Expecting twins? Start here.

Two heartbeats on the screen, and suddenly everything you'd planned needs doubling. Here's where to start, from a UK twin mum who has been exactly where you are.

This is practical information, not medical advice. Your maternity team is always the right place for questions about your own pregnancy and care.

What changes in a twin pregnancy?

A twin pregnancy usually means more scans and more appointments, and how many you'll have depends on your twins' chorionicity. These free guides explain how it works in the UK:

Want the whole story?

Outnumbered From Day One is the UK twin pregnancy and parenting book, written by a twin mum. It covers everything from the moment you find out you're having twins through to 18 months: NHS appointments, feeding, sleep, routines and the reality of life with two.

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Keep your appointments and scans in one place

The Twin Pregnancy Appointment & Scan Tracker follows the typical NHS twin timetable from booking to birth. It has growth scan record pages for both twins side by side, a bloods and screening tracker, a birth planning page and a key contacts page.

What do you actually need to buy?

Most baby lists assume one baby and everything brand new. Start with the free twin baby equipment guide by stage. Then What to Actually Buy for Twins tells you what's worth buying new, what's fine second hand, and the one thing you should never skip.

Get sorted for the first weeks

The Newborn Starter Kit puts What to Actually Buy for Twins, the Newborn Twins Survival Guide and the Twin Daily Tracker together, so the buying list, the newborn workbook and the tracker are ready before they arrive.