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- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
ID Twins says
I just found out I’m carrying mono-di identical twins and feel like I’ve been punched in the gut. I’m very concerned about the additional risks (over and above a twin pregnancy in general).
Anyone been there? I’ve gotten the scary speaches on risks, so I’m really looking for any happy stories….
Carrie M says
I don’t have twins, but one of the bloggers at Hello Bee had mo/di twins. You can search by blogger over there – her name is Mrs. Blue. I read some of her posts on parenting in the NICU when my daughter was in there, and I thought she made some really helpful suggestions and had a good perspective that helped me get through those long days and nights.
Good luck!! Sending you good wishes!!
RR says
It’s not as active as it once was, but twinstuff.com is a message board for twins, parents of twins, etc. There are tons and tons and tons of stories about people with high risk twins. I have twins myself (fraternal, not high risk), and I have met dozens of women on that site who had high risk twins, early births, etc. Overwhelmingly, they are all success stories, and I’m watching these high risk twins turn into kids and tweens and teenagers. Even if you just went and read the success stories, it’s worth a trip.
Anon says
Congratulations! I have 4 month old fraternal twins (not high risk). I would suggest joining your local mother’s of multiples group. There will be other moms in the group that have been through a mo/di twin pregnancy and can offer you support. One of my closest friends had mo/di twins and they are now perfectly healthy 3 year olds. Try and stay positive, I can imagine you are stressed out though!
TwinMOM says
First of all, congratulations! And second of all, welcome to the roller coaster! Here is my happy story: my mo/di twins are now healthy, happy 23 month olds, and throughout my entire 36 week, 6 day, 19 hour pregnancy (IVF, and yes, I want full credit for keeping those babies in for every last minute) they were perfect and were born over six pounds each and within 2 ounces in weight of each other. Most mo-di twins, despite the higher risks, are born just fine. You will have many, many scans and tests, just to keep close tabs on how they are doing. My mother used to bake for the reception ladies at the maternal-fetal medicine practice where I got my scans twice a week (I kept my freezer stocked since I was too big to do much baking myself) which helped me make friends and get the best appointment times for my schedule. My best piece of advice though, which will be mostly impossible to follow, is to put down the Google and walk away. There is nothing good to learn by Googling about an identical twin pregnancy. If you are looking for some support, I’m happy to share more of my experience – I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns, especially for me physically and emotionally. I am completely with you about the gut punch of the news, and trust me, I was so freaked out myself about the risks that if one more friend told me how “lucky” I was to have a two-for-one special I might have gut-punched them. But I got through it, and so will you!
Feel free to email me at IDTwinMomAnon at gmail dot com. Good luck!
Msj says
Fraternal twin mom here, so no advice on the mono-di side of things, but welcome to the multiples club. I second the advice on joining a local twins club. Its a tremendous resource for advice and gear (twin moms are typically very generous in passing along their used gear because we get how expensive it can get). You should also check in to twin specific prenatal classes (I recommend twiniversity if you are in NY). Your experience will be very different from your singleton mom peers and it’s helpful to be surrounded by some others who get it.
I’m not going to lie – pregnancy and the newborn stage were tough, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Now that they are nearly a year and interact, it is really magical to watch.
Good luck and feel free to chime in here with specific questions too as I know there are several twin mom readers and commenters
TBK says
Agree that newborns are rough but then it’s magical and terrific. My boys are fraternal but my pregnancy was very high risk (I spent more than three months in the hospital). They’re now healthy, happy 15 mo olds and I wouldn’t trade having twins for anything. The worst part is having to just sit tight and hope it all works out. Do what you need to do to keep sane. The good part is that the time will pass. I second the advice to join the parents of multiples group. Our local group has message boards that have lots of helpful information and support. Plus the semi-annual consignment sale is fantastic! (Seriously, the sheer amount of baby clothes you’ll go through is staggering.) Mine never had to go to the NICU, but there’s a real camaraderie among NICU parents and other twin parents who’ve had babies there will have great advice on how to cope with that, too. Be easy on yourself and let go of any pressure to parent any specific way when they’re babies. Twins are just different. If you can b-feed and want to, great, but do NOT beat yourself up if your kids are formula babies. Co-sleeping with twins works for some people, but ours slept in their nursery from day one. I got mine both into the Moby at the same time once or twice when they were tiny and fussy, but overall we haven’t really done the babywearing thing. Just find the strategies that work. The kids will be fine. (Plus you’ll come up with solutions that will awe your singleton mom friends. Necessity is pretty awesome.) Congrats!
ID Twins says
Thank you – you guys are awesome. Appreciate the thought, suggestions, and stories of twin mom thriving and happiness.
LLC says
No experience with this, but I am sending positive thoughts your way.
Anonymous says
Does anyone have any experience asking to work part time? I would be interested in reducing my hours to 3 days a week with the billing targets for three days a week. Basically I want to stay in the workforce and stay relevant but also have more time with my kid and eventually go back to full time. Thoughts? No one at my firm works part time.
HSAL says
A friend went down to 80% pay/billables requirement. She chose to work shorter days five days a week instead of trying to be off one entire day a week. She wasn’t the first person to do a modified schedule, and her firm was explicit that a modified scheduled doesn’t affect her timeline for partnership, but she did feel like she was still working almost as much but for less pay.
NewMomAnon says
I went down to part-time when I came back to work, and tried to take off one day a week. It was a disaster; I’m a specialist at a large law firm, so my immediate supervisors knew and respected my day off, but the rest of the firm did not know or care. I can’t tell you how many e-mails I got that started with, “I know you’re out of the office today, but can you do ____ thing quick?” I ended up having to get child care on my “day off” and then just started coming in “if I had work,” which was always. The firm didn’t up my pay because I’m still not billing a higher amount, even though I’m working every day. And since I’m “part time” I still get dinged in every review for “not being available.” I WORK M-F 9-5!!!!! And answer e-mails after kiddo goes to bed, and while I’m eating breakfast at 6 am.
So I would look really hard at your situation. Do you work with a small number of people who will be respectful and accommodating? Or do you work with an ever changing host of clients and attorneys, with lots of short deadlines? I found that nobody really cared if my hours were on the low side, and nobody really cared if I was “working from home” once in a while before I went to part-time. Now, if I am out of the office for any reason, I get a lot of “oh, must be nice to have a part time schedule.” Yeah, a part time schedule would be nice…..*sigh*