternal twins, or one egg is fertilized and it seperates after fertilization-resulting in identical twins. I wish you all the best of luck either way.
K.
P.S. I sell Gold Canyon candles also. :)

When I was pregnant with both of my girls I took my vitamins before I went to bed and never got sick with either. I don't know that it would work for you but it's worth a try. As for the twin thing, can't help you there, I only had one at a time! Good Luck to you.

I haven't carried twins, so I really can't say about signs. I can say that I was extremely ill with my last baby, much more so than the other 3. It would be exciting to have twins wouldn't it?! :)

When I was pregnant I sucked on lemon drops. Something in the lemons seemed to help. Pepperment tea is also supposed to calm the stomach. I hate tea though so I never tried it.

I lived on seven up for weeks with my 6 year old. Just keep your eyes on the prize. Congrats!

Suzi

Hello! My name is S. and I am a proud mommy of twin boys who turn 3 today! Honestly, there are no symptoms different from regular pregnancy that indicate that they are twins. You may be more sick, or more exhausted, but many women who have single births experience this in great detail as well. I couldn't keep a single sip of water down for the first trimester of the pregnancy. I was exhausted all the time, but hey, I still am. LOL
If you are having twins, congratulations! It's a wonderful journey. For me it is anyways. Some others would disagree.
If you'd like to talk more, I'm here to listen and help where I can.

S.

Hi K.,
I was sick the whole time I was pregnant with my son. I wasn't with either of my daughters, and my aunt was sick the whole time with each of her boys. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say it was a boy thing. I don't think there are any physical symptoms of being pregnant with twins, other than being bigger. Try eating a few crackers (slowly), and sipping on 7up before you even get out of bed. Also keep them handy throughout the day. It helped a little with me. Also there is a drug called Phenergan (Promethazine is the generic) that your doctor can prescribe that will ease the nausea. Hope this helps, and congratulations!!!
S.

K. I have had the same thing with my 3rd preg. and i'm 4 1/2 months now and its not going to go away. You have to ask your dr. for these but they have pill called zophran. I may not have the right spelling but they have an off brand of them to. I can eat almost anything now and keep it down. I still get nausious but don't get sick. These are expensive exspecially if you dont have insurance but i would ask to try them. Good luck

K.,
For starters don't stress about the thought of having twins. I was very sick and very tired when I was pregnant with my 3rd child. I think it is a weird way for our body to tell us to slow down and take care of ourselves. This is not a set sign that you are having twins. You work outside the home and still take care of two children. Your body has changed over the years and so has your life style since Taylor. Just take time to relax and take care of you and the rest will come in time. Congrats by the way

My sister in law is pregnant with twins and it is her third pregnancy. She was sick for a long time at the beginning of the prenancy and also really tired. I do remember her saying that the sickness was worse with this pregnancy. When I was pregnant with my third (not twins), I was so tired the whole pregnancy, but I chalked it up to the fact that I was chasing around a 3 year old and 1 1/2 year old this time.

Hello, I was really sick with my last child and the doctors told me that since i was sicker than with any of my other pregnancies it was a good chance i was having the opposite sex child. Sure enough i was. I was sick for a really long time and the only thing that seemed to help me was acupuncture wrist bands. I got them from a local walgreens, they are supposed to be for motion sickness but my doctor told me to use them.

I'm one of those that has morning sickness all day and all night through out the whole pregnancy. When I carried my twins the morning sickness wasn't nearly as bad.

To combat the sickness my husband brought me a cheese wedge and crackers with my morning drink of tea or juice while I was still in bed every morning. Would your hushand be willing to do the girls' morning routine with them so that you can stay in bed?

The rest of the day I ate small snacks every 2 hours. Lots of crackers and pretzels with fruit and cheese. Suck on peppermints at work. It will help you feel energized and drink herbal teas to keep you relaxed.

Signs of twins would be very high levels of HCg in your blood stream. Of course two heartbeats on the ultra sound or doppler is definitive proof. All the other stuff would just be old wives tales. Like looking pregnant earlier. Since it's your third child you're going to swell sooner since your muscles will relax faster.

Good luck

I was very sick with all of my pregnancies. The cause of my sickness was being anemic. Once I was able to get my iron levels back up I felt much better and could deal with the pregnancy much better until I developed the indigestion. Hope this helps you out.

