BeachBum, this was a great idea. I've really enjoyed reading everyone's posts.
I post around here alot because so I feel like I already know many of you. We had 2 boys and decided to try to have another baby. When I was having my 8week u/s just as the tech slid the wand across my belly we said at the same time, "I see 2 sacs." And I was in shock for 2 months after that. My DH didn't come to the u/s because it was just the first trimester u/s and he had been to so many before that I told him I was just going in to make sure that everything was ok. When I called him from the clinic and told him about the twins he was so totally in disbelief that I had to come home with the u/s pictures to prove it!
I had an uneventful pregnancy, luckily for me. I delivered at 36w 6days. I had had 2 previous c/s so I knew what to expect. It was a planned c/s and it went well. It was a harder recovery than the first two. Much harder. Seriously I thought my insides were going to fall out the first time I stood up post c/s. And the second and third time. I wore a binder for about a week after I got home from the hospital. And unlike the first 2 c/s recoveries I had my pain pills REFILLED. We had boy/girl twins who were were 6lbs and 6.5lbs at delivery. They came home with us from the hospital.
The first 6 months were really hard. I breast fed and had trouble with Sisi's latch on at first. Also, they just weren't gaining enough weight so I supplemented at first. Then just when it seemed like they were gaining weight and bfing really well, Greenbean showed signs of colic. But reflux meds didn't help. WE realized he had sensory issues and just couldn't calm down, especially after spending his days with 2 older brothers running around. The only things that would make him stop were me holding him and walking him for hours, putting him in the MOby Wrap for hours before bed, or the Graco Sweetpeace. I could be Graco's spokesperson for that swing. Things got MUCH easier when I stopped bfing at 6months. I had bfed my first 2 babies til 11months so it I struggled with stopping ebfing but it was taking a toll on my family and other children. Since then the twins have been getting easier.
Well, until they started climbing. Now my life is crazy. I have lowered my standards considerably and yet I am constantly amazed at the state of my house and the things I let my children do. But they seem very happy and confident so I must be doing something right. I love my life and think it is better than anything I could have planned for myself. But I never could have imagined that I'd be working so hard and such long hours. It is really, really draining.
Last edited by gatorsmom; 09-19-2009 at 05:09 PM.
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