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@komdiarect I’m a FTM to twins here. I chose to do the c-section to avoid having to recover from vaginal one baby and having to have an emergency c-section for baby B. It removed the unknown/variables. I like having time to mentally prepare for what’s going to happen and decided earlier rather...

@twinmum I had imaginary twin best friends growing up. They also run on my mom’s side and no one had had them in a long time. I was the youngest of my generation of kids and I was the ones to have them. I always joked that I’d be the one to have them because no one had yet.

@cinder7 It never hurts to have bags packed regardless of demands. From my personal experience, my MFM doctor originally wanted to schedule 38 weeks c-section. My OB, who I chose because of their multiples delivery history, said she rarely has moms make it past 37 weeks and would recommend that...

@bchapman I saw on another post that the parents room shared with the youngest baby until they were 18 months, then they would put the baby with other siblings.

@littlelost Man I am so thankful for the employers I had while I was pregnant. I was completely undecided on if I would return or not but was planning too and when I changed my mind, one of them was like yeah that’s what you should do, way less stress! Both men and both were so understanding it...

@saved1970 Can I just add that I hate that we have to have the “it’s my kids so I know I shouldn’t expect help” sentiment?? I live with my in laws and have to constantly say that when venting. Even as a kid, I would help people with their kids if I was around, without being asked. That being...

@jembang Burt’s bees baby has been the best fitting sleep and plays, especially footed. The grippers are amazing and there is elastic in the ankles to keep them from sliding down too. Other than that, we do Walmart two piece pajama sets.

@katrina2017 I didn’t WANT them but I had a funny feeling all my life about having them. They run in my family sporadically so I always joked that I might have them. Boom, first pregnancy.

@frailgirl When we got the all clear, we would try to pacify the one who woke up first until the other woke up. If the first waker was just not having it and ready to eat, we’d wake the other one at that point. It was just easiest for us to keep them eating at the same time. We also started...

@theophilac20 You need two. Safe sleep means each baby having their own space. Newborns can scoot or wiggle and manage to smother each other. Every. Single. Nurse. And. Doctor. Told us how important this was, whether we asked or not.

@oaky I can only hope my super flexible climber gives me about 6 more months before she starts escaping the crib. We are room sharing until our house is finished being built.

@barnabas1954 We’ve been in the same size sleep sack for at least 9 months now.

@zachariah89 We never did shifts either. Just didn’t make sense for us.

@goblue24 My mil has her faults but she tells everyone that asks that she thinks I’m a super mom for being able to be home alone all day every day with the two. She babysits on occasion for us since we live with them right now and she never tells me it was hard but I know by her telling people...

@lisajcoleman1 I personally chose to have a scheduled c-section solely because I didn’t want to have to recover from both which is the worst recovery. In the end, neither baby was head down so I would have had to have a c-section anyways.

@smaxiner It was hammered into us by every doctor, nurse, and our pediatrician to not let them share a crib. Even as newborns. A nurse told us a story about newborn twins sharing a normal sized crib and that one of the babies managed to wiggle over to the other baby and almost suffocated it...

@cookie1720 Take the week before he goes back and practice doing things alone. It helped me feel more confident knowing of if I truly needed help, hubs was still here. Start small, do one feeding by yourself. You can work out kinks that need adjusting that way. Also the floor is the safest place...

@robwebb Wake up 9/9:30 am, nap time 2-4:30(the latest) then bedtime is 9 pm. The nap time was a bit of a headache to figure out. 2 is the latest they can go down while having time to fall asleep and still get a good nap in. 4:30 is the latest they can sleep or they won’t be ready for bed by 9...

@sesquiterpene This definitely counts though! I made it a point to even just get outside for like 20 minutes. Even if that was just laying them on a blanket and me sitting next to them.