General Discussion ~ Twins & More #3

Congrats Tam on your pg, Declan and Rylee are very cute! How big were they at birth?

Motherduck has posted her birth announcement. Her twins came early!

Thanks guys. Emma Declan was 5lb11 and Rylee 5lb8

Hi all - just checking in to say we are still here too...
AND ALSO PREGNANT!!!
Over 6mths now, so going well - cant wait to meet our new arrival :)

I saw that twinsmum ;) -congratulations

Hi Everyone,

WOW at Tam and Haylie being pregnant!!! I must have missed that! Fantastic news.

Jack and Charlee are the absolute best babies in the world. They are no fuss, pleasant, happy, smiling beautiful little people and I just adore them so much. I cant believe how easy being a twin mum has been. Yes I am very very busy dont get me wrong. But its just wonderful and now they are rolling over and nearly crawling all the effort is paying off!!!

I had better go, Charlee is wedged under the chair.....again!

Love Kel

Hello everybody, I'm still here, just very busy now with 4 littlies.

Daria & Alexander are 2 1/2 months now, and are both doing really well. They are now at 3 hourly feeds, so I'm still not really getting very much sleep, but at least it is in 3 hour blocks now!

Congratulations to the pg twin mummies, hope everything goes really well!

so good to hear from you and that Daria & Alexander are doing well - yes getting 3 hr blocks of sleep is great.;)

Well Torin and Siobhan will be turning 1 in 2 weeks. The past year has just flown by. I wonder why??? Maybe something to do with having a 2 yr old and twins!!!! LOL

Wow Clare!
That time has just flown, it only seems like yesterday that I was reading your announcement!

Just in case I don't get a chance before the 20th Happy 1st Birthday Torin and Siobhan !!!!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful day, full of surprises and smiles!

Happy Birthing Day Clare! Hope your day is full of lovely memories,

Happy Birthday Torin and Sioban!!! Enjoy this very special day!!!

:happybirthday: Torin :happybirthday:Sioban hope you had a wonderful day

Hi all
just popping in to say hello to all you wonder women out there

my SIL just announced she is pg with her 3rd set of twins
so lighting can strick 3 times

All the grandchildren are twins in my DH family
So her older set with be 4, and her middle set 2 when her new set are born - all conceived without medical assistance

bring on the straight jacket!!!!!!!

take care
odette

OMG:eek:
HOW DOES SHE DO IT ...or will she do it ?
give her a huge clap and send her story into one of the mags - she has got to get something out of this wonderful news -

WOW I can't believe it.

hey everyone,
im a mother of identical twin girls that are almost 2. If anyone wants to chat feel free.

Hi Sarah,
Welcome to Belly Belly!!
I have two sets of fraternal twins. Twin girls who are ten and boy/girl twins who are one.
We're pretty quiet in here at the moment but I'm sure the girls will drop in to say hello!

Hope to get to know you better

hi Sarah welcome to BB - you will have a lot of fun here

Odette - I am sorry it probably isn't the best news to you atm - though you are happy IYKWIM - hope your next cycle is a winner :hugs:

thanks trish -appreciate you thinking of me. We would have been due the same time if my cycle had worked.
How she does it - we she sort doesn't really - that is what the scary thing is
(biting my tongue before i start *****ing my head off)
welcome sarah to our mad house
speak soon girls and keep sane
odette

Hey Girls im glad to have found a forum for twins. atleast i not alone. Tiggy im very scared if i try to concieve again i may have twins again. Are your twins non identical or identicals. i would just like one baby next.

Name: Briohny
Location: Burnside, VIC
Conceived: Indentical Twin Girls
Gestation: 36wks
Names & Ages: Gemma Therese & Teagan Starsha 3 months
Notes: Monochorionic, diamniotic. Vaginal birth.

Finally I found this thread. Can't wait to talk to others with twins, I don't know anyone else with multiples.

