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I also always thought that you need to hear 2 heartbeats to have twins. That was until I read that in some cases the babies heartbeats synchronise and the doctor will thus just hear one instead of both. That said in our country with the many sonars we have it seldom happens that doctors keep [...]

It’s usually more common to miss a twin pregnancy when the first ultra sound was taken much later. So odds are there is just one. But as Rene said, being big usually just means you’ve got plenty for amniotic fluid, which is great for baby. Plus every women carries different at different times. I know [...]

Hi ladies,
Thanks for the advice. We actually havent heard the heartbeat simply as my gynae believes it is unsafe to do so before 10 weeks and my last scan was at 8 weeks, but going for my NT scan next week @ 12w3d so should def confirm all.

Hi Aaliyah, they will usually find ‘them’ within the first trimester – with ultrasounds these days, the occurrence of finding out later is VERY rare. And it’s not so much not being able to ‘see’ the second baby with the doppler, but about the beating of his heart. The sonar will pick up 2 distinct [...]

I doubt that a doctor will ever miss a twin so late in the pregnancy…. At 6 weeks the heartbeat can barely be visible, but at 11 weeks your baby’s heartbeat cannot be missed. You probably have a lot of Amniotic fluid, which is normal. If you already have been for 3 ultra sounds, and [...]