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tootsscotttootsscott member
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I've come over to check out this board once or twice since my BFP in April. Expecting di/di twins (team green) due in January 2014. Been exclusively on the birth month board, but thought I'd check this place out since it feels like it's crunch time and I still have no idea what I'm getting myself into!

Little background on myself and my LO's:

I am a fraternal twin (twin sister), and my husband is a fraternal twin with a twin sister as well. My babies are di/di and growing as they should - doctor's are quite happy with how my pregnancy is going. I finished work in a daycare just before 26 weeks as the physicality of the job was becoming too much for this old girl to handle! Now I stay at home and am slowly preparing for life with twins. DH's cousin's wife just gave birth to id twin boys in August and we've seen them a little bit. They seem very overwhelmed with the day to day with newborn twins, and I just pray that my husband and I can cope with this huge responsibilty. I know everybody gets through it.. it just looks very scary ;) 

Did I mention we have no family in town to help when LO's arrive? Closest family lives an hour and a half away. 

Anywho, looking forward to getting to know everybody on this board! :) 
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  • TheDairyQueenx3TheDairyQueenx3 member
    Welcome! our closest family is 14 hours away so come December we too will have our hands full! I'm hoping they are as calm as our first was. As the big day approches I am getting so nervous but I know it will all be ok:) I have never been around twins under the age of 14 before so I really don't know what to expect! You will do just fine!! Again welcome to the board!


    Together 6 wonderful years.
    TTC #1 18 months 1 loss DX unexplained IF-- BFP July 2009-- ITS A BOY
    TTC #2 3 years and 3 losses DX PCOS -- BFP April 2013-- TWIN BOYS!
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    ~DS2&3- Nov 2013  {7 weeks early}~ TTC #4~
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  • g8trbaby01g8trbaby01 member
    Yay welcome!! I feel like the birth month boards aren't a good fit for multiple mommies anyway. Team green with twins thats so brave we are dying to find out the sex of ours, im just way to OCD about making sure we are ready so once less thing to have to worry about. lol. 
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  • tootsscotttootsscott member
    g8trbaby01 said:
    Yay welcome!! I feel like the birth month boards aren't a good fit for multiple mommies anyway. Team green with twins thats so brave we are dying to find out the sex of ours, im just way to OCD about making sure we are ready so once less thing to have to worry about. lol. 
    OMG, triplets! I just watched your videos and cried my eyes out with the first one!! I can see in your siggy you have 2 in one sac... and one in their own. Are you expecting identical + 1 fraternal?? That is amazing!! 
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  • CaliCarly77CaliCarly77 member
    Yay you are here!! I always check in with your posts on our month board! :)

    I had no idea your husband was also a twin as well as you and your sister - we will be picking your brain for all of the advice on how to raise well adjusted twins! ;)  Did you and your husband bond over being twins? 

    Go team green!! At every appointment I just hope we make it through without finding out! Welcome, this board is great :) 
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    Married my best friend, June 8, 2008

    5/17/13 BFP!!! 6/6/13 - OMG its TWINS!

    Josie and Lexie were born on January 4, 2014 at 37w2d
    Josie was 5lbs2oz, Lexie was 4lbs15oz 
    Both had a 9 APGAR score with no NICU time
    Planned unscheduled C-Section due to both being breech
    We all went home on Jan 6th, 2 days after surgery

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  • tootsscotttootsscott member
    On our first date (we were set up by friends) we found out we were both twins and yep, we definitely bonded over that! He definitely has had a more solid relationship with his sister than I've had with mine - they are best friends, and my sister and I have often been at odds! We've always been there for eachother when we needed eachother the most - like when my sister gave birth to my niece almost 9 years ago (when we were 18), I was in the delivery room and cut the cord and lived with her (stereotypical young/teen mom) for 2 years. Now that I'm pregnant she has really come around and been a real sister/friend!

    My husband mentioned to me about a month ago and it blew my mind - Everybody in our house is a twin. haha
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  • CaliCarly77CaliCarly77 member
    tootsscott said:

    My husband mentioned to me about a month ago and it blew my mind - Everybody in our house is a twin. haha
    Hah!! That is a good point! I am glad your sister relationship is getting better. I think sisters are generally hard. I have two sisters and a brother and we are really nauseatingly close, but even then we have our issues. My sister is in a long term relationship with a guy she wants to make the next move and he just isn't - so I think my being married AND now pregnant is taking its toll on her, and she will say "I don't care to hear about your cervix anymore" and it bums me out lol. 
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    Married my best friend, June 8, 2008

    5/17/13 BFP!!! 6/6/13 - OMG its TWINS!

    Josie and Lexie were born on January 4, 2014 at 37w2d
    Josie was 5lbs2oz, Lexie was 4lbs15oz 
    Both had a 9 APGAR score with no NICU time
    Planned unscheduled C-Section due to both being breech
    We all went home on Jan 6th, 2 days after surgery

    My popular blog posts:

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  • tootsscotttootsscott member
    @calicarly77 - I really thought my sister would be that way, but she is ecstatic. She has driven from out of town to attend more than one ultrasound appointment, she came for our 3D appointment, and is out of her mind excited to host my baby shower this weekend! It's also nice to see her post on facebook things like "I cannot WAIT for "my" babies to be here!"

    It's amazing what a couple little blobs of children can do for a family. haha
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  • bamirg04bamirg04 member
    Congrats and welcome! Twins are a lot of fun!! We are team green as well!!

    Married my love ~ 10/16/04

    Twins! - 9/2/06, handsome son - 11/14/07, baby girl - 2/9/11, m/c - 12/21/12, BFP! - 9/25/13, TWINS AGAIN!!- EDD: 6/4/14!!

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  • rcnavywifercnavywife member
    Congrats and welcome! Another one for team green here!
    Me: 33 DH: 36 Unexplained IF
    First pregnancy - DS 01-Apr-09;
    3rd cycle Clomid/IUI after 2 years TTC
    TTC #2 since ~June 2010
    IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid/IUI - BFN
    IUI #3 &4 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFN
    IUI #5 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFP!!
    EDD: March 22, 2013
    It's triplets!!


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