Thanks admin.

[cinnamoncox]

Thanks for the board.

Let's use it or lose it

Mine are 4 girl/girl.

They look completely different . One is a few inches taller. One is in 2T clothes (sometimes a 3 isn't too big) and the other is wearing size 5.
I get the "are you sure they're twins" all the time.

I also have an older ds (15).

It's been a trip to say the least.

Last summer we were potty training and teaching shaving at the same time.

They started preschool last September at 3 after being home with me since birth.
They start up again 9/2 and it's their last year before kindergarten.

I love twins it's been an experience I couldn't have ever imagined. Dh would love another set.

Paying for two of everything is very challenging to say the least. I can't wait until they're done with preschool bc $1200/month for four part time days is close to killing me.
But I hate to wish this time away, you know?
Seeing ds at 15 it seems like e was born last week and now he's the size of a grown man, so I see how quickly this time all goes by and I hate that.

The days are long but the years are far too short

[EllieArroway]

You're welcome. Pick a mod!

[vtdiamond]

Yay, glad to see this board!!

I am currently 26 weeks pregnant with spontaneous girl/boy twins. We were both absolutely shocked to find out we were having twins as the thought never crossed me mind. We're now embracing it and rolling with it! My due date is 11/23 but we're expecting the babies to make their arrival in Late October/ Early November. Pregnancy has been going ok so far, just feeling very tired and already getting sore/achy.

I am pretty scared for what we have in store for us once the babies arrive between all the extra costs and the lack of sleep.

Looking forward to chatting with all of you and sharing ideas and tips!

[cinnamoncox]

Aug 21, 2014 8:58:58 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

You're welcome. Pick a mod!

How? Lol

We nominate someone or something?

What does it entail? ::coughs:: I'll do it if I can

[cinnamoncox]

vtdiamond welcome! I remember you announced on mmm.

Are you in VT? I love it there so much we vacationed in Wilmington area for 12 days we rented a house and it's been two years and we still talk about moving there.

Twins rock. I'm serious. Of course it's hard at first. Of course. But it truly gets easier. It becomes the norm and the idea of just one baby is like what? Lol for real though, don't listen to people who try to scare you.
We were always getting the warnings from people of how it was going to try our marriage and just so much negativity so we spent the first year like waiting for the other shoe to drop and it never did.
Yeah it was hard, but we had two babies at once. We didn't expect a walk in the park!

I look forward to talking to other moms of multiples.
It's a unique sort of thing.

[EllieArroway]

Aug 21, 2014 9:09:36 GMT -5 cinnamoncox said:

Aug 21, 2014 8:58:58 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

You're welcome. Pick a mod!

How? Lol

We nominate someone or something?

What does it entail? ::coughs:: I'll do it if I can

On a board like this, probably nothing.

Deleting posts when the OP requests, deleting spam, things like that.

Usually a few people volunteer and the board votes. Or only one person volunteers and they get it by default.

[cinnamoncox]

Aug 21, 2014 9:13:51 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Aug 21, 2014 9:09:36 GMT -5 cinnamoncox said:

How? Lol

We nominate someone or something?

What does it entail? ::coughs:: I'll do it if I can

On a board like this, probably nothing.

Deleting posts when the OP requests, deleting spam, things like that.

Usually a few people volunteer and the board votes. Or only one person volunteers and they get it by default.

Well I'll volunteer.
If I get voted off, so be it

[vtdiamond]

Aug 21, 2014 9:13:51 GMT -5 cinnamoncox said:

vtdiamond welcome! I remember you announced on mmm.

Are you in VT? I love it there so much we vacationed in Wilmington area for 12 days we rented a house and it's been two years and we still talk about moving there.

Twins rock. I'm serious. Of course it's hard at first. Of course. But it truly gets easier. It becomes the norm and the idea of just one baby is like what? Lol for real though, don't listen to people who try to scare you.
We were always getting the warnings from people of how it was going to try our marriage and just so much negativity so we spent the first year like waiting for the other shoe to drop and it never did.
Yeah it was hard, but we had two babies at once. We didn't expect a walk in the park!

