Moms of Twins - ?

[twotrue]

Two questions

1) Does the question "are they natural?" end after they are born? Because I expected annoying questions but I'm sick of this one.

2) When did you or DW (whomever carried) hit the wall? This pregnancy is so different than my first.  The first time around I was doing everything right up until the very end.  I can already tell that isn't happening this time around.  Just running errands for 4 hours today kicked my ass. 

[ElsaVonM]

1) We actually almost never get that question - and didn't much during the pregnancy either. Sometimes when I get a weirdly personal question like that I'll just say "What do you mean?". Because that forces the person to actually articulate what they are asking, and makes them realize how nosy they are being.

2) It's hard to remember, but I know that I started packing in December for our late February move, and Jen did very little because she was tired all the time and needed to spend as many of her non-work hours as possible just sitting and resting. So that was only about 3-4 months. She also cut back to part-time consulting from home in December, and she was very relieved to do so.

Have you read the Dr. Luke book? I know it is a little controversial but it helped us a TON and really drove home the importance of not treating a multiples pregnancy like a singleton pregnancy. I really do think it is one of the reasons Jen made it to her target date/scheduled C-section with no bed rest or early labor. Of course we did not follow every instruction (that'd be impossible), but it has a lot of good information and ideas.

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[ElsaVonM]

Just for fun:

Christmas Eve:


34 or 35 weeks:

[2brides]

1) It took forever for it to stop with us. Everywhere we went, "Are they natural?" "Do twins run in your family?" "Are they identical?" "How do you tell them apart?" etc. We were stopped all.of.the.time in malls, restaurants,parks, etc. It got less as they got older (out of babyhood), but didn't really stop almost completely till they were 3-4y. And now it is pretty rare people ask if they are twins, much less any more personal questions.


2) I recall constantly feeling like I was slogging through cement when I had to walk for any length of time. And I remember going to bed early (partly from just being exhausted and partly cause I was sleeping like crap.) But I worked till 3 days before my scheduled c-section (so, 36w 4d) because I refused to use any maternity leave pre-babies unless I absolutely had to (I took those 3 days off at the advice of a co-worker who said it would be the last time in years I would do errands alone. She was right. So I went to the DMV, the post office, the bank, etc.)

[twomoms2twins]

1) Does the question "are they natural?" end after they are born? Because I expected annoying questions but I'm sick of this one.



NO - We get it all the time ... When people ask me I am so of the cuff I make a smirky face and say No they are SYNTHETIC ... and walk way and once i said they were a form of polyurethane the guy must have thought i was nuts .. Melanie says they are organic when people ask or USA MADE...

We get are they twins or sisters? REALLY ... or when people say OH MY YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL .. I sometimes flip out and and say no we beat them so they are behaved... or I say no i have a free hand here it is and wave in their face- or calmly say umm no actually i could use two more-



2) When did you or DW (whomever carried) hit the wall? This pregnancy is so different than my first. The first time around I was doing everything right up until the very end. I can already tell that isn't happening this time around. Just running errands for 4 hours today kicked my ass



Our OB warned us to get all our ducks in a row by 20 weeks - We laughed well M laughed and was na I feel great and he kept saying ok well come 23-25 weeks its gonna be tough and you will hate life and beg me to help you ... it was not quite that bad but at 25weeks she pretty much hit the wall and she was on bedrest Taking a shower for her was exhausting. Its not easy growing a baby let a lone two. So she would wake up take a shower and then a nap and her feet were HUGE ...



a week before the scheduled c-section


35weeks belly cast



8 mos pregnant almost no belly button and  her feet were so huge... she cut her self opening a package  cuz she could not see what she was doing so that is the cut you see