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DM - no offense at all! I always find it somewhat amusing when people say they want twins - they have no idea what it will be like. Two babies is very different from one - even if you have lots of kids and know a lot about babies. Twins turn your life completely upside down...unless you're JLo and have a team of nannies to help you take care of them. My twins were a wonderful surprise - nature's miracle...but hopefully it was a once in a lifetime miracle. :)
I hope I didn't offend you, I have a good friend that has twin boys and it pisses her off when I say I want twins lol, and I am sure it does other moms of twins too, I by no means think its a walk in the park, its tough, having 2 sick babies, their schedule getting off one awake while other sleeps vice versa, its not easy it all, kudos to all twin moms :) I hope you don't think bad of me, I babysit her boys sometimes and its definitely go go all the time and their just with me a couple of hrs, I know 24/7 is a challenge :)
No - absolutely no offense! Sorry if I offended YOU! I wasn't talking about you specifically - I must hear people say they wish they had twins about 10 times a day.
You also might be fine with 2 babies - every person's different, and you're a very experienced Mom so you likely have a much better idea of what it would be like. I just find in general women - especially first time Moms - don't know what it would mean to have 2 at once.
As I said, twins are wonderful - I just never would have chosen to have them. I was blessed with a healthy, full-term pregnancy and healthy babies, it's just that sooooooooo many women with twins end up with months of bedrest, preemie babies with lifelong developmental delays, and even worse. Seriously - of the many, many, many twin moms I know (I belong to a twin club), I'd say 90% had serious problems with either the pregnancy or the babies themselves. One woman I know delivered her twins at 20 weeks!
So...I went out dress shopping today for the wedding I have to go to in a few weeks. I brought a bunch of Size 0 dresses to the dressing room, and guess what? They were too big!!!! I had to get Size 00 instead - that's the size my friends and I used to laugh about all the time, saying that there's no way anyone actually wears them. Anyway, I found a lovely Mad Men-style dress in dusty rose, but I realised after I bought it that if I AM pregnant this month, there's no way it will still fit me 3 weeks from now!
Oh dear, I'm sure you'll still be over the moon and can just take it back if you get a bfp!!!!!
Wow mocha, 20 weeks?! My cousin and his wife had stillborn boy/girl twins at 26 weeks. It was, as you can imagine, absolutely devestating for them. They went on to have another girl and a boy (not twins!) but it's still hard for them all these years later.
I can't believe how tiny you are now! I do hope you get to take the dress back and exchange it for something to suit your developing bump!!
DH is away for work tonight so no doubt I'll be back later!
Yes - 20 weeks, and surprisingly the kids are ok. They're 2 now, and developmentally delayed (and about the size of 1 year olds), but they're healthy other than that.
I can't believe how tiny I am too. This is sooo not me. I still think of myself as a robust person as that's the way I've always been, so I find it strange when a salesperson comments on how tiny I am and how I might need a smaller size.
This is the dress I got, and it only cost $40 on sale!
http://www.rw-co.com/default.aspx?ac...=1828&topid=80
(I might turf the flowered belt as I think it looked sleeker without it)
I figure buying it now might guarantee me a BFP...kind of like how it never rains when you remember to bring an umbrella along :bigsmile:
Beautiful - I love the colour - but I hope you don't get to wear it. Sorry :D
Gee, thanks :p
With my luck I'll bloat up to the size of a whale with all the salt I plan on cramming in my mouth as soon as I get my BFP, and I'll have to wear a muumuu to the wedding!
That is such a cute dress, Mocha. I can't believe you got a OO - but I'm sure you won't get to wear it!
Good luck to all of the pink swayers this month, hope this is it for you all.
After being on the diet since May 1 and waiting to be able to eat again I find myself unable to eat and enjoy myself. I have been so sick since getting my BFP!