Before I got pregnant, I weighed 125 lbs. By the end of my full-term twin pregnancy, I’d shot up to 184. The girls were born after 39 weeks of pregnancy at 6 & 6 1/2 lbs respectively – which thankfully kept them out of the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), but what that left me… Continue Reading
Raising Twins Heartistically!
Category Archives: sickness
The Virus from Hell
In a seemingly never-ending series of afflictions, our entire family got hit with a pretty nasty virus, and then bacterial bronchitis. Actually, having been in the throes of extreme mucosity for the past few weeks, it’s not actually something I feel like writing about, except for having found a new way to get liquid antibiotics… Continue Reading
…and these little piggies went to the dentist!
A few days ago, it was time for the twins’ dental cleaning, and I wasn’t looking forward to it. Previously, dental visits were something of a torture-fest, as I’d be required to hold one of the girls on my lap and restrain her arms and legs, and on occasion, help the hygienist pry her mouth… Continue Reading
The Owwie Song
On the plus side, Halle has composed a song my honor titled “The Owwie Song”. It’s about how she wishes mommy’s owwie arm would stop hurting. It goes like this: “Owwie go away, owwie go away, don’t come back any more, mommy’s arm feel better, owwie go away.” She sang it three times to me… Continue Reading
