My almost 5 mo old twins are wearing me down! They sleep a 5 hour stretch after I put them to bed around 7, then eat then sleep for 3 hours, then are up every hour -30 min until about 7 when we all get up. When I feed them they get expressed breast milk in a bottle in their rock n play. I think they have gotten used to always having a bottle in bed, but I can't nurse them both and often times DH is at work during evening hours when I'm putting them to bed. So the problem isn't necessarily falling to sleep, but staying asleep I guess. Any suggestions of how to handle this? I feel like the sleep training methods are for singletons, I mean who wants to let one cry and wake the other one up and then have a chaotic mess going on!
First natural BFP June 2013
Ectopic July 2012 with fallopian tube and ovary removal
First IVF (after 1 cancelled cycle) Jan 2014,
ER 1/16
ET 1/21
Beta 1/31 BFP!
Beta 2: 400
Beta 3: 700
Beta 4: 11,000
Beta 5: 45,000
1st US 2/18: TWINS!!! EDD: 10/10/14
Delivered via c section 9/17/14, B/G twins
Re: MOMs with experience please help. (Sleep discussion)
Anyway I feel for ya! Hope somethin works soon for you.
TTC #2 since July 2010
March 2012 IVF (MDL Protocol) Started stims 3/3; ER 3/11 (9R, 8M, 7F) ET 3/16 (5dt of 2 blasts graded 3AB and 3BA, 3 frosties(!!) Beta 3/26 = 386; Beta 3/28 = 827; u/s 4/11 says TWINS! Boy/Girl Twins delivered at 36 weeks 6 days
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
My twins are almost 3 and they still wake us up at night (just because they want mommy and daddy). DD had a sleep study last summer and did have "periodic limb movements" (kinda like restless legs). Her iron/ferritin was low and she is sleeping a lot better on daily iron.
We separated our twins when they were 8 months old b/c DD was waking DS up all the time. Once they were separated, he slept all night unless he was sick or teething.
Good luck!
Wedding Fall 2007 Off OCP's since 9/08-started with BBT charts Saw Ob/gyn May 2009 Blood work normal except single copy of MTHFR Clomid 50mg May 2009 Clomid 50mg + IUI June 2009 Femara 5mg + IUI July 2009 Normal HSG July 2009 Femara 5mg + ovidrel+IUI August 2009 Femara 5mg +ovidrel + IUI September 2009 November 2009-normal lap December 2009-met with RE December/January-Injectible med cycle with IUI-Abnormal sperm morpology found-only 0-1% normal All Head defects. Jan/Feb 2010 1st IVF with ICSI-5 week chemical pregnancy Feb 2010-male infertility doc says DH's anatomy and blood work are normal so nothing he can do. FET July 2010-BFP! Twin m/c @ 5.5 wks Dec/Jan 2011 IVF #2 Only 4 eggs retrieved-Ganirelix dose messed up BFFN Feb/March 2011 IVF #3 ER 3/9 9 eggs, 7 fertilized, ET 3/14, No frosties. BFN IVF #4 ER 8/22 9R,7F ET 8/25-3 embies, 1 frostie! Beta 9/2= 54, 9/6=274, 9/8=625, 9/12=2953, 9/16 greater than 10,000. B/G TWINS born April 2012 @ 36wks & 1 day! July 2014-going back for the frozen embryo! ET 7/28, heartbeat seen at 6wks1day with SCH. Miscarriage confirmed at 6wks4days