Okay, doc, let’s pull out the thesaurus and search for a word/term with a better connotation, such as: lively, active, mobile, precocious, etc.

I have to say, though, I am almost certain this comment was meant to say “This one’s not moving around as much” and just came out sounding terribly wrong. We all make verbal gaffs and say the wrong word or phrase, and I think this is a simple case of doctor-is-human (I hope). At least the placenta wasn’t falling off!

The OB must have slipped alive for lively?!

That’s horrible!
Was the OB trying to do his best Miracle Max impersonation or something?
Poor Mama.

I’m hoping, like everyone else, that it was a slip-up, and not meant to scare the mother.
But really, such a scary thing to hear, even if after a second you realize it was a slip of the tongue!

The doctor should have known that just because the baby is moving doesn’t mean it’s alive. :-b

I was thinking that this really might be a slip for “lively” but really, there are days when *I* am not very lively, and to the best of my knowledge I haven’t passed on yet. Maybe he just missed that twin’s active period.

If the OP comes back, please let us know how both twins are doing, okay?

W.T.F??? I really hope this was a slip of the tongue, too. ::walks away shaking head::

Boy, what a poor choice of words. Not knowing this particular OB, I really hope s/he was referring to activity ie: Twin B is nat as active at the moment. I can’t tell you the number of times an OB has said something and when s/he leaves the room the family turns to me and ask what did s/he mean by (whatever). Sometimes, I feel like I should be able to claim them as dependants for all the messes I clean up. I’m with Sheva on this. I’d really like to know the outcome of this twin pregnancy.

How about, one is awake, the other is sleeping? Good grief.

Yes, let’s hope this was just a slip of the tongue. But would any of us be surprised if it wasn’t? *sigh*

I’m the OP.
It was a slip of the tongue (my OB was an excellent “technician”, but had a really clinical/ cold bedside manner); twin B was simply asleep. It was a horrible few minutes though, especially as we had been ttcing 3 years and the twins were the result of our third round of fertility treatment.

The twins were born at 39 weeks by medically necessary c-section. They are 2 years old now, perfectly healthy, and were joined 5 weeks ago by my VBAC baby.

So, would that make her “a little bit pregnant”?

Very glad to hear the twins are doing well!!

I am pregnant with twins and at both prenatal ultrasounds baby A has been squirming all over, and Baby B has been pretty quiet. But what a slip of the tongue! Ouch!