16 Weeks Pregnant with Twins

Submitted by Nic on January 16, 2012

When you are carrying twins your pregnancy will progress faster than a woman who is pregnant with one baby. Your body is working harder to provide and accommodate two babies.  Starting this week and till week 20, your babies will grow rapidly.

At 16 weeks pregnant with twins an ultrasound will tell you all about their development and weight gain. The babies are usually in their own sac within the uterus but this lining is very thin. Research indicates that... 

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When you are 16 weeks pregnant with twins, your symptoms are usually acceleratede


You will start to feel the babies movev Your uterus will have enlarged considerably and you will show much more as compared to a woman who is pregnant with one babyb Some of the main symptoms you will experience would include fatigue, swollen feet, change in sexual desire, breathlessness, constipation, heart burn, change in sleep patterns, anemia, larger than usual abdomen, bleeding gums and of course, stretch marksk Sometimes you may also feel sharp shooting pains in your abdomen but usually these should passs In case it does not, you should seek medical helpl The twins are about 6 inches long and weigh about 7 ounces eachc Like regular babies, they see the formation of lanugo over theme Their skeletons also start to hardene

When you go for your check-ups the doctor will check some basic markers every timem Blood pressure and pulse along with respiratory rate is checked along with steadiness of heart and lungs and weight gaini The doctor will also check fetal heartbeats, pressure within the uterus and ultrasound for development of the babiese Weight gain is another factor that is considered important but you should not obsess over iti The doctors with all their tests will be able to tell you if need to change your eating habitst

You should remember that carrying twins is very different from carrying a single babyb So remember that most literature is largely geared towards pregnancies that carry single babiese You should seek a support group of mothers who have delivered twins as the things to keep in mind and look out for can be completely differentn Sometimes by the fourth or the fifth month mothers carrying twins can get physically very tirede You should get adequate rests

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