Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 14:55.
I'm not a first time mother, I have 3 children already, all vaginal, one homebirth. Found myself pregnant again and very, very nauseous this time around. At 13 weeks I went for a DS/nuchal translucency scan since I'm older, and watched calmly as the first image of my baby came onto the screen. The technician moved the transducer fractionally and WHOOPS, what had been one little body and sac became two little bodies and sacs. Just like watching a cell divide! I waited a moment for the tech to say TWINS but she was quiet so I asked her, are those actually twins? She confirmed, I covered my face with my hands and sobbed for joy. I KNEW I was pregnant with twins all along! Too much nausea to be just one baby! I'm an identical twin myself and oh, how I wish my sister had been in the room with me...
How I confirmed my twins
I'm not a first time mother, I have 3 children already, all vaginal, one homebirth. Found myself pregnant again and very, very nauseous this time around. At 13 weeks I went for a DS/nuchal translucency scan since I'm older, and watched calmly as the first image of my baby came onto the screen. The technician moved the transducer fractionally and WHOOPS, what had been one little body and sac became two little bodies and sacs. Just like watching a cell divide! I waited a moment for the tech to say TWINS but she was quiet so I asked her, are those actually twins? She confirmed, I covered my face with my hands and sobbed for joy. I KNEW I was pregnant with twins all along! Too much nausea to be just one baby! I'm an identical twin myself and oh, how I wish my sister had been in the room with me...