A few newbie questions if you don't mind...

CLAYLIOVER

I posted a intro a few weeks back and have been mostly lurking since then. I have read the recommened Dr Luke book and found it very helpful. So thanks for the suggestion ladies. I do have a couple of questions regarding early twin pregnancy...

I have been having a lot of hip and low back pain. I was nervous at first because it was accompanied by spotting but after several u/s and no more blood I was assured everything was fine. Is this normal in a multiple pg?

I'm now 9w4d by my LMP but have been measuring ahead since day 1. The doctors have me at 10w1d. I am obviously showing now (which I love) but Im wondering when I will begin to feel movement (ducks while MoMs throw things at her-sorry im sure this has been asked 1389734 times)

Thank you ladies for your wonderful in sight.

SoldiersGreenBean

Hip and back pain is normal in any pregnancy.  Since it's starting so early, I'd suggest finding a chiropractor and starting to stretch daily.

Movement varies by pregnancy, and a lot of factors can affect it.  If you have an anterior placenta, you'll likely feel movement later than others.  I actually felt movement earlier in my singleton pg than my twin.  I felt it around 16/17 weeks with DD, and not until 18 or so with the twins.

However, it's normal to not feel any until 21/22 weeks.

lisa&andy

I don't remember the hip or back pain, its been awhile, hopefully some of the other pregnant MoM's can answer.

As for feeling them, I felt a flutter at 15 weeks that felt like a finger going lightly and quickly over my belly. By 16 weeks I was feeling something everyother day, DH couldn't feel them until 23ish weeks.

Haven1

I felt a flutter at 15 weeks and a definite kick at 19 weeks.  Good luck!

MagPie08

Felt first flutters around 15/16 weeks and lots since then but still haven't felt any strong kicks . . .

janjag

flutters at 15wks, but not consistently at all.

katsblaze

I began to feel flutters at 16 weeks, and started feeling kicks for Baby A around 19/20 weeks and baby b (anterior placenta) around 22 weeks.

clarku2000

I want to say I felt flutters around 15 weeks, and around 19/20 weeks I felt kicks.  It wasn't much later that DH could feel them kick, although it was light, and it got more dramatic a few more weeks later.  Whenever DH comes home and starts talking or putting his hand on my belly the girls know his voice and start moving around.

lgurian

i had a lot of hip pain throughout. nothing to be done according to my dr. dont worry about the measuring thing, it's close enough. i didnt feel movement until about 19/20 wks and i started showing around 9-10 wks too. 

kristyn&ken

i just wanted to say I remember you from TTCAL and congrats! Good to see you here!

I felt a few twinges around 14 weeks that I know now were likely small movements but nothing consistent or that I was 100% sure of until closer to 18 weeks.

anna2006

Although most people feel flutters early in the second tri, there is a range of normal so don't freak out if it takes a lot longer.  I had a previous singleton pregnancy where I felt the baby at 14 weeks, so I was expecting something similiar with the twins.  Nope!  It wasn't until 23 weeks that I reliably felt them.  It totally unnerved me, until a few MoMs here shared the fact that they, too, had to wait to feel them.  So just sayin', it'll happen but who knows when!  Be patient if you can....

bkjcwedding

Flutters at 15 weeks and thanks to an anterior placenta nothing consistant even now.  I will feel Baby A a few times a day, but Baby B like to lay low.

marker56

I had early hip and pelvic pain in first tri that seemed to calm down... hopefully it won't come back - and hope yours lets up!

Felt flutters at 17 weeks.  Nothing regular right away

sillie1020

I don't have hip pain, but my tailbone hurts a lot.  I started feeling flutters early...like at 13/14 weeks

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I didn't feel movement with my first pg until I was around 20w, with the twins it was around 18w.  Get used to the hip and back pain, especially the hip pain IMO.