New to OH and found out today I am having identical twins

So I have been reading posts from everyone and decided to share my story...  January 09 had gastric bypass.  I had PCOS and a few months after surgery I was regular for the first time.  I could not get pregnant before surgery.  The reason why  (in addition to wanting to loose weight) I opted for the gastric bypass was to get rid of the PCOS.  I was sick of taking drugs.  I started at 270 and got down to 110.  Fast forward 2 years or so.  I got married on February 3, 2011.  Got pregnant around March 3rd or so with no assistance.  I am in the "high risk" category because I will be 36 when the babies are born. 

Last week I had a bad UTI that ended up going into my kidneys as well as a kidney stone.  I make kidney stones to begin with so that is no surprise that I have another one.  They admitted me to the hospital so that I could get IV antibiotics for 48 hours.  Last year I had a 14mm.  Anyways, while they were doing an ultrasound on my kidney last week, the tech said "Is there something you are not telling me?"  My husband and I looked at each other and were like "no".  She said, "how many babies did you say you were having?"  I said, "1".  She said, "oh no you are having 2".  My husband and I were shocked but then thrilled.  Twins don't run in either one of our families.  When I was being discharged from the hospital the doctor said he thought the pregnancy was identical.  It looked like a thin membrane.  I had already scheduled a scan for today.  The doctor confirmed that we are indeed having 2 babies.  We have 2 sacs and 1 placenta.  We don't want to know the sex of the twins but obviously they are the same sex. 

My question is, has anyone else experienced this after Gastric Bypass??

Thanks!

Rochelle

That's a heck of a surprise when doing a kidney u/s!  Double congrats to you and your husband! 
There are several women here who are moms of multiples...hopefully they'll pop in and give you the scoop...but I'm sure you'll be fine. 

I hope the rest of your pregnancy is happy, healthy - including kidney-stone-free!  Best wishes and welcome.

My twins (identical girls) were pre-WLS, so I can't offer any post-WLS advice.

Grats on your twin pregnancy! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or PM me, I'll be happy to chat with you.

I had my twins post op not sure what you want to know but congrats ask away

Congrats..........keep up on the UTI's watch for them.

I had my twins post WLS. The pregnancy went fine, I had no complications and went into labor naturally at 36 weeks. My boys were 6lbs 11 oz and 5lbs 11 oz. I didn't even have a C-section. I read a great book: "When You're expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads." If you google it you'll see it. It was a great resource for the pregnancy. I made sure they checked my blood levels often. I did get slightly anemic at the end of the pregnancy, which is normal for post WLS and very normal for multiples, so I had to take some extra iron. I had to eat more often throughout the third trimester too to keep my blood sugar even, as a post WLS patient we get hypoglycemic really easily. Well, let me know if you have any other questions! My boys were born 13 months ago now. I can give you some great advce- SLEEP NOW!! The first 9 months I was soooo sleep deprived! Even following all the advice on sleep training blah blah blah... Still sleep deprived, so keep that in mind. 

Carrie  

Congrats on the babies!! Sorry to hear about the UTI. I had twins before surgery and it doesnt/didnt run on either said of out families either. Congrats on the weight loss as well!