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Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:42 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
For the OP:
My wife gave birth to our surprise twins 8 years ago.
Things I've learned- buy in bulk, kids are resilient, figure out a way to schedule time for you and the missus, prepare frozen meals in bulk the week before she's due, to simplify food during the adjustment peroid after they first come home. Your wife will become slightly crazier than she is as a baseline.
Oh-- and its constantly changing. The headache of one season is the forgotten afterthought of the next. You'll be fine.
My wife gave birth to our surprise twins 8 years ago.
Things I've learned- buy in bulk, kids are resilient, figure out a way to schedule time for you and the missus, prepare frozen meals in bulk the week before she's due, to simplify food during the adjustment peroid after they first come home. Your wife will become slightly crazier than she is as a baseline.
Oh-- and its constantly changing. The headache of one season is the forgotten afterthought of the next. You'll be fine.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:42 pm to TigerFanatic99
Twins are a blast. Welcome to the club. Identical boys that will be 4 in August. Get some sleep now, because it will be while before you sleep much after December. 
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:43 pm to TigerFanatic99
Wife and I went through this a few months ago. We found out at six weeks that there were two, then found out at ten weeks that one had quit developing. She's 17 weeks now and the lone fetus is doing great. We found out last Friday that we are expecting another boy, which was awesome. It was a myriad of emotions for four weeks, to say the least.
Good luck to you and your wife on your journey.
Good luck to you and your wife on your journey.
This post was edited on 4/19/16 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:45 pm to Geecubed
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Look for hand-me-downs as much as possible. Clothing for one baby costs a good bit. It will be hard to buy an armload of clothes for two babies at once, unless your wife plans to do laundry every other day (just baby clothes).
Friend of mine's niece just had surprise twins and already had a 2 year old. My friend found some pristine newborn clothing for 2 and 3 bucks a piece. She bought a few things for my niece who had a preemie and they looked brand new. Carter's brand is usually very reasonable and holds up well and in many cases, better than some of the more expensive clothing.
My niece needed a second set of baby things to keep at her Mom's where the sitter was going to be keeping the first child. For about $200, she got a used swing, high chair, bouncy chair thing, portable bed and a few other things of that nature, used. Using some it already for the second baby. Just start keeping your eyes open for those kinds of opportunities.
If folks want to go into together to buy more expensive gifts, ask for practical things like car seats, double buggies etc...
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:45 pm to TigerFanatic99
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I am not the kind of person to ask for help though. That's going to be my biggest struggle.
A) You're not going to have much choice.
B) You'll get over that REAL quick.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:46 pm to ksayetiger
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didnt read thread, you do know NEVER annouce babies ESPECIALLY twins, before 12 weeks?
I read an article about a woman that suffered from a couple miscarriages. She did the "never announce before 12 weeks" thing and she said she actually regretted doing that, that it actually made things more difficult for her. Because when she had both miscarriages...she was completely alone in her grief, besides her spouse. Her coworkers and friends and family didn't know she was even pregnant, so she basically had to act like everything was ok. Also...she wished she could have had the chance to be excited and announce to everyone when she was pregnant. Article ended with her talking about how she is currently pregnant and announced it to everyone before 12 weeks.
So I think the OP is entitled to just being excited and happy right now. Congrats to the OP, twins! Wow, what a blessing for you guys
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:52 pm to lsunurse
I appreciate the different opinions of when to share, and understand the logic. That being said we have fought so hard for so long to get pregnant, thinking it would never happen, we just want to be able to share and celebrate with our parents who don't think they will ever be able to be grandparents. We are prepared for the idea that we may one day have to explain that we are no longer pregnant, but there is nothing medically with our infertility that makes us high risk or any less chance than the normal delivery.
That being said, we are not telling anyone other than the great OT until Mothers day, which will be week 8.5; it's just to ourselves until then.
That being said, we are not telling anyone other than the great OT until Mothers day, which will be week 8.5; it's just to ourselves until then.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:58 pm to TigerFanatic99
How miserable was your wife on Clomid, if you don't mind me asking? Did it make her noticeably more moody?
