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What did you think of multiples before you got pg with them?
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I remember thinking twins were "neat" and I'd look (but never stare). I dont' know why I (and so many people) thought they were neat, it's just 2 babies that were born on the same day.
When I went to join the MOTC this summer everyone that was new said what they were pg with or had at home (boys, girls, ages, etc). A bunch of twin moms went and nobody really commented (since we were all in the same situation), then a trip mom said she was having trips and everyone "ooo'd and ahhh'd". I thought it was funny that even in a multiples club, she was still getting extra "multiples attention".
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Re: What did you think of multiples before you got pg with them?
I was always one who thought having twins would be cool and fun.
It is :-)
If I ever had trip's I would need another husband for the extra set of hands, LOL.
I honestly never really put much thought into it! A lot of women talk about how they wished for (or were thankful not to have) twins with different pregnancies, and I always reply that the thought never even crossed my mind.
Maybe the only difference now is that I always saw identical twins as completely different personalities, etc. and just 2 people who happened to look the same. For some reason since I found out ours are identical, I keep just thinking about their DNA being the same. It will be fun once they're here and I can actually see the differences between them : )
I always said, even in my early 20's ( I am 35) when I was single that my dream come true would be b/g twins - Never thinking in a million years I would A) go through 2 yrs of infertility
do IVF c) conceive b/g twins through IVF.
We feel incredibly blessed!!! It is a little freaky to me sometimes when I think about it - I truly never thought it was a remote possibility - didn't even know what IVF was back then!
I guess I am in the minority here. I used to think that having twins would be my worst nightmare. I actually remember telling this to my friends and family after my friend and I went to see a psychic when I was 20 and he told me that I would have twins. I argued with him, telling him there are no twins in my family, that I'm only 5 feet tall, etc.
Now, I still think it will be super hard the first year or two, but I think it will be easier later on because they'll entertain each other. Plus, I'll only have to be pregnant once, since I don't plan to have any more kids.
I didn't know much about twins growing up...they seemed rare to have in grade school, etc.
But now as a teacher, esp. when I switched from teaching HS to preschool in NYC, I was shocked at how many sets there were on my roll! i had 2 sets of b/g and a set of b/b and the woman in the classroom next to me had a set of b/g in her room, too.
I knew doing infertility treatments that we had a higher chance of having multiples, but it was still a big surprise to actually be pg with them!
I never thought I would be a multiples mom and to be honest I always said I really only wanted to do it 1 baby at a time.
My step mom had twins and they were born early and she would talk about them all the time and how hard it was when she did finally get them home from the hospital. She also spoke about the problems they had from being born early.
She told me that people romatize(??) having twins and she is right. People think have twins or more is cool and such.
Now I wouldn't change a thing, but I also know that I would never ever want to do it again!