Sleep, sleep and lack of sleep!! It is one of the biggest challenges for multiple parents!
Back for another week, Jackie joins Nix and Naomi to talk all things sleep deprivation, techniques and tools to assist you on your sleep journey.
Sonographer: And here is your baby. Oh, and here is your other baby. Congratulations it’s twins!!! Or if your extra lucky it’s triplets.
At some stage you are going to need to decide if you are going to find out the gender of twins (or more!).
This week the ladies tackle one of the biggest topics in Multiple parenthood – Mental Health.
Jackie returns for another episode as the ladies get raw and real about their struggles with Post-partum depression and anxiety. Each one has a different story to share as they navigate the struggles facing multiple mums and dads.
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Jackie joins Nix and Naomi once again as the ladies unpack emergency c-sections and breast feeding with multiples.
A lot of things change after starting a family. Sadly one common and unexpected change is losing friends after having twins or triplets.
Of course you realise that things will change once your multiples are born. Your day-to-day routines will change. Your career may be put on hold so that you can continue to care for your babies at home. Let’s not even mention the changes in your body! And even your relationship with your partner will change. But loosing friends is often not something that crosses peoples minds.
Nix and Naomi are joined by Jackie. An Instagramer who shares the truth of multiple parenting plus one!
Jackie discusses her unforeseen difficulties in pregnancy, how she over came them and other struggles she has faced.
Plus find out what happened to Naomi mid-recording!
What’s it like to be pregnant with twins? For Nix and Naomi it is becoming a quick memory so they are catching up with Dani who is currently pregnant with twins, her second pregnancy.
How does it compare with her first? What are the challenges so far?
What’s it like to find out you’re pregnant with twins…a second time?
This episode, Nix and Naomi chat to Sophia from Twins and a Blog who has not one but two sets of twins!!! The ladies discuss the shock the second time round. Is it easier or harder and what did Sophia do differently with the second set?
Sometimes women who are pregnant with twins or triplets may spend some of their pregnancy on bedrest. This can be difficult at times. But it is so important, and with these easy tips you will find being pregnant with triplet or twins and bedrest a bit more bearable!
There are times in your life when you would love to be ordered to stay in bed. Being pregnant with twins, triplets or more isn’t really one of them. The idea of being pregnant on bedrest might sound nice, but the reality is much less pleasant.
If your doctor tells you that you need to stay in bed until the babies are born, this can be a mixed blessing. Any woman with a high-risk pregnancy should always follow the best advice of her doctor. But lying still when you have several tiny football players growing inside you is not so easy to comply with.
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You may already suspect you are pregnant, however that first scan and seeing the heartbeat is always a magical moment. Congratulations! You are definitely pregnant. There is the heartbeat. Oh wait, I think there is a second heartbeat. You are pregnant with twins! Oh, I think there is a third baby! Congratulations, you are having triplets!
Once you have recovered from the shock of finding out you are pregnant with multiples, your thoughts will soon turn to your pregnancy care. There are many options, all of which your GP can discuss with you.
One aspect of pregnancy care that you may not have thought of, is having a student midwife. A student midwife is a midwifery student that is partnered with you through your pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. The student is supervised by a registered midwife. There is a two-way benefit to this. For you, you may feel overwhelmed with all the information that you are presented with. A student midwife will be able to explain things and help you ask the right questions. It will also mean that you will have continuity of care, as the student midwife will attend all appointments with you. Oh, and I should mention, it is totally free.
In return, it is invaluable for the student to develop an intimate understanding of the process that pregnant women go through. And let’s face it, for a student midwife with twins or triplets, it is an amazing experience for them.
Twinfo asked in our closed Parents of Multiples group for some feedback from those who had used the services of a student midwife with twins or triplets.