We are currently trying and just did all the "oh so fun" fertility testing. Gotta sit down with the dr and go over all the results and options next.
We are currently trying and just did all the "oh so fun" fertility testing. Gotta sit down with the dr and go over all the results and options next.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:58 pm to TigerFanatic99
Dibs for 18 years from now if both are female.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 12:59 pm to ChewyDante
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Yeah, because being one of the 32 best place kickers in the world isn't one of the most statistically unlikely things ever.
Wel your chances certainly don't increase by not kicking a football.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:02 pm to TigerFanatic99
You can start cooking bulk dishes for freezing in serving sizes for meals, now. Just vac seal or freeze air tightly and you'll be set for some easy meals when time doesn't allow. Vac sealed foods last a long time in the freezer. If you freeze something like gumbo in plastic containers, put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of the food and press it down until the air bubbles are gone and you've effectively vac sealed it.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:04 pm to Large Farva
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:06 pm to TigerFanatic99
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No. She was on eight rounds of Clomid. We just decided to take a month off and forget about it then look at IVF toward the summer. First month off of medication it happened when we tried to just forget about everything. We stopped tracking and everything
Me and my wife have been trying for 5 years with unexplained infertility. We will be doing IVF in May so I congratulate you man. shite is tough watching my wife cry her eyes out every month.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:08 pm to TigerFanatic99
one a day ...for the next 18 yrs..
This post was edited on 4/19/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:08 pm to TigerFanatic99
If you stop at two kids, think about it this way- you knock it all out at once. No having one kid then having to get back in the newborn cycle again 18 months, 24 months, etc later.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:09 pm to lsunurse
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How miserable was your wife on Clomid, if you don't mind me asking? Did it make her noticeably more moody?
I noticed no real change. I think once or twice she was a little over emotional, but never with anger, typically it was sad emotions that were amplified. I'll put up my email address for an hour or two, feel free to reach out if want to ask anything else offline.
[Edited out email address]
This post was edited on 4/19/16 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:09 pm to TigerFanatic99
Cngratulations. My wife and I just started the adoption process for a brother and sister, 22 months and 10 months. My wife is now 14 weeks pregnant. We are going from 0 to 3 under 3 in 8 months. Pray for me.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:11 pm to Howyouluhdat
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Me and my wife have been trying for 5 years with unexplained infertility. We will be doing IVF in May so I congratulate you man. shite is tough watching my wife cry her eyes out every month.
My heart goes out to you. We went through that. for the Clomid cycles when we started to think that we would never be able to conceive. We put off trying for five years because I wasn't ready, now at 31 it was turning into the biggest regret of my life. Hang in there. I put my email addy a few posts back and will leave it up for a few hours. Reach out if you have any questions that I may be able to answer.
Posted on 4/19/16 at 1:11 pm to TigerFanatic99
I have twin 10 month olds. You won't notice the difference in having one or twins. That's all you know if these are your first. You will just look down on the people with single babies who complain.
Try to get the wife to breastfeed. Formula is expensive as shite.
Go to a consignment ship for clothes. We go to once upon a child a lot.
Costco for diapers or luvs. The rest are too expensive. If formula fed, generic target or walmart is just as good as similac and enfamil.
Stick to a schedule. If they are off its a mess. Suffer through a few nights to get them in a sleeping pattern as it will help later in as opposed to getting up every night.
Have fun and congrats.
Try to get the wife to breastfeed. Formula is expensive as shite.
Go to a consignment ship for clothes. We go to once upon a child a lot.
Costco for diapers or luvs. The rest are too expensive. If formula fed, generic target or walmart is just as good as similac and enfamil.
Stick to a schedule. If they are off its a mess. Suffer through a few nights to get them in a sleeping pattern as it will help later in as opposed to getting up every night.
Have fun and congrats.
This post was edited on 4/19/16 at 1:18 pm
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