Twin pregnancy, please help.?

Question

I'm 12 weeks pregnant tomorrow, and was hoping to find out on the internet how developed my babies are....but all of them are for singleton babies. Do singletons grow at the same pace as twins?

Answer 1

Twin pregnancies are similar to singleton pregnancies up to a certain point. Once the babies start growing to the point when they are taking up most of the womb... they slow down... but for the most part they develop most of the vital organs and other things around the same time. This website has a tracker for twins in each trimester this is what I used to look at when I was expecting twins.

Answer 2

I had a wee look online and found this for you:

Question: In utero, do my multiples grow and develop at the same rate as a singleton?

Birth weights of multiple babies tend to be lower than singletons due to the fact that multiple babies are sharing the same amount of space and nourishment. The nourishment allotment can often be unequally shared, providing another difference in fetal development.

For the first two trimesters twins manage to grow at the same rate as a singleton, but from weeks 26-28 the growth rate decreases and continues to decrease for the duration of the pregnancy. Source:

The Nature and Nurture of Twins, by Dr. Elizabeth M. Bryan, Multiple Birth Foundation, UK

Answer 3

apparently they will grow at the same rate as singletons until week 26ish and then slow down after that. however some twins are born at weights similar to singletons. mine were born at 38 weeks weighing 7lbs4 and 7lbs2. the more weight u gain in the first trimester in particular, the better the chance that ur twins will be a good weight and the better the chance that there will be small difference between their weights.