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What has surprised you most as a MOM?
MOMs, what has surprised you most about yourself?
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Re: What has surprised you most as a MOM?
I was just going to say something along these lines. Lol. I've learned that DD1 needs like 5 minutes to cry herself to sleep -- that took me WEEKS to realize.
Also, how little sleep I need to function -- and function pretty well. I used to be the girl who has a wreck if I didn't get 7 hours of sleep on a normal night. Ha!
And, I would have have never even dreamed of considering becoming a SAHM. While I still am not wired for that (and don't anticipate that will ever be in my future), the arrival of the girls, the NICU experience, etc --- all of that had it crossing my mind more than once, for sure.
Suffice it to say I'm thrilled I have exactly 3 more months left at home with my little ladies.
I'm also surprised by how much I can laugh off. Crazy toddler behavior, irritating comments from strangers, discovering I've walked around all day with a booger on my shirt. I find the funny in pretty much everything.
All of the above! Sadly, I am stunned by how little I care about my appearance. I usually wear sweatpants all day and I only ever put on cotton shirts. I do shower/ wear make up/ fix hair everyday, but only because I can do all of this in 20 minutes. I loved dressing up and accessorizing, but now I have no trouble strapping on the post c/s granny panties when the laundry pile is too full.
12dp5dt: 765; 15dp5dt: 1979; 17dp5dt: 3379...TWINS!!!!!
Our perfect baby boys were born at 36w1d!!
How I was still able to keep projects at my previous high stress job going and organized on such little sleep.
I have a new co-worker who always tells me how amazed she is by me and how she can't fathom how I am still standing. I guess I am so used to go go go that when someone else recognizes it, it really is amazing how much I do in a day. I have no idea what I used to do with my time!
Boy/girl twins born at 37w1d and 37w2d
I'm surprised that I can honestly say that I love having twins. I never wished for twins or thought it would "fun" before I had them. For those of you still in survival mode, I've only come to this realization within the past few months
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This post makes my heart happy. I loved reading these responses! For me it would definitely be my increased patience. I was never a patient person before at all and you just have to be with two babies! I am also surprised at how much it has taught me to appreciate the small pleasures in life so much more like a hot shower, a rare afternoon at a movie, baby smiles, coffee, etc.
This, especially coming off of ten weeks of bed rest, where I had more sleep than I knew what to do with! Also, I am surprised that I can take care of both babies at once by myself. The first day DH went back to work was a disaster, and I cried more than once. I thought there was no way I'd able to be able to manage. However, little by little I am learning how to make things easier and to keep both babies happy at the same time. It is still very hard, but I am getting better at it.
DH and I joke that if we had had one child, and formula fed that child, this would be a breeze (since the majority of our stress comes from our crazy BFing/pumping/formula feeding schedule, and trying to keep both babies happy while feeding the other one)! We wouldn't change it for the world, though.
lol, we joke about this too! Sometimes I am envious of anyone who only has to deal with a singleton but I also wouldn't have it any other way.
IUI#3 - Jan 6 IVF#1 -5/18 - stims start (225 gonal f, 75 menopur, 5 lupron) ER 5/29 - 14R, 11M, 7F. 6/1 - Transferred 2 8cell embryos (grade 1 and 2). 8dp3dt +HPT, Beta#1 - 92, Beta #2 - 174, Beta#3 - 614, Beta#4 - 2010. 6wk u/s - TWINS! Baby A 114bpm, Baby B 112 bpm
How glad, glad, so very glad I would be that we have twins. It was so hard for the first 3-4 months - I did a lot of crying, between the exhaustion and the first-timer self-doubt. But we are already having so much fun with them and I know it's only going to get better as they can do more.
Really, I had no idea how hard I was going to love these kids. Gobsmacked.
This!! Also I didn't guess how much I would need and love extra help. I knew twins would be a challenge but I'm really independent and, though I can manage just fine on my own, I am sooo grateful for the support system I have....it really helps me keep my sanity.
Like others, I'm surprised at how patient and calm I've been. I've always been very Type A and like to be in control so I was very surprised at how easy it was for me to learn to adapt and just go with the flow.
I also was very surprised a how hard the first three months was and how easy things got after they started STTN. I'm shocked every day at how well they play together.
I'm jealous of all you uber-patient people.
(So if anyone out there is reading these and feeling the same way, know that you're not alone!) I had gotten comments before I had kids about how patient I was but I've definitely been less so since having them (and especially once we got into the 2y/o to even more so the 3y/o range). I'm an introvert and really need my "recharge" time and with getting so much less of it and so many more interruptions during "down time" I find I have a lot less patience than I did in my former life. I definitely did develop a tolerance early on for staying calm with crying babies though!
Also, I was definitely psyched out about the idea of having twins but while it's certainly been challenging and exhausting, especially at certain stages, for both DH and me, we've made it to age 4 with two happy, amazing little boys and I feel like it's gotten a lot more fun in recent months!