Re:More Risks with Twin Pregnancy?
A twin pregnancy is technically considered a high-risk pregnancy by doctors, medical facilities and insurance companies. The good side of that is that they pay extra special attention to you, which can help assuage some fears.
You are more likely to have increased nausea during your first trimester with twins than you would with a singleton pregnancy. Make sure that you don’t let yourself get dehydrated. You also have about a 30% chance of delivering prematurely (or before 37 weeks). You will want to follow your doctor’s directions including possible bedrest in an attempt to avoid this.
There is a higher risk of intrauterine growth retardation in twin pregnancies – that means that one of your babies might experience a growth decline which concerns the doctors. Twin-to-twin transfusion is also a concern. This occurs when there are connections between the blood vessels of the babies, which can cause an overload of blood in one baby, the recipient, while the donor baby does not get a sufficient blood supply. It can also affect the amounts of amniotic fluid each baby has.
You are also at higher risk for pregnancy-induced hypertension or high blood pressure.
Talk to your doctor about these risks – he or she can tell you what, if anything, you can do about any of it. Or about what you can do to test for it. And more information is always helpful in soothing fears.
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