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Of Feck - Just found out I am pregnant with triplets...

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WatsonAndCrick · 08/04/2007 21:22

I have just found out I am pregnant with triplets. I just don?t know what to do. We have no room for 1 baby let alone 3.

I hate being pregnant. How will I cope being pregnant with 3?

How will I cope with 3 newborns - 3 babies that will all need love? 3 babies that will all need feeding?

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WatsonAndCrick · 08/04/2007 21:31

I am very sorry. I was supposed to post the funny bits is quick succession but got distracted in RL.

Shall I go and sit on the naughty step?

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WatsonAndCrick · 08/04/2007 21:32

I really am sorry and I am actually at my stupidity in RL. I am on my way to teh anughty step as we speak.

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Aloha · 08/04/2007 21:34

Well, that makes me feel less likely to waste my time in future.

custy · 08/04/2007 21:56

apology accepted. thank you for bothering to come back and apologise

ScummyMummy · 08/04/2007 22:01

I laughed, if it's any comfort. And was going to post a lol before I saw all the sympathetic posts from people i like so slunk off like a craven coward...

pasteur · 08/04/2007 22:04

I can say I have genuinely learnt my lesson. I will leave the trolling to the experts like F&Z and Greeny...

maveta · 16/04/2007 10:48

Great, I saw this thread title without reading it and just recommended MN to someone as she is expecting triplets and is scared and anxious. Am sure this will make her think I am insane and stop her from ever checking out MN again

sleepysooz · 19/04/2007 23:41

Congratulations, just make sure you have a network of helpers, other than that, enjoy and relax! while you can!

madderthanaboxoffrogs · 28/07/2007 22:42

If I can help please get in touch. My triplets are 2 on the 4th August. I found out late that I was having triplets ( a long story, i missed the 1st scan due to work). I was living in a top floor flat with no lift when we bought them home. We put all 3 cots (Ikea do ones for £26.00 each) in our living room. They were all out of special care and home with me for exactly 1 week when my husband's oh so lovely ex kicked her/his 14yr old daughter out and sent her to live with us inc the entire contents of her bedroom minus the bed and wardrobe and oh a dog as well! you will cope I had no one but my husband who was working difficult hrs. So it was mostly down to me to do feeds. I had never even changed a nappy before mine came into the world it is daunting but you can do it. Get a double pram and wear one in a sling that will get you out for a walk. you can do that for a while. Even now I feel like a crap mum who does it all wrong and shouts at them all the time! You have to do what most mums do and that is your best, You have more than enough love for them (even if you feel like calling social services or putting them in a crate to Australia at times)! if you just want to chat or ask anything if I can help I will! You got to hang on in there. Its bloody hard but well worth it all.I promise

whomovedmychocolate · 28/07/2007 22:50

Maveta - get your friend a copy of Extreme Motherhood - the Triplet diaries - it's hugely funny but also quite informative.

I'm pretty sure there is a lunar thing going on with MN tonight

tripletsandtwins · 13/08/2007 14:10

Hiya WatsonandCrick, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS I remember when I found out that I was pregnant with triplets. The SHOCK!!

It is sooo normal to feel terrified, but once it sinks in, you will start to become oh-so-excited! I have to tell you that it has been a fantastic journey, incredibly hard at times, but immensely rewarding. I carried until 35+2 weeks, and my babies spent 2 wks in the NICU, and are wonderful now toddlers.

As for the pregnancy, you just have to understand that you will spend a portion of your pregnancy on bedrest, there is a high chance that your babies will be in the NICU for a period of time, and just accept that things will be different...but that everything will work out okay.

Everybodies pregnancies and children are different, for me, my pregnancy was ok, I didn't have any bedrest and the babies were born quite healthy. Having them in NICU was the hardest thing of all I think, but it's been worth every second Do you have a doctor that you feel comfortable with? That makes a world of difference.

I know how terrifying it is. I felt the same way. It certainly helps to have someone to talk to, so if there is anyone you know, that always helps. You also have the benefit of chatting with mumsnet members. Sometimes I felt like the only person going through what I did, but I quickly found that I'm not alone.

I don't know what to say if you are really hating the pregnancy, but try to think of the rewards at the end

Sometimes they do all cry at the same time....but you will become used to it, and figure out ways to cope.

I learned to feed two at a time, and the third was in a swing while I fed the other two, and so I learned ways so that I didn't have three crying out at one time. Some triplet moms even feed three at one time!

Don't worry about loving your babies equally, you just do! Love isn't something that divides, it only grows (now that sounds corny doesn't it!)

Are you a first time mum? I was when I had my triplets...Are you single? Sending you my best wishes xx

BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 13/08/2007 14:13

T&T

Sorry you wasted your time with such a long and helpful post. It always pays to read to the end of the thread or least halfway through.

It was someone being a smart alec.

tripletsandtwins · 13/08/2007 15:18

woops!

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