Morning All,
Apologies for not being able to post sooner - I have found it very difficult to find the time to concentrate (when I am not sleep deprived
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Lovely to be back on the thread.
Will try to respond to everyone but since it's been so long since I have been on here please accept my apologies if I have missed something ..
Cheesy - very interested in the grow bags - I would love to get them in one as soon as possible - I know someone on the NCT mentioned that there were some that you could get from birth but I am apprehensive about this. Any thoughts ladies?
Theo - I see your little one is just one years old - do you feel the time has just flown? It sounds like you have a lot going on with him, which is his favourite
Jelly - I can't believe you are at 16 weeks already. I remember all too well, the first 8 weeks to 12 weeks went so slowly and then it just sped by and next thing I knew I was gazing at our twins. Would also be interested, have you been told gender or will it be a surpass.
Cheesy - so exited for you chick - not long now ... how many will you put back? where are you staying in Prague?
Sportie - I really don't know what to say about OE vs DE - I agree that costs of frozen in the UK are ridiculous. Seems a shame not to try with these eggs but depends how much cash you have and if OE would then preclude DE. Just wondering if you could get them transferred to Prague and then pay their frozen rates?
Aussie - lovely to see how your little ones have grown. just as a matter of interest how much weight are they putting on per week, what is your feeding/sleeping pattern?? Would like to compare with UK expectations. How many times a day are you feeding them?
PBAL - massive congratulations - I did read about your bleeding and really wanted to post but i just couldn't seem to get to the computer for any more than a nanosecond. bleeding in pregnancy is so awful .. glad all worked out for you.
Mammy, I am thrilled for you ... really am ... it's so lovely to see when the 'die hards' finally see the end of the rainbow. How are you feeling? are you starting to believe it is real yet? how is sickness etc?
AFM - well the last few weeks - all the days seem to merge into one. Things have been a little fraught as my hubby to be was not granted paternity when we wanted it and so I was going loop the loop with limited support. The crazy thing is that my mum could have come down if I had known ... I still don't really understand the paternity leave thing - there's some form you fill in which states that a/ you have to state a date you want to start your leave or b/ you want it when the babies are both. Trouble is, this doesn't really work when babies are born premature because you don't want your hubby having parental leave whilst babies are in special care. Anyway, mum is here now so that's ok.
Scarlett and Josh seem to really suit their names. Josh is the most laid back baby I have ever come across - I have yet to hear him cry properly. He just kinda whimpers a bit when he has his nappy changed or if he is starving hungry. You can hold him up with your two hands and he doesn't wake up - just gently keeps on snoring. Scarlett is now known as 'Scarlett Stroppy Knickers'. She is a very good baby but she screams when she is changed and if she is hungry. Guess that's pretty normal.
Other than that, we got them into four hourly feeds and sequentially which has really helped. We keep trying to get them into 6,10,2 as these feeds enable Richard to do the 2am and still go back to sleep. it can take up to one and a half hours to feed the two of them which does tend to mean that you are fully awake by the end. having said that my mum has done the early morning feed for one of them which has really helped.
Mostly I would say that having the twins is much easier than I ever imagined, mainly because I have heard many women say "nothing prepares you for it" but weirdly it is exactly as I expected it to be , except I thought the sleep deprivation would be worse..
Question for you ladies - it does seem that if we leave them, they can often go five hours without being fed. So I am now wondering what to do. Do I try to feed them four hourly during the day and then leave them at night? Any ideas ??
Hope everyone is okay - apologies if I have missed anyone.
Fee
xx