Pregnancy of twins - signs

As is known, the frequency of multiple pregnancies is 1 to 80 and the most common is the pregnancy of twins. Every woman wants to know as soon as possible - who she is: a girl, a boy, maybe two. In this article, we will describe what signs may be in pregnancy of twins.

Pregnancy of twins - signs

There are objective and subjective signs of pregnancy as twins (twins). One of the most common symptoms of twin pregnancy is the early onset of toxicosis, a clear positive pregnancy test and a fast growing abdomen. Toxicosis with such a pregnancy is always present and characterized by an early onset (from the first for delaying menstruation) and the severity of clinical manifestations (nausea, vomiting, weakness, pronounced drowsiness and irritability). The second sign of multiple pregnancy is a distinct fatty second stripe on the pregnancy test, which is associated with a higher concentration of chorionic gonadotropin in the urine than in pregnancy by one child. The third sign of twins is the rapid growth of the abdomen, but it appears already at a later date (from the 15th week).

Objective symptoms of twin pregnancy

The first objective sign of twin pregnancy is determined by internal obstetric examination, when the doctor discovers that the uterus does not match the term of pregnancy (it is longer). Determine this can be as early as the 9th week of pregnancy. Then the doctor will suspect a multiple pregnancy and send such a woman to an ultrasound. Ultrasound is the most reliable method that is able not only to determine the number of fetuses in the uterus, but also to determine whether these are signs of twins or twins. Another sign of twins is listening to additional heartbeats during doppler conduction.

So, on what week are twins or twins determined? The double for ultrasound can already be determined at the 5th week of pregnancy, when the fertilized eggs are transplanted into the uterus. But rarely anyone does ultrasound at this time. Identical twins are determined much later, not earlier than 12 weeks.

We examined all the possible signs, according to which we can suspect a multiple pregnancy. However, only ultrasound examination on which two fetuses are clearly visualized can be considered reliable. On the remaining grounds, one can only assume the presence of multiple pregnancies.