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After the Glucose Test: Tips for Navigating Gestational Diabetes with Twins
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After the Glucose Test: Tips for Navigating Gestational Diabetes with Twins

Allie Walld

Did you know that carrying twins or higher-order multiples puts you at a higher risk for developing gestational diabetes? Having two placentas (if you're having fraternal twins), or even one larger placenta (if you're having identical twins) causes your body to produce higher hormone levels, which can cause insulin resistance (i.e., your body is unable to use insulin effectively to...

Kick Count Conundrum: What Twin Moms Need to Know About Tracking Movement
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Kick Count Conundrum: What Twin Moms Need to Know About Tracking Movement

Allie Walld

Tracking movement in utero for multiple babies is tricky, if not nearly impossible. If you want to test your capacity for intense concentration and focus, try counting kicks and keeping everything straight when you're pregnant with twins. When you've got one baby on board, if you feel a kick, flutter, or roll, you know your baby is active. When you've got twins in there, if you feel...

Pregnant with Twins? Have a Tender Tummy? You Could Deliver Preterm
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Pregnant with Twins? Have a Tender Tummy? You Could Deliver Preterm

Allie Walld

When you're pregnant with twins, your doctor or OB-GYN will tell you your pregnancy is considered high-risk, and depending on what type of twins you're carrying (Dichorionic/Diamniotic (Di/Di), Monochorionic/Diamniotic (Mo/Di), or Monochorionic/Monoamniotic (Mo/Mo)), that level of risk could be elevated even more. When you're carrying multiple babies during a single pregnancy, there...