Reading the comments from my last post about Muski’s birth (no still no name, so you can stop asking!) many people asked about the how the girls were born. I went back and read through some old old blog posts (very scary but highly recommend it to all who blog) thinking that surely I had […]
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Ten Things No One Ever Tells You About Pregnancy and Birth
I’ve been pregnant five times, given birth three times and I have four kids. (Can you work out how that is possible?) I’ve had ‘morning sickness’ that lasted the entire pregnancy, and I’ve felt amazing and loved being pregnant. I’ve had a c-section and two VBACS. I’ve given birth to very premature babies, been 2+ […]
Dear Me… A Story About a Stubborn Breastfeeder
Dear Ten Years Ago Me… Some people might try to tell you that being stubborn is a bad thing, but don’t listen to them. Being stubborn, right now, as you sit in hospital wondering when your twins will be born, is the best possible thing you can be, for your babies and for yourself. Being […]
9×2
As I go to take their photo, both of them wrinkle their noses in exactly the same way. They screw up their faces and pout at me and despite their differences in that moment they are just so much alike. Even after all these years of growing, and changing, and becoming who they are, they […]
Things You Should Know About Our Twins
Our girls are about to turn eight, and after 8 years of parenting twins I’ve been asked many an odd question about twins and have learnt a lot about these strange creatures. Here are some answers to some of the common questions we are asked… No, twins do not run in our family. Identical twins […]
Brains and Twins and Things.
I saw Zoe’s brain today… well on a screen anyway. The last time I saw my girls’ brains, on a screen, they were 11 weeks old, or ‘term’ if you are working on corrected age. The time before that, was the day I heard the words “they need to be born now, regardless of the […]
My Baby Eats Meat.
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang When the opportunity to do a sponsored post for Meat and Livestock Australia came up I was initially hesitant. I don’t want my blog to become one big advertorial, so I am picky about what campaigns I accept and which I pass on. But recent events have made this […]
I learnt to breastfeed via You-tube
In celebration and recognition of World Breastfeeding Week I am going to talk about my boobs today…. You would think that since I managed to breastfeed twins for over two years that I had this whole breastfeeding gig totally sorted…. but you’d be wrong. The girls born way too early to breastfeed. They were too […]