I am six months pregnant. For the first four months I was so tired and exhausted. I was sick ALL the time, it was so bad. With my first son it was a picnic... I only got sick a few times and was tired, but not like I was in the beginning with this one. I am not having twins though, we are having our second son. I had to get a prescription from my doctor to help me. SHe prescribed Reglan, it helped enough to help take a little bit of it from me. I hope you feel better soon!

First of all congrats on the baby. Second of all i went through what you went through. I would by boxes at a time of saltine crackers and lived off them for 7 months, because the nausea was so bad. Keep them by your bed and befoer you get up in the mornings eat a couple and that should help as well.

First of all, congrats on your pregnancy! I know it can be frustrating and hard to maintain excitement, however, when you are sick all the time. My only child, a little girl, is now 16 months, and I was pretty much sick for the duration of the pregnancy, day and night. However, a few words of encouragement...it did get better as time went on, and it was only after i started a few tricks that helped keep the nausea at bay. First, I really had reations to food and food smells. It wasn't until I started eating whetever i craved the moment i craved it that i could actually eat. i know they stress a lot of healthy eating during pregnancy, and it is very important, but now throwing up every second of the day is better. so listen to your body about food and really try to find those things that help, and keep them on hand constantly, even if it is something you would not normally eat, even if it is wierd, like potato chips for breakfast (i was a vegetarian until i got pregnant, too. i resisted eating meat, but found i fet much better once i did :)
Also, smells were a big trigger for me. i work in a library, and hey, there are a lot of smelly people who come through :) it sounds wierd, but i kept a bottle of lotion that was my "happy smell" on hand, and whenever i smelled something unpleasant, i just applied some lotion and enjoyed that (although ironically i now cannot stand the smell of said lotion...it makes me sick...)
i don't know if you're wary about carrying twins or not, but i was soooo sick, so was my sister, and so was my cousin, and none of us had twins.

i found that books that tried to tell you how to get rid of sickness were not helpful because reading made me sick and they often involved these long, complicated plans on how to alleviate sickness and it would have worked if i hadn't been lying on the bathroom floor, ya know? so, a word of caution, steer clear of books that promise to get rid of your illness.

i know that some of this might not help, and the saying "this too shall pass" will make you want to choke me, but it will pass. stay strong. sometimes you just need support and someone who really understands what you are going throug. so hey, i'm here if you need to email!

good luck :)

I too am experiencing sickness for the first time in pregnancy. My first pregnancy went beautifully, no sickness at all. For me, I've been trying out Preggie Drops, you can buy them at Babies R Us. They are all natural, and do help a little. Also drinking lots of water has helped. Best of luck to you!

Here is what everyone told me that may seem a little odd, "it's your third." It probably just is the pregnancy and dealing with two others. You are going to be fine! Get as much rest as possible.

So congrats on being pregnant aagian. I had really really bad sickness my 1st trimester. My job had to change my schedule because I would get really sick first thing in the morning for about 3 hours and then about 7pm until I went to bed. I was woking full time and going to school fulltime. The month before I found out I was soooo tired all the time. I could get 13 hours of sleep on my day off and it wasn't enough. So to the point. I didn't have twins I just had one. She (mia 4 mths old) was so worth the sickness. My sister in law didn't have any sickness and had twins, so i think its just the way you body reacts to being pregnant. Anyways, I found that eating cereal with milk (you pick your fav kind but something without so much sugar will work better) my 1st trimester helped some when I was sick but needed to eat. Also Akins Natural Foods carries crystalized ginger that will also help some with your sickness. But I tried everything and honestly, you pretty much just have to let it pass on its own. It shouldn't last too much longer. Good luck.

Make sure you tell your doc how you are feeling. There are vitamin supplements that they can perscribe which greatly help with the nausea. Nothing but sleep helps with the tiredness I'm afraid.

Congratulations on your impending joyous event!

Each pregnancy is so different. I had nausia constantly day and night with my 1st son, vomitting plus nausia all day for 16 weeks with my 2nd son and some nausia for about 2 weeks with my daughter. Acupuncture worked both times for me with my 2nd and 3rd. It made me stop vomitting and feel only slightly nausious with #2 which was a drastic improvement, and it completely removed all nausia with my 3rd. I did also take a chinese herb made by life rising for a couple of weeks after my acupuncture with my 3rd called xch. Aside from that red rasberry LEAF tea also works, but you shouldn't drink more than 2-3 cups in a day thru the 1st 2 trimesters. It also strengthens the uterus thus making contractions at the end of the 3rd trimester to be more effective. Good luck and I hope you feel better!