Hi Briony
have you thought of joining your local AMBA group ... you can go to the AMBA website and type in your postcode and it will give you options of local group.
welcome we need a few chatters on here ... some twin mums are just so busy ;)

Hey Sarah,

I had my first set of fraternal girls when I was 23 too! Then, I had a singleton girl, then a singleton boy...it wasn't until I was 10 years down the track that I had my second set. DH rekons I throw off two eggs once every ten years and we just happen to catch them.:eek: He has read that if we were to try again we would have a 50% chance of having twins again...maybe that's why he keeps saying NO!:confused:
Yours are identical aren't they? I think you are less likely to have twins again if the first set were identical.
Understand you wanting just one. When I had Lily after the girls, I finally figured out how hard I'd worked with the two first up!

I just joined my local multiple birth assoc. group and can't wait for our first meeting. I'm sure it will freak me out to see all of these twins and higher multiples.

I have a question for those of you who are bottle feeding. Do you make your bottles for the day ie in the morning or do you do it as you go? I make them in the morning or the evening before (approx 12) and my arms get so sore mixing the bottles, does anyone have any handy tips or suggestions?

Sorry I cant help you out there, I Bf mine til 14 mths, I think my Gf with twins used to make it up in a jug, using a bamix to mix it at night ( they were on diff formula's as one had reflux ) so she had a big jug with their name on it in the fridge, and would just pour it intl the bottle as needed.

good on you for joining amba, in those early days its a lifesaver ( well a brain saver anyway ) someone at amba might have another idea on the bottle situation.

Tiggy,
I just look at your scrapbook and I think it is fantastic. I'm going to give it a go, hopefully mine looks as good as yours.

Hey Briony!
Welcome to BB!
I Bottle fed my first two. We would just make up the bottles for the 24 hour period first thing in the morning then put them in the fridge for the day. Really easy (so long as you don't lose count with the scoops)! My handy tip is; get someone else to do it!!! LOLOLOL! Or like Vanita said, you could just make up a jug of formula, just whisk it really well.

i did feed at a time as I was using EBM. As soon as one feed was done, i would get the next one ready to go.
HTH
Good on you for joing your local amba group. they were my lifesaver and my sanity. Real girls living real situations, and not just a brag fest which I found my mothers group to be.
For example Question " How was your week?"
Mothers group: Great my slept all night and was an angel
TWin group mums: Crap, the kids are driving me crazy!!!

Need I say more!!!!
Odette

:cryinglaugh: LOLOLOLOL!!!!
So true Odette!

LOL. I only started my mothers group two weeks ago and I'm finding it informative but I am the only one with twins so they can't relate and I keep getting "oh I don't know how you do it with two." Or I get the feeling that they feel pitty towards me. I don't need pitty or sympathy-at least I don't have to go through pregnancy & labour again to get a second child-that deserves sympathy. LOL.
G&T are my first so I don't know any different but I don't find it that hard, except for tonight....they don't like going to bed. I'm sure the secretly speak to each other in their twin language or mental telepathy and take it in turns in screaming, and talking in angry jibberish (sounds Chinese) expressing their annoyance about being in bed. This goes on for about an hour between the two. It is funny for about 10min then gets tiresome! Fortunately they don't wake each other.
Thanks for the tips with the formula. I really wanted to continue breast feeding but it was getting hard because they wanted food, NOW and I was still learning and alone most of the time so I couldn't spend the time teaching myself and them to do it and it was stressful for all three of us. I was expressing for approx 6wks but that was also getting tiring. Plus their reflux was so bad they were chucking it all up.
Well done to you Venita for being able to do it for that long, I am envious.

I have G&T in the cot together and they don't disturb each other, I was wondering at what ages did you move them into their own cots or is there some reason safety wise they should be in their own cot?

Oh I have another question for those of you with Identicals. Do you always know who is who? I can tell now because Teagan is smaller than Gemma but she is catching up and it is getting harder. Also a bonus is Gemma has a strawberry birth mark on the top of her head-that helps her Dad. But once they get bigger can you always tell?

I say yes - except when half asleep, one of my girls has a strawberry mark on her shoulder blade, so you need to partially undress to check, but I will be honest we bought little bangles, and one wore it on her left hand, the other on her right, but DH and I didnt often need that, more friends and family. I have trouble in photos now though, so make sure you write on the back of them, I get some out and am not too sure.
Now at 8 they have different hair cuts ( as in grade 1 they didnt want to be twins anymore ) so one has waist length hair one shoulder length - but some people still ask ( which one has the short hair):eek:

Time to lock this thread now, new one is HERE!