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@smileytahnee This is me!!! Of course they cannot know my personal history, but twin pregnancies being high risk + higher risk for premature birth (which is never "nice") - I seriously do expect people to know this. This naivety bothered me especially during the very hard and difficult times...

@catrinabrosko Hi there, My daughters were born 32+4, twin A with 1745g, twin B with 1045g. The first 6 months we spent in and out of hospital (40days after births, 2x in due to RSV, 1x due to weight problems (she basically ate 1/3rd of what she should, out with g-tube, back in for hernia...

@mark730 I wish you all the best and please feel free to DM me anytime! Its scary, its frustrating, but as others put it: tiny does not mean weak :-) When we had to go in with RSV the first time, it took two adult nurses to hold her down so they could do the intravenous aditus. She was fighting...

@mark730 Hi, one of my twins was IUGR as well. And stage 2 TTTS (transfusion syndrome, usually between Mo-Di twins). The first time we were diagnosed with thud was at 13 weeks, but it was so early, they didn't know which of the two problems is that major one. We went week by week and had many...

@peterjakeyboy So true! Sometimes its even better to name a concrete date! Like: I'm collecting your kids tomorrow to go to the playground and will bring sandwiches for the evening. Its so much easier to reply "sorry, tomorrow doesn't work, maybe the day after?!" Than the open invite of a...

@ntl I was in stage 2 TTTS! First diagnose was at 13weeks, but they weren't sure whether its TTTS, IUGR or both. In the end, it was both. IUGR being the preliminary problem. I was very close to stage 3 TTTS from 22weeks until birth, but never fully qualified and due to the IUGR they decided the...