I look forward to talking to other moms of multiples.
It's a unique sort of thing.

I went to school in VT (UVM) and ended up living there for 10 years after I graduated.  DH and I met in college and then reconnected 10 years later which lead to my move from VT to the Boston area.  So we both have a special place in our hearts for VT

Thank you for the reassurance.  I'm really trying to see the positives here like only having to be pregnant once and having a built in playmate and special relationship btw the kids! It has definitely been a process during the pregnancy going from totally freaked out to really embracing it, now I can't wait for the babies to get here!  It seems more real everyday, especially as we have now set up all the furniture in the nursery.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how DH and I are as parents and how it will impact our relationship.

[cinnamoncox]

Aug 21, 2014 9:26:32 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

Aug 21, 2014 9:13:51 GMT -5 cinnamoncox said:

vtdiamond welcome! I remember you announced on mmm.

Are you in VT? I love it there so much we vacationed in Wilmington area for 12 days we rented a house and it's been two years and we still talk about moving there.

Twins rock. I'm serious. Of course it's hard at first. Of course. But it truly gets easier. It becomes the norm and the idea of just one baby is like what? Lol for real though, don't listen to people who try to scare you.
We were always getting the warnings from people of how it was going to try our marriage and just so much negativity so we spent the first year like waiting for the other shoe to drop and it never did.
Yeah it was hard, but we had two babies at once. We didn't expect a walk in the park!

I look forward to talking to other moms of multiples.
It's a unique sort of thing.

I went to school in VT (UVM) and ended up living there for 10 years after I graduated.  DH and I met in college and then reconnected 10 years later which lead to my move from VT to the Boston area.  So we both have a special place in our hearts for VT

Thank you for the reassurance.  I'm really trying to see the positives here like only having to be pregnant once and having a built in playmate and special relationship btw the kids! It has definitely been a process during the pregnancy going from totally freaked out to really embracing it, now I can't wait for the babies to get here!  It seems more real everyday, especially as we have now set up all the furniture in the nursery.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how DH and I are as parents and how it will impact our relationship.

Gotta run so I'll write more later but I'm in Boston area as well!
Vermont is my happy place

We spent every nap time (twins were almost one so I guess it was three years ago now) looking at real estate magazines!

[linz]

Yay!

I'll be 26 weeks tomorrow with fraternal twins - we are not finding out genders though. We dealt with IF for 2 years and finally got pregnant thru IVF. While we transferred 2 perfect eggs I was still shocked to see they both stuck. It was scary at first but now I'm super excited. Luckily I have a couple twin mom friends in my town that I've asked questions to and I'm feeling more prepared.

I love being pregnant and have managed to have a fairly easy pregnancy. The only scary thing is not knowing when I'll go. My Dr wants me to make it to at least 36 weeks and said I'll be induced at 38 - so far they've both been head down so I'm hoping they stay that way and I can try vaginal. I do know girls who made it full term so I know it's very possible that I can. I just fear the NICU but I know that we'll do what we need to for the babies.

[UnderProtest]

linz It can be done. I had a scheduled c section at 38 weeks (and 1 day). Size, method of getting pregnant, etc don't seem to matter. I'm 5'2" and made it to 38 weeks while my 6 foot coworker had hers at 30 weeks (completely healthy 6 year olds now). Just listen to your doctors, try to eat somewhat healthy and rest!

[UnderProtest]

Oh, and I have almost 3 year old boy/girl twins (via IVF)! Its definitely interesting around here.

[Deleted]

Hey i just noticed the board! Hurrah! I have 5 yr old twin girls.

linz - I made it to 36 w 5d. we did stay in the hospital longer due to jaundice but it really wasn't a big deal. Good luck and keep your feet up. Enjoy the rest for now

[floridakat]

I have fraternal girls via IVF after being told I couldn't have biological children. I'm also an old, at 42 years. The girls are about to turn four, and it DEFINITELY gets easier!

I went to almost 38 weeks and had to have an emergency C due to pre-eclampsia. I worked full time until the day before I delivered, and both girls were over 6 pounds. They're now both off the growth charts...one is over 43" and 40 pounds as she approaches her fourth birthday.