B. :)

Hi K.,

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I also have twins (3yrs old). I found that my pregancy I was super tired, partially due to iron deficiency, partially due to gest. diabetes, and a whole lot due to carrying two dancing babies! The only thing that ever made me sick was coffee. Since you are so early in your term, it's possible it will go away. Good luck and God Bless!

J.

First, congratulations. This is an exciting time, but of course, feeling how you do makes it quite unpleasant. However, there are lots of remedies that can help. I had a similar situation with my second pregnancy. The first time, no side effects, other than heartburn at the end, but the second time, from about week 3 through the 6th month, I was sick nearly everyday, all day. I did not actually get sick, but just that terrible, nagging feeling in my stomach all of the time. I tried iron pills prescribed by my ob, then a prescription for nausea that is normally used for patients on chemotherapy, and neither of those helped me much. I tried the wristbands that are normally used for motion sickness to no avail. I was also excessively tired and finally got releif when I took the blood test for gestational diabetes and found out I also had anemia this pregnancy. Ultimately, my doctor suggested that I take two pre-natal vitamins a day. Those were not making me sick when I took them before bed, so I added a second dose daily around lunch time. It was immediate releif and I felt so much better. The pre-natal twice a day increased my iron and for whatever reason helped with the nausea. Talk with your ob early and see if you can take double the pre-natal or check for anemia. Good luck and I hope you find releif very soon.

H. B.

Congratulations! I would say each time you get sick... smile... the more sick you are, the more your hormones are working - and the healthier the baby/pregnancy! :)

With my second pregnany (first child) I tried everythiing. The wrist band, the ginger, the seven up... all worth trying. Goodness, even the smell of the hand soap in the bathroom would send me running!

Something else I tried were "preggie pops", you can find them at Motherhood Maternity, or Mimi's Maternity... probably some other places too.

Good LUCK!!!

I don't have twins, but I CAN say that I was exhausted and extremely tired with all 3 of mine too. I think every pregnancy is different and there is no REAL way to tell what you are carrying until you have the unltrasound. I think I was the sickest with my first child. I would suggest making sure you eat dry, plain cereal like cheerios for snacks to help the sickness....I know they have a morning sickness pill for people with extreme cases.

On my last pregnancy I was very sick all day long. I realize about 6 months into it. That if I ate 6 small meals it went away. When I felt like I was sick to my stomach, I ate something small, and that usually made it pass. I also had to sit up slowly in the morning and eat something before I got out of bed. After I figured that out, the rest of the months were a piece of cake compared to what I had been through.

Well, I am the mother of g/g twins and I didn't find out until my 21 week. AHH! There were no twins in mine or my husbands family, so for us that wasn't even a consideration...but now looking back there were signs that should have led me to believe that my preganancy wasn't normal?!!? They were my first (& last) preganancy. I had to buy maternity clothes before I was even 3 months pregnant because I couldn't wear anything I owned. I was sick from sun up to sun down and in my 2 and 3 month, I actually lost weight. I believe it was my forth month, that I was "measured" with the tape and I measured a little bigger than where I was supposed to be, but the doctors said that some times happens, that maybe my conception date was a little off. (But I knew right when we conceived, we had been trying for 2+ years.) So when we went to find out what we were having a boy OR a girl, we found out we were having twins!! It was quite a shock I can tell you.

I hope some of this helps, feel free to email me if you want to know more or if you find out that you are having twins, it's really nice to talk to someone who has been there. (Trust me)
GOOD LUCK!!
-Happily married mother of twins

Not sure what to tell you about "signs of twins," but I can advise on the nausea. Find some good natural prenatal vitamins - Rainbow Light carries a couple of different ones (one a day or multiple/day, whichever you prefer) that contain a bit of ginger which soothes nausea. Your doctor shouldn't have a problem with it as long as you're taking a good supplement; the ones most OBs give out are not organic nor do they use natural ingredients.

I was continuously sick for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and extremely tired the first 14, twins run in my family, but I did not have twins. Sometimes pregnancy is just like that.

I got several prescriptions from my ob for morning sickness. One is a pill for motion sickness which worked relatively well, but knocked me out completely. The second was rather expensive and is a pill they use for cancer patients to stop nauseousness. I'm trying to look up the names of them, but cannot find them right now though.

So, in closing, I would ask your OB for a script.

