All women are interested in the question - is it possible to determine in the early stages without ultrasound a multiple pregnancy? The answer in each specific case can be either positive or negative.
In general, all the signs of twins in the early stages can be conditionally divided into purely intuitive and scientifically grounded. The first are felt by the woman herself and sometimes become quite reliable. The second is determined by the doctor at the first examinations.
The first signs of twins, felt the most pregnant
A woman still in the first trimester of pregnancy can assert with a certain degree of certainty that she has a twins if she is tormented by an unusually strong toxicosis. Indeed, this sign sometimes becomes the first harbinger of the birth of twins.
Another sign is the early growth (increase) of the abdomen. However, it should be remembered that in the second and subsequent pregnancies, the stomach in most cases begins to grow earlier and more intensively, even if there is one baby.
Earlier movements of the child , which the woman feels, can also say that she wears more than one baby. But then again, you need to consider that with a repeated pregnancy a woman in the vast majority of cases begins to feel shocks earlier than the first pregnancy.
The first signs of twin pregnancy, determined by a doctor
A doctor at an earlier date can note a more intensive increase in the uterus in a woman. What other signs of twins can the doctor determine: if listening to the heart rhythm of a child he hears a different frequency beat in different places, then it can be confidently asserted that there are two hearts beating.
Of course, to confirm a multiple pregnancy it is necessary to make ultrasound. This pregnancy requires more careful monitoring by doctors and the woman herself. And also the knowledge of all the peculiarities of bearing twins.