Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Entries Tagged as 'Pregnancy'

Older siblings and new babies

June 14th, 2010 by jenna · 14 Comments

I have been asked to submit a story for a booklet produced by our local twins and triplets club. They suggested I contribute something about having a toddler while pregnant with twins and while caring for newborn twins.  Here are some of the strategies we used to get our son prepared for the new babies. [...]

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Tags: Breastfeeding · Infants · Pregnancy · Singletons · Toddlers

Having twins is hard … on your body

May 14th, 2010 by jenna · 13 Comments

Having twins was hard on my body (and still is).  First there is the stress of the pregnancy: the weight gain, the aches and pains, the hormonal changes, and the restricted activity. These changes stretched and strained my joints and muscles as I carried two babies and a lot of extra weight. I dealt with [...]

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Tags: Mommy Issues · Pregnancy

Singleton vs multiple pregnancy

February 26th, 2010 by jenna · 8 Comments

In many ways my twin pregnancy was easier than my singleton pregnancy. I had more experience with pregnancy, so I had some clear ideas about how I wanted this pregnancy to be. First, I chose to be part of midwife-based care program from the beginning.  The midwives focused on issues like nutrition, emotional wellbeing, and [...]

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Multiple pregnancy questions

February 12th, 2010 by jenna · 1 Comment

I’m posting a second, short post today.  I thought I’d write some posts about being pregnant with twins and how that compared to being pregnant with a singleton. But before I started, I wanted to know if there are any readers who are pregnant and have questions they’d like to ask.  I’ll offer my comments, [...]

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What are you wearing today?

February 12th, 2010 by jenna · 8 Comments

Our two little girls are now 13 months old.  A lot has happened in our lives since they were conceived almost two years ago. And, a lot has happened to my body in that time.  During my pregnancy I gained almost 70 lbs, which was more than half of my body weight before pregnancy. I’ve [...]

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Tags: Mommy Issues · Pregnancy

Strollers.

September 6th, 2009 by Jen from Diagnosis: Urine · 13 Comments

How many of you felt your breath catch just reading that word? Shoes are to Carrie Bradshaw what strollers are to, well, most of the people who socialize with me. It’s a short list, but we love our strollers. I’m not a stroller snob. I had an Evenflo travel system with my first child, and [...]

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Tags: Pregnancy · Products · Singletons · Toddlers · Travel

Let’s play a guessing game!

August 18th, 2009 by LauraC · 10 Comments

I will post a picture of myself and you guess how many days pregnant I was! Let’s start with an easy one. Let’s see… flat stomach, looking bored rather than constant multi-tasking, plenty of time to take entertaining photos mocking my telecommuting… that would be zero days pregnant. Time to guess again! How pregnant am [...]

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Tags: Birth Stories · Mommy Issues · Pregnancy

The Story of How My Three Came to Be

July 11th, 2009 by Sarah · 4 Comments

Here’s the continuation of my post from two weeks ago.  I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. Part II Rich and I had walked into that ultrasound appointment hoping to hear that our baby was healthy and wanting to know if that baby would be a boy or a girl.  We were in such a [...]

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Tags: Higher-Order Multiples · Pregnancy

Guest Post: Counting Higher Than Two

July 9th, 2009 by krissy · 28 Comments

Mommy, Esq. is a lawyer at a Big Firm and mom to almost 10 month old twins, Edmund (Ned) and Penelope. In between conference calls and deal closings she thanks her lucky stars for an unbelievable Husband (and co-parent) and nanny. You can find her blog about Big Law and the three loves of her [...]

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Two late to take it back

June 26th, 2009 by shawn · 9 Comments

Short snippets of what to expect when you’re expecting multiples.

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Tags: Mommy Issues · Pregnancy