How Can I Tell If I'm Pregnant With Twins?

The ultrasound is the best tool. If your ultrasound in not indicating twins then you don't have it probably. Different women know about it at different times. It also depends upon, if it is your first pregnancy or second. If you are 8 weeks pregnant then I don't think you have twins. If you had, you might have known it in the start of the second month.

Many people learn about their multiples at an early ultrasound. Others find a rapid rate of growth in their uterus causing them to suspect twins. If this is your second child, however, you may not want to be so quick to assume you're having twins. It is common for your stomach to grow faster during a second pregnancy compared to your first pregnancy.

Sometimes multiple heart beats can be heard, leading your practitioner to believe that there is more than one bundle of joy in your uterus. Other times, during your prenatal tests, the doctor may find abnormally high levels of hCG since multiple babies will increase the levels of these hormones. The more babies you are having, the faster the rate of rise in hCG. In single births, hCG should almost double every 48 hours. Only a very small number of twin pregnancies remain undetected until birth.

Ultrasound is the best way to tell, but some other indications are earlier fetal movement, extreme fatigue and woman who have given birth to several babies have a better chance of having twins.


Good luck!!

Its possible a scan may miss a second heartbeat this early if one was obscuring the other, but not very likely. Symptoms of twin pregnancy would be faster weight gain, more nausea and sickness and earlier feeling of movement. But as its your third pregnancy you will probably feel movement earlier than in previous ones. However it would be unlikely that you are feeling it at 8 weeks.

Massive hunger already, water retention, fatigue, can't get enough sleep, weight gain, pee constantly.  I did my first home test 23 days after my first time having intercourse, and it turned positive instantly.  Waited a week, took one at the WIC office, it was positive too.  Waiting now for my apt at my OB/GYN.  Twins are in my moms side, my dads side, and my fiance' side.  What do you think?

Do you know I don't really trust these ultrasound things sometimes they tell you the sex of my baby is a boy than when my baby is born it is a boy a few friends also had this happen to them.  I really believe you  are going to have twins.  Sometimes these ultrasound scans are not 100% correct.  In some cases the other twin is hiding may be that is the smallest out ot the twins and baby's breathing is not loud enough because the breathing of the other twin which is seen is much heavier.  But anyway just pray to keep them safe...