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2T
Merry Christmas! 2T. It’s the clothing size my boys are wearing and it’s also what trimester I’m in! The boys are now 17 months. They’re giants with respect to height when compared to most 17-month...
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Kick!
Baby has been kicking for a while now but DH was able to feel tonight! Exciting! I’m just about 18w. He couldn’t feel the twins until I was about 20w along. We have our level 2 anatomy scan on 2/5 and...
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Halfway
I had my level 2 anatomy scan this week. All is well and my screenings came back with the risk of a 20-year-old so I declined any further invasive testing. The baby kicks and rolls all of the time. I...
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Sugar Tests
Because I had GD with the twins, I had to take an early 1hr sugar test around 12w and passed with flying colors. Fast forward to 25w. I failed the 1hr test at 135. My OB’s cutoff is 130. I didn’t fast...
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Babymoon
Wow, it’s been a while! Just got back from our babymoon. It was my first time ever leaving the boys in 21 months. My ILs flew in to stay with the boys which was a wonderful gift to all involved. It was...
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Today I was marveling at my little ones and the one growing in my belly. Once upon a time in a not very nice fairy tale that just so happened to have a happy ending, my twins were each a single embryo....
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Happy Mother’s Day
The internet is a pretty amazing thing, which I can attest to through the benefits I’ve found of having this blog. This story — tat we all know too well — reposted in it’s entirety from Quora is...
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Summer Solstice
We welcomed our new son into this world a week ago on Friday night, his due date, and the Summer Solstice. He is beautiful, 21.5 inches tall and 8lb10oz. I’m so in love. At my 39.5w check up I was 2cm...
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Breastfeeding, Take 2
I struggled with low supply with the twins. I tried everything: herbs, tinctures, teas, oatmeal, lactation cookies, power pumping, pumping after every feeding, hospital grade pump, etc. After 2 months,...
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Escape Artist
Ten days into life with the new baby, one of my big babies decided cribs were for losers. He waltzed into our room at 5am, woke us up and our day began. A twin mom friend gave me advice: footed sleep...
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Time goes by so quickly!
Hello?! Anyone still there? I think it might be time to retire this blog. I know, I know. Same old story about the infertile who transitioned into motherhood, yadda yadda yadda. It’s just that I hardly...
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Adventure Time
I just quit my six-figure big city job to go on a year-long adventure with my three miracle babies. WTF am I doing? Gah! The enormity of this decision is settling in. I’m equal parts terrified and...
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And We’re Off!
Our movers packed us up and put our stuff in storage a little more than 4 weeks ago. Our family of five spent the night at a hotel a block away, then hopped on a week-long cruise departing from...
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Lone Ranger
We’re sure our family is complete with our three boys so we’ve been thinking about what to do with our one frozen embryo. Because we did CGH testing, the gender is known but we never wanted to find...
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Golden Milk Makers
I didn’t want to say Golden B.0.0.bies because it attracts weird internet searches. Haha. So I did it! I cannot believe I’m still nursing my 13 month old! Those first 3 weeks of breastfeeding were SO...
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Wow. Baby #4.
It’s been a while. My last post was over a year ago about nursing my little guy for his first 13 months. I’m proud to say we went on to nurse for another year! I’m also here to say HI! And that I’m 40...
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36 Weeks
Well baby boy has been vertex for weeks so we’re getting there. I’m 1cm dilated and cervix is very soft so when labor starts, it should be quick. I scheduled acupuncture for 39w to help speed things...
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38w4d
Pre labor kicked off with a vengeance on Sunday — something I’ve never dealt with. I was on my feet all morning and after a shower felt that I should sit down. I felt extreme pressure and lots of...
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He’s here!
Baby arrived 3 weeks ago, 2 days past his due date. After 2 weeks of prodromal labor (a first for me! WTF?!), the real deal finally started early Friday morning. Lost my mucus plug and right away...
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