What to expect with twins?

10 Ways to Nurture Your Twins' Unique Personalities. They may seem like two peas in a pod when they are first born. But twins are still separate little humans, who will take on their own interests with your encouragement. read more

Most mums-to-be of multiples stop work at 28 weeks. This makes sense because carrying twins is hard work, and most twins arrive earlier than single babies (NCCWCH 2011). More than half of twins are born before 37 weeks (HSCIC 2015, ISD Scotland 2014) and it's very common for at least one baby to need a stay in special care (Tamba 2012). read more

No.3: Women pregnant with twins clock in more time at the obstetrician. Twin pregnancies require more monitoring than single pregnancies, Monga says. "We tend to do more frequent ultrasounds for growth in twin pregnancies, compared with one anatomy scan and one growth scan in a singleton pregnancy." But along with additional testing comes risk. read more