Due in March - Thread #5

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So glad we've had lots of lovely scans recently. You're all making me very excited for mine. 2 weeks!

Catalina i googled that pushchair... I'm sure it's one we looked at in a shop here. It's really heavy and cumbersome...literally picked up the carrycot then dismissed it straight away! The whole thing was really big. you may be much stronger than me though!

becca that just shows how important it is to see it first. My SIL has the silver cross surf 2 with a jogging wheel you can use instead of the front 2 wheels. She's happy with it for now but already thinking that when DN is 6 months she'll get an umbrella fold for when they're going out in the car and just keep the surf for when she walks into town. Which is ok for her as she lives within walking distance of town and bought the surf 2nd hand so didn't spend a lot on it, but we live in a village where we need to use the car to go almost everywhere so I don't want to spend a lot on something to then use it for 6 months before putting it in the loft! And by the sounds of it I wouldn't be able to lift the trider up the stairs to the loft anyway haha!!

becca some of these might be worth having a look at www.madeformums.com/reviews-and-shopping/10-of-the-best-3-wheeler-buggies/1850.html

Lovely scan news from people :)

I saw some acquaintances yesterday and they asked if i was pregnant. When i said it was twins a look of abject horror came onto their faces and they squeaked out a tentative congratulations and asked me if i know what I'm letting myself in for. Yeah, cos i really planned this.

Not helpful people, not helpful.

The only acceptable response should be "congratulations, twins, how lovely".

Catalina thanks lots for that link, it's really helpful! Quite liking the look of the Mountain Buggy, need to find a shop to go and look at it. My sister had an Out and About Nipper (but not from newborn) and she thought it was brilliant! Looks a little awkward with a carrycot on it, but I guess it's only for 6 months.

neon
Sorry they were rude, what idiots
I've heard that people make all sorts of idiotic comments to pregnant women and new parents... maybe we should get some stock responses at the ready

Neon how silly of them. I really don't like people's propensity to try and scare or alarm me about how hard life with children is, sounds like it's even more common with twins. One friend in particular has started "hilariously" telling me all the things I won't be able to do once we have a baby... why?!

I think I will start telling people I only want positive comments or no comments!

I just said yeah I'm burying my head in the sand. None of us have a choice in the matter, it's sink or swim once they get here and i see no reason why we shouldn't swim! It was the look on their faces i can't get over. Like twins is the worst thing ever. I can think of about 20 positives about twins off the top of my head so trying to focus on that not other people's perceptions of life with twins.

These acquaintances don't have twins by the way!

Neon that is a crazy thing for someone to say to.you! People are so odd. It's not something u choose and it's such a fantastic thing to happen. Yes there will be hard times but there is with any new baby and there's so many positives to having twins too. Such an odd odd comment.

My dad had twins at 52! So he constantly got the shocked congratulation comments. Then he might have still got them even if he only had 1, twins are 6 now. If he can handle twins at 52 I'm sure the ladies and their OHs on here can do it no problem x

Neon, how rude of them! I think it just really surprises people though. I've had some people gush and say how lucky I am, and others just look a bit stunned and pitying. Tbh, I was a bit overwhelmed when I found out and I thought about how hard it will be. But now I want them both so much and I feel like my family would never be complete without them. I just want them safely here!

Exactly how i feel dustycorners!!

FWIW I think it's really exciting that some of you are having twins If it was me I would have freaked out at first but then would have been excited about the twins having each other, that must be lovely
Plus I only want two children in total so if I'd had twins it would be perfect, two for the price of one pregnancy!

Hello, a friend added me to the Facebook group but i thought I'd pop in here and say hello! I'm 16weeks and due 1st Apr but DD was 12 days early and after the way that labour went, I may have an elective c-section this time so baby would be born in March.

Hope you don't mind me joining in.

It is so nice to hear of so many of you having twins. My 2 boys (3yrs apart) keep wishing that they were twins. There is something so magical about it. I THINK THE PEople BEING Rude (whoops) are really people thinking they wouldn't cope at all and projecting that on to you.

Does anyone know if I joined the FB group would it show up in my feed that I'd joined? We haven't told many people I'm expecting and don't want to give the game away.

Just found out my scan for tomorrow is delayed until Thursday. My Dr must have had her baby so the practice is shuffling us around. We're a bit down about it as DH flies out to Oz for work tomorrow night and won't be back until Xmas. He hasn't been to a scan yet and didn't get to any with DD1 either. Hopefully all will be good.

And welcome poets!

Poets
Hello and welcome!

HerRoyal
That must be disappointing for you both. Was your scan going to be at your GP surgery and not your local maternity unit?
If your DH won't be away for too long maybe you could do the scan after he gets back??

Oh sorry just re read your post and realised he will be away until Christmas. What a shame... any chance you could call them first thing in the morning to explain the situation and beg?!

Welcome poets

Scans are at my obgyn here (In the US) I pretty much have them every 4 weeks. Not sure if that's normal or because I'm considered high risk

I tried ringing them back straight after I got the message today but couldn't get through, will try tomorrow too and see what they say.

poets welcome!

HerRoyal fingers crossed they can change the scan for you, it would be a real shame for your DH to miss it. To answer your FB question, your friends won't be able to see that you've joined the group.

Hi Poets.

Neon sorry for the stupid comments. I've always loved the idea of twins. We were chatting about it at the weekend as a friend has just said they are expecting twins around a month before we are due. It special. People say stupid things all through pregnancy, its like they have to say something but have no idea what the proper thing to say is.

Congrats on all the lovely scan news. So many of you finding out sex of baby. We will be having a surprise. I have to chase up our scan, I'm 18 weeks now but haven't had a letter for the 20 week scan yet, and as we are split between 4 different hospitals now I'm a bit worried we have slipped through the net.

Just a note to the ladies expecting twins...I'm a twin and it's lovely. We have always been really close. Yes my mum said it's hard work as she also had an 18 month old (yikes) but always felt it was very special to have twins.