Congrats on the new baby, I have only had two kiddos and each time was different. With the first I could have sleep ed all the time - I would take my lunch hour and go to my car and take a nap, My hubby told me that I would come home and go to sleep as soon as I got home, I can not remember - so he must be correct about that.

I don't know of any sign's of twins. I was sick with my 3rd child. With my 3rd child it was a whole lot harder. My Doctor changed my vit. to a vit. with vit B. And alot of crackers. It helped some, I started feeling better after, I was pass the first 3mo. Good Luck and hope you start feeling better.

I don't know about twins, but my first preg, peppermints helped. For my second one, I was very tired; I could barely move off of the couch! Everything that I read said that up to 2 cups of coffee a day is safe. So, for the tiredness, I drank coffee. For the nausea, which was worse the 2nd time, I bought the preggy pops (or drops - basically like hard candies), and they worked well. Babies R Us sells them for about $5 for 20 drops, I think. Congratulations, and good luck!

K.,
congrats!
I was SO sick with my second - in and out of the hospital, etc. I eventually had to have a pic line placed to give me fluids, but hopefully it won't come to that with you. 2 medications are pregnancy safe and helped me - Reglan & Zofran. Your doctor can tell you more about these options. Also, drinking large amounts of any kind of liquid will perpetuate vomiting. Avoid drinking ice-cold drinks, as the cold temp can often be rejected by your warm stomach. Preggie Pops can help.

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Blessings!
A. Parsons, CD, LSP

My dr. told me to take Vitamin B6 w/ my last pregnancy to help with the nausea. It helped.

When I was pregnant, what made me sick was the prenatal vitamins. I eventually stopped taking them all together. I know it's hard but you'll get through this. I have been told Saltine crackers and water with a little bit of lemon is supposed to help. Also Carmelised ginger and peppermint (candies, flavored stuff, candy canes ect.) helps with upset stomachs these are also safe for babies as well. My son had stomach aches all the time when he was little so I let him suck on the curved part of the candy cane and it helped a lot. I also know that I had indigestion really bad and peppermint flavored Rolaids did a lot of good for me as well. good luck

R. R

There is no way to get rid of it, just ride it. I was pregnant one time with my boy and was sick all day every day. I puked 10-12 times a day and that was after holding it in. I did that all 3 trimesters until the day he was born. They had me on zofran for a couple trimesters and it took me down to 3-4 times a day but still felt sick all day. Tried every home remedy. When you are sick you are sick...and no twins here. My grandma was deathly ill like me with 6 kids, no twins, she says that the sicker you are the healthier your child will be. Don't know the truth in that really but my doc says myson is one of thehealhiest he has seen. He is 17 mos and has had 1 cold and 1 ear infection and he is around lots of kids...is it a fluke???? The sick moms deserve a break, maybe that is what it is about. Stock up on vanilla ice cream and tums....not like it helps a bunch but it helped me to breath a bit better. Sorry about the sickness, you will have a healthy child!! Good luck!

Congrats! I have 4 year old twin girls and can't say that there are any signs to say that you are having twins. I had a rougher time w/my second pregancy. I was also lucky enough to not need maternity clothes until I was about 6-7 months pregnant I was lucky and found out during my first visit at 7 weeks and didn't start getting sick until I found out I was having twins (doesn't run in either family). I found that I would get sick whenever I drank something cold with a meal. Once I stopped that and just drank after a meal I was fine. I wasn't tired at all with them, but was with their sister - probably due to having to care for them and be pregnant. Just rest when you can and hopefully it will get better.

J.

Well K. I just wanted to send out a Congratulations to you on your happy news!!! May the Lord bless you during your pregnancy and may you have a healthy little one!!
As for acknowledgment of symptoms/signs on having twins I know none. However as far as any relief on your sickness I would just say eat less fatty and acidic food for awhile. I know it is hard to rest when you have two other little ones to care for. But if possible try taking a nap for an hour at least that away you arent exhausted. I hope all goes well for you and keep us informed on what the doctor says!

The sickness can have lots of different causes.

Drink lots of water to help with the exhaustion a little. Eat many small, high-protein meals throughout the day to help with the sickness and with general nutrition.

You'll know for sure about twins whenever the doctor does an ultrasound.

I was so sick for 4 months of my pregnancy. The doctor gave me some dissolvable pills, but they only stopped me from vomiting, not from the all day nausea. What helped me was eating saltine crackers all day and staying busy. Staying busy got my mind off of the nausea. It will pass before you know it. Good Luck!