Hi Mummies to be,
YAY I have never been first on a thread before
LM, yes I feed them tandem, I wake them at the same time during the day, or if one wakes during the night I wake the other, it is working well so far, but is a little crazy.
Re sheets, I have both girls in the same cot, I have been changing the sheets once a week, I put a folded nappy under their heads to catch any little dribbles, and have only had one nappy overflow in 3 weeks, so I haven't found the need to change the actual cot sheet any more regularly.
Also while I am at it,just a few comments about hospital and what is needed that might be helpful. Make sure you have plenty of onesie suits and singlets, I was going through at least 3 a day per baby, especially because Aria was vomiting at each feed. Same goes for flannelette wraps. Otherwise you will be sending home washing every day.
Re what to wear, I bought a few nanna nighties which I wore each night, with buttons down the front for easy access. During the day I just wore trackies and a singlet top, again for easy access. I only wore a cardigan once, even though the room was cold, I think I was still on pregnancy body heat. I didn't really wear mat bras. I did take a warm robe, which I pretty much only wore at night to go between the nursery and also to get hot chocolate from the kitchen. And slippers were a must, though I did see quite a few mums walking around in bare feet .
And re nanna undies, I had bought a few large pairs from Best and Less, and did not end up using them, even though they were high waisted, they were still not high enough to avoid the band going near my C-section scar. I ended up wearing boy leg hipster undies which had the band below the scar. Make sure you have both extra large and smaller sanitary pads, after a day or two my bleeding really eased off, and it help to have normal sanitary pads rather than the mega large maternity pads, otherwise you will feel like you are wearing your own nappy.
If you want to breast feed, make sure you use the midwives as much as you need, I even went so far as to have the midwives express colostrum for me, as they had a better technique. My milk came in the morning of the 4th day, I was hand expressing and then using the electric pump pretty much every three hours from birth. And call them every time you feed to make sure you are getting the attachment right.
Hope this helps some.
And my only other comment is 'please enjoy', looking back now I can't believe how quick it went, sometimes I miss my belly so much, and even though I had a hard last couple of weeks, I would go back and do it all again in a second. In fact I almost can't wait to try for #3.
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