One has curly, blonde hair and blue eyes. The other one has straight brown hair and brown eyes. Not only do people not believe they're twins, they often don't think they're even sisters!

They're also both "spirited" children, which is apparently the PC way of saying "challenging" these days. They weren't easy babies, or good sleepers, we battled reflux, and they still don't sleep past 6:30 am. But they're smart, and healthy, and awesome, and I can't imagine my life without them.

[egishere]

Hi! I have IVF GGB triplets that will be 3 in Sept. The girls are fraternal and none of them really look alike...the older they get we get less questions from strangers. We just transitioned to big boy/girl beds last week and it went much better than expected and they started preschool this week as well. My babies are growing up!

I delivered at 33w due to pre-e and HELLP and they spent a month in the NICU but are very healthy and thriving now. We are not going to have anymore children...which I sometimes regret but I'm getting old and kids are expensive.

[kershnic]

Yay for the board being back!

G/G fraternal 6 month old twins over here. 2 years TTC, same sex couple, finally conceived the munchkins on my 2nd IVF.

My girls were born at 34 weeks due to spontaneous rupture of baby A's water. Baby B was IUGR.

They started daycare last week and managing being 2 working parents of twins who are not STTN is kind of killing us. My brain is totally fried and I feel like I have memory loss. But I love my babies to pieces and marvel every day over how lucky I am to have them.

[laurenh]

I guess I'll intro over here as well -

I'm 19 weeks with twin girls, conceived with Femara, trigger shot, and timed intercourse. I'm hoping we'll make it until at least mid-December, but we'll see. My DD will be two in September so my guess is we have a hectic few years ahead of us!

[nomad]

I have identical girls who will be a year the end of the month. They were mono/mono and born at 31w6d and had nearly 2 months in the NICU followed by a month and two months on oxygen at home. They are now healthy and developmentally on track. It was a rough first couple of months but now things are great. It gets so much fun.

[cinnamoncox]

It's so great to have so many MOM's here. It'll be a great resource. I have an older ds and I can say, it is so different, certain things I figured been there done that, but the older they got, the more aware I became that it's so new to me in so many ways.

One example is swear words. Ds was about 1.5-2 when he said fuck out of nowhere. I ignored it and he has never said it (in front of me anyway) to this day again and he's 15.

The girls when they first said a swear, I thought oh I'll ignore and it'll be no big deal.
Nope.
Because then the other one said it, and now they're giggling and saying it back and forth.

So I couldn't ignore at that point. Had to do time outs, and potty talk (when they were saying shit :/ ) is fresh, etc. It has calmed down, they rarely swear now, but for a few months it was pretty tough.

[Deleted]

Yay! I am glad the board is back. I have found parenting multiples to be very different than parenting my singleton and I appreciate being able to commiserate with like minds!

A little background about myself for anyone who doesn't know me from MMM:
I have a 2 yo son and 5 mo old spontaneous g/g twins. We believe they are fraternal but will have them tested as even the medical professionals have questioned whether they are identical.

I have twin brothers and twins do run in my family but we never thought we would have them. I was still nursing J when I got pregnant with the girls which that combined with my age and family history increased my odds of having fraternal twins.

I work full time as a t.ax att.orney and am returning to work 9/4. We live in MA and my mom recently moved across the country so that she could be near us and will be watching the kids during the day. We will still be paying her as our nanny though so I am looking forward to the day we no longer have child care costs.  

The girls recently decided they hate sleep and are up every hour at night. I have no idea what is going on. They are still EBF so some of the times they wake they are nursing, other times they are just up. I am dying from lack of sleep!! I was tired with J but this has redefined exhaustion for me.

Eta: had pre term labor at 32w6d that left me having very painful contractions about 4 times an hour every hour until I delivered at 36w4d. I was very thankful I made it that far as we avoided NICU time and both girls were 6lb14oz. I also had a VBAC with them.

