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    Mar 2005
    Brisbane
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    I tried a couple of different ones - I bought an Ez2Nurse which was recommended to me by lots of AMBA mums as being the best and tried the hospital one. I hated them both - I was stuffing muslin wraps or blankets down underneath the babies faces to stop them from rolling too far towards me - or the pillow was too high/too low etc etc.
    The BEST thing that worked for me was just using my pregnancy body pillow - you know - the big long ones. I just had a cheap K-mart one (to be honest, I didn't even use it when I was pregnant - didn't work for me) and I would sit on the couch or the bed with a pillow or two to support my back. I'd have the big body pillow laying alongside where I was about to sit, just sit down next to it, wrap it around myself and put one baby on each side. I could kind of push the foam into the shape I needed to support my babies properly and was able to feed hands free if I needed to. Yay!
    I've spoken to lots of other twin mums who have found the body pillows the best too. Unfortunately they're not so compact if you're thinking of taking them places. But I always used to feed individually when we weren't at home anyway.

    Good luck!

    ETA: the multiple birth association (AMBA) should have a local club you can join - they hold new and expectant parent evenings in the homes of other members who have young-ish twins so you can get to know other expectant twin mums in your area. Plus they have an online forum which is a wealth of information for anything related to twins.
    Last edited by hannahfroodoo; June 12th, 2009 at 10:44 AM.