Twins Anybody?

hi there!

i feel like i'm reading my life story 15 months ahead of me. i am 24 weeks pregnant with identical twin girls due in february. they too will be my 3rd/4th! i have a 9yo son and 2yo daughter. i have a bachelor's degree in english already and was working on my sciences to enter the accelerated nursing program at either OHSU or PSU before i got pregnant. this pregnancy i was so sick i couldn't imagine sitting in class. although i can't answer any questions for you, i can be an ear to listen. you also might want to consider joining fullhousemoms.com (it's a support group for moms and dads of multiples). they are located in portland, but anyone from anywhere can join. i attend their monthly meetings and it's great to meet other moms in the same situation. there are moms at all stages of the game too. let me know if you're in the area and if you decide to attend!

take care, K.

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Hello, yes it is different having twins, i have 13 year old twin girls and a 9 year old girl and have spent the last 13 years trying to get everyone to stop comparing them, they are fraternal and very different in looks. I have no great inspiring advice only to say that they are individuals before they are twins. Dressing them alike i found never a good idea if you want them to grow up and find independence, i know its easier to shop for them like that but if they had been singletons you woud never do it. Looking back i wish i had tried to do more for them separately. I feel very lucky to have such beautiful girls.

I have 14 1/2 month old b/g twins,Mason and Madison, and am in CHeyenne, WY. I am still nursing them, though I plan to have them weaned before January (when I have to take a trip out of town for 4 days without them). They were born naturally at home. My husband is a chiropractor also, so that helps a lot for great advice. I also have a 16 yr old son, who lives with his dad. Email me a message and we can chat anytime. Yahoo ID is k_yarb.

Hi! My name is C.. I dont have twins but I do have 2 children the same age. One boy and one girl, both 7. They are 4 months apart in age, so it is like having twins. Sometimes it is hard to deal with 2 the same age but it also nice. The girl is mine and the boy is my husbands but I have adopted him. They are my oldest kids. Write back if you would like to talk some more.

Hello, my twins are 3 years old, and I would LOVE to chat!

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Yahoo: tonisjerkys

Hi S., my name is J. and I have fraternal twin boys who turned two this summer. I am a stay at home mom and am in Billings, MT. My husband is currently working out of the country so it's been quite the challenge but at least I have my family and friends around to help. My e-mail is ____@____.com. I definitly don't know if I have all the right answers, but it would be nice to talk to someone else with twins.

I had girl/boy twins 6 months ago. They are my 3rd and 4th also. I have an 11 year and a 7 year old. It is so much harder than with my first two. Maybe I am older, but I have never been so tired and busy in my life. I own a daycare center, so I went back to work when they were 3 months old. Just curious if they ever start sleeping? I average about 3 hours a night. I don't get a whole lot of help from my husband (he is a truck driver). When home he helps, but he is gone alot. So I almost feel like a single mom 90% of the time. Did you get postpartum? Would love to talk more.

Hi S.!

I have twin girls as well that are also my 3rd and 4th. I have 2 boys 11 and 2 also. My girls will be 5 months on the 4th. I would love to chat with you as well. I have a yahoo group for people with 4 or more kids and I would LOVE for you to join the group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/momswith4ormorekids/.

You can also contact me on Yahoo IM amjedaed or e-mail me at ____@____.com

Hope to hear from you soon!

A.

Hi their,I have twin boys they are now 8 they to are my 3rd and 4th kids I have 5 and the twins are my big challange it is great though we are truly blessed to have 2 at one time did you go the full term?I had mine at 6 1/2 months they were ok though and now they are really big boys...well one anyways one is 60 pounds the other is 40 wow big diff hu? 15 months wow I remember when they were that age it was alot of fun....I hope you have help I did It on my own and it really made it hard but worth it..

I have 3.5 yo b/g twins. They are my first and last! I thought of having more children, but after these two, I thought again. Having multiples is VERY CHALLENGING, to say the least. Whether you have a husband who's helpful or not, or if you are a single mom, there is nothing like having MULTIPLE babies. My first 3 years were a BLUURRR. I had post-partum really bad...crying all they time, wondering what the heck I was doing! I had my kids at 36, so it was a huge lifestyle change for me. I did go back to work as a flight attendant after a year. Thank God for my job. I NEEDED TIME AWAY. It makes me a better mom and parent. My husband is the greatest, but sometimes it's frustrating just trying to "keep up". I finally had to 'let things go' and not sweat the small things and only worry about how I was going to get through the day and get a shower and brush my teeth (sometimes I didn't do that!)...It does get better, let me tell you. My kids are in preschool now 3 days a week and it's so wonderful.

If you have any more questions just email me.
Best of luck.
Regards, T.
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I have 16 month old fraternal twin girls. I still breastfeed, but also supplement with organic cows milk. They are my first and last children. Two is quite enough for me! I am a stay-at-home mom and we (husband and twins) live in henderson, NV which is about 10 minutes from Las Vegas. I used to be an elementary teacher. I will probably go back to work part-time when they are in first or maybe second grade, depending on our situation. I've gone to a mothers of multiples get together, but wasn't extrememly impressed. It was more for the moms to get away, instead of to bring their kids to it. I do agree you need to get away from them once in a while, but it just wasn't for me. I currently just take them to free classes that the hospital where they were born sponsers. We also go to LaLeche League meetings once per month. Lastly, we attend a mommy and me group every other week with 3 other moms (the other moms have singletons). That's how i try to get out and not go stir crazy. It is very difficult to take them to the park alone, but i did recently find a park that has infant playground equipment. That made it MUCH easier when they start running separate ways. I wasn't so afraid they would get hurt if they fell off the equipment. If you would like to email me, it's ____@____.com Good luck.