[Deleted]

Aug 21, 2014 12:54:37 GMT -5 laurenh said:

I guess I'll intro over here as well -

I'm 19 weeks with twin girls, conceived with Femara, trigger shot, and timed intercourse. I'm hoping we'll make it until at least mid-December, but we'll see. My DD will be two in September so my guess is we have a hectic few years ahead of us!

Did I know you were having girls? In my sleep deprived state I feel as though I am forgetting everything so I may have known. Either way, Congratulations!! 

[laurenh]

@awinter Thanks! Sometimes I forget if I've posted something on GotP or MMM so it's entirely possible I missed it! I'm sorry your girls aren't letting you sleep much, I really hope they start to realize the beauty of sleep soon!!

[everam01]

I have 3 year old spontaneous fraternal B/B twins with baby boy #3 on the way. I thought the twin pregnancy was rough but made it to 36.5 weeks and my boys were big! 8lb7oz and 7lb1oz.

I love having twins. They are very fraternal. One is 3lb heavier and 2" taller. Completely different personalities.

DH and I both work FT outside of the home and the boys have been in daycare since 4 months old. We also have 2 dogs

[loremipsum]

I have 4.5yo identical boys. They are...challenging lol.

linz you might be surprised at how far you can go! I had lots of issues but still made it to 38.5 weeks before induction (actually 39.5, but the tech at my 38 week scan insisted they were 37 weeks - even though my ovulation date and every growth scan before that proved otherwise - so they changed my due date at the last minute). We tried for vaginal and ended up with a c-section, but they were big healthy babies regardless.

[josieposy]

Hey look what's back!!

3.5 year old ID girls. They are growing a collectively smart-as-hell brain much earlier than we expected. They almost pulled off a switcheroo on their teachers earlier this week. Nobody noticed they had switched for over half of the day!

Be afraid folks. Be very afraid!

ETA: Delivered at 29w due to HELLP. Spent 6 weeks in NICU.

[Narwhal]

Yay! I'm so glad this is back! It looks like we have a group of moms of olderish twins, under and year and expecting. Hopefully we can all help each other through this very different world of twins!
I have bb spontaneous twins. They do not run in my family so the day we found out was probably the biggest surprise of my life. I had a easy pregnancy until 29 weeks when I felt like hell and discovered I had atypical HELLP - my liver and kidneys were shutting down but my blood pressure and platelets were fine. They heald me steady for 48 hours so I could get the two steroid shots and my boys were born via csection on Christmas morning.
They spent 64 and 65 days in the NICU just learning to breath, eat and growing. They are doing wonderfully and are developmentally inbetween their real and adjusted age.
We are so so lucky to have healthy boys (although they both have nasty colds right now ) but they are in a sleep strike that is going to kill us. I don't want to cio, but it's looking that way more and more.
I am a kindergarten teacher and am going back to work part time on Monday. Hopefully these colds and sleep strike can end this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath. LOL!
Twins are honestly the most challenging thing I have ever done, but then I watch them hold hands, climb on top of each other, harass our dog together and I realize how awesome it is and will be to watch this relationship.
Anyway, I hope all that rambling made sense- on my phone pumping . Yay for twins! Triplet moms- I am in utter awe of you!! Lol.

[Deleted]

narwhal mine are still sleep striking too. I'm up nursing one now. We didn't do CIO with my son and I'm not comfortable doing it at this age but I don't know, what to do. They used to give me a 4 to 7 hr stretch then every 2. I can live with that but this every hour crap is killing me! I do not understand what the issue is at all.

We are attempting the 3 day method of potty training with my son today and I just want to sleep!!

[abbypug19]

I'm glad to see this board! I have 5 month old boy/girl twins and a 2 year old daughter. We are out of the newborn stage but still very much in survival mode. Some days I wonder how we are still going, lol. I'm a semi-sahm, stay home during the day and work part time nights. Things are crazy to say the least, but seeing them now smile and "talk" to each other is definitely priceless!

[katandkevin]

I have 6 yr old b/g twins. They were conceived using femara, injectables, trigger shot, iui and progesterone. I made it to 37 w before being induced and then delivering via c-section.

[lauren9317]

Hey all, I have 8.5 month old boy/girl twins through IVF. I had them at 36w3d via C-section.

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