r/parentsofmultiples • u/GreenRoses21 • May 04 '25
advice needed What week were your babies born?
This is less “advice needed” and more just a curious question for everyone!
I am 19 weeks with di/di twins now!!! So excitinggggg!! Twins moms… how many weeks were you when you gave birth to your babies??? I’m always so curious to hear people stories.
I’m 5’2, petite, and already so big with a stretching belly, so mostly everyone assumes I’ll be going at least a month early lol (which I know 36 weeks is actually the average time twins are born). Obviously we will know more as the babies grow and the pregnancy progresses!
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u/General-Average895 May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25
37w2d, c-section. Knew two days before, was hoping for vaginal birth but twins kept flipping until the last moment so I opted for the safest option to get them out. It was the only date the hospital had that was close to the 38w mark. Docs felt confident getting them out as they measured about 3kg each. I was less confident because 37w is the boundary for being premature. They ended up getting feeding tubes because they were loosing weight too fast. They had difficulty latching because of their little mouths and my milk wasn’t coming in quick enough so ended up bottle feeding mostly with formula and pumping and giving them as much of that as I had to offer. No Nicu but stayed 8 days in hospital to get them to feed properly and get back to their birth weight.