Depending on when your one baby is discovered to be two, you may be scheduled for routine ultrasounds or more frequent appointments. The biggest concern for your practitioner is that you do not deliver your babies prior to 37 weeks, which is considered full-term. Babies born before then are considered premature and at risk for a variety of health problems. You will need to be on the alert for premature labor, particularly around 20 weeks gestation. The uterus contracts throughout pregnancy, but contractions that progress are a cause for great concern and should be taken seriously.
Contractions can feel only like a back ache or more like menstrual cramps.
Be aware of any that get closer together, longer in duration or stronger in pain or sensation. Babies born at 24 weeks have some chance of surviving with new technology. But rarely does this happen without babies undergoing surgeries, tests and confronting developmental delays. Each week gained will improve your babies' chance for a healthier outcome. By 32 weeks gestation, you have gained significant ground.