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Kristyn
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posted October 12, 2003 02:26 AM
Hello everyone, I am new to the board as of today, and it seems like a great place! I am 3 months pregnant, and on this months monthly doctor visit (2 days ago) I found out that I'm pregnant with twins, due April 20, 2004. I am completely shocked. There is no history of twins in my family. I was planning on just having 3 kids, this being my last, but twins will make me a mother of 4. Any advice?? How did you guys feel when you found out?? What's it like raising twins? Especially if you already have a 5 and 3 year old? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!-------------------- ~Kristyn
Proud wife to Jeff, and mom to Bridget & Branden
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lexi&lucysmom
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posted November 07, 2003 12:46 AM
Hello! I also found out I was having twins in my third month of pregnancy. My first reaction was to cry, cry, cry. I was blubbering so much that the nurse had to stop the ultrasound because my tummy was shaking too much from my crying. I was super scared. Worried how I would juggle two babies. Worried how we would afford it. Wondered if I would ever be able to work again (daycare cost vs staying home). My husband was elated because he had a feeling the whole pregnancy leading up to that day. He would tease me saying that I am having twins, and I would tell him that wasn't funny and not to freak me out. I couldn't believe it when his suspicions were confirmed. I was super sick the whole pregnancy and on bed rest since the confirmation of my twins. To make it even scarrier, my doctor gave me a 50/50 chance of one or both babies surviving. They were in the same sac with no membrane in between. But I must say after the pregnancy was over I was in love. I said after the first month they were born that I could even have another set of twins (of course during the pregnancy I was swearing I would never get pregnant again). My girls are 14 months old now. It gets harder and better in different ways. Now we have problems everywhere we go because of the child-proofing. But the cool thing is they are sooo eager to learn, and dance, and sing, and sign, and play. Soooo much fun. I am back to work two days a week and I also get out with just my girlfriends at least once a month. There is life after twins. It is sooo awesome. Congrats to you!
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tray
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posted November 11, 2003 04:09 PM
hi, it is a shock when you find out your expecting twins but a nice one, i was over the moon when i found out at only 5 weeks pregnant that i was carrying twins as i had a miscarriage just a month earlier, however a five weeks they cud see the sacs but too early for the heartbeats so had to go back at 7 weeks to see for certain, and those 2 weeks were longest in my life, but happily there was 2 heartbeats, my little girls bethany and georgia are 2 and half now and are very hard work but so much fun, i also have a 10 year old boy and a 10 month old little girl after the twins, a handful but i wudnt change them for the world. and the birth of the twins was the easiest birth of all my children, had them naturally with only gas and air for pain relief,
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simon casting
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posted November 14, 2003 04:14 PM
Hi,Sorry to barge in on your chat board. But I am desperate at the moment. I am a Chicago casting director and I am working on a feature film. Of course, as it usually goes, I have an unbelievably short period of time to look....I am looking for 10-20 month old twins, girls and caucasian. This film, "A Series of Unfortunate Events", shoots immediately in LA and shoots until the end of March. I will be seeing twins tomorrow, Saturday at 3pm at my studio in Chicago. If anybody out there in cyberspace is from Illinois and is interested in this amazing opportunity, please give me a call at 312-202-0124 Thanks! Claire Simon
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