It’s National Twin Day! So a photo of Bennett an It’s National Twin Day! So a photo of Bennett and Everett with their twin big brothers (who they look more like than each other) is the perfect one to share! 

I read earlier today that the worldwide twinning birth rate is 12 in 1000 births. I guess we are just a rare bunch in this household with our medical histories (Kawasaki Disease.. Guillain–Barré syndrome..) and now twins. 🥳 #nationaltwinday #twinmom #twinmomlife #boymom
It’s World Breastfeeding Week! Having preemie tw It’s World Breastfeeding Week! Having preemie twins really flipped everything I thought I knew about breastfeeding upside down. 

This time around I’m having to pump more, bottle feed, nurse, and add in a bit of formula a few times a day to help them gain weight. I can’t just nurse them both at night because Everett doesn’t get full, so I have to get up and deal with bottles and pumping. Otherwise, He would literally stay awake all night snacking every 20 mins! They’re still only going about an hour and a half before they get fussy again so by the time I’ve changed diapers (and some outfits) and pumped, I lay down for about 30 mins before at least one wakes up to eat again. 🤪 And if you don’t wake the other.. then you’re up twice as much!

As they get bigger it’ll be easier to tandem nurse and will save so much time and energy (especially at night). We practiced yesterday morning and this was the most successful attempt we’ve had. I felt so proud of them. 

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, for sure. But I know the days are long and the years are short. I know this because we are taking a 2nd grader to school orientation and I swear it was just yesterday that I was going through these sleepless newborn nights with him. 🤯❤️
Just a little bite! #twinlife #twinmom Just a little bite! #twinlife #twinmom
I love to think about the journey that brought us I love to think about the journey that brought us here. Nothing about how Nate and I ended up together or all of the things that led right to where we are now could’ve happened by chance. If you would’ve told me back when I was putting up “cool music” on my MySpace page to try and impress this hot guy in Kentucky that one day  we’d be married and raising four cute boys together in our dream house .. driving a dang minivan.. I’m not sure I would’ve believed it. 💞✨ We are sleep deprived, slightly outnumbered, and the dream house needs occasional ($$$) repairs but man… I still feel like I am the luckiest because I’m doing it all with him.
In case you were wondering, no, I still can’t be In case you were wondering, no, I still can’t believe I had twins. 🤯🥰
Not a bad place to be nap trapped! 🥰💙💙 Sw Not a bad place to be nap trapped! 🥰💙💙 Swipe to see little baby Cohen .. he needed to get in his own @dockatot!
Today is the ✨b e s t✨ day. 💙💙💙💙 Today is the ✨b e s t✨ day. 💙💙💙💙
The big boys went fishing with dad this morning wh The big boys went fishing with dad this morning while mom and Everett slept in! 🎣
NICU life is hard. It would be hard no matter what NICU life is hard. It would be hard no matter what, but trying to juggle one baby at home + our bigger kids adds another layer of difficulty. We have to be present for them, so we can’t be at the hospital constantly. And when one of us is there, it doesn’t feel like we’re doing much. The fact that we have no idea when he will be ready to come home is the worst part. I’ve tried to imagine what this is like when I’ve seen other people going through it but like so many things, you just can’t know until you experience it yourself. 

He’s doing well, but just has to keep growing and getting stronger! He is down to one liter and on 21% oxygen. He still has to be able to eat all of his food by mouth and he gets a little too tired to do that right now. But all in all, I know he is making improvements every day. I can’t wait to bring him home! 💞
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Pregnancy · April 8, 2015

My Immune System Went to Cabo


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Today I am 33 weeks pregnant. Today I am starting to kind of get over illness number 32049898 that has plagued my body since I became pregnant 809093409 years ago. I do not feel that this is an exaggeration at this moment in time. No, no – it is accurate.

You’ve seen all of those articles that tell you all about the things that “no one tells you about pregnancy”, right? Er, well, if you aren’t pregnant and/or you haven’t been in the last couple of years then maybe you haven’t. But they’re everywhere and the authors of said articles all have the same list of things to warn you about with a similar witty twist – they’re basically all poop related warnings, so I’ll spare you.

The one thing I feel I was not adequately prepared for by these articles, the books I’ve read, and all of the unsolicited advice I’ve received? Being sick the entire duration of pregnancy. And not just a little bit sick. No. While other people will catch a cold or have an allergic reaction to the change of the seasons – I will get the same thing and it will morph into pneumonia. If you sneeze within 100 feet of me I will catch what you have, even if you don’t think you have anything. If a flower blooms outside and my “allergies” act up, suddenly I have bronchitis. I have heard of the “pregnancy sniffles” – I don’t have them. I was prepared for them. I was prepared to feel kind of stuffy throughout pregnancy but otherwise mostly fine. Never an issue for me. It has been mentioned to me that the immune system is lowered during pregnancy (as to not fight off the baby) but I’ve got to tell you – my immune system is not “lowered” – my immune system is taking a 9 month long vacation on a beach in Cabo. NO ONE TOLD ME MY IMMUNE SYSTEM WOULD PACK IT’S SHIT AND LEAVE ME TO FEND FOR MYSELF IN THE GERM INFESTED WATERS OF DAILY LIFE WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST. I’m sorry, there is just no nice way to say that.

I have loved being pregnant and I feel that I have been spared many of the normal woes of pregnancy. I didn’t have much morning sickness, I was able to keep working out, I wore my high-waisted skinny jeans unreasonably well into my pregnancy, my skin didn’t do anything weird, my hands and feet have stayed the exact same size, I haven’t had super crazy cravings or food aversions, I haven’t had heartburn, I haven’t been irritable, unreasonable, or psychotic (until the last few days), I don’t have any stretch marks, and I’ve been able to poop consistently (you’re welcome). But I would honestly rather have endured some of the more unpleasant things on that list than be on again, off again every few weeks fighting razor blade sore throats, body aches, uncontrollable coughing (to the point of waking up every 5 minutes and/or throwing up), asthmatic breathing, and the complete inability to take care of myself and my house. I have been forced to take “pregnancy safe antibiotics” like 5xs because it was either take them and finally get better or wait it out and see if I ended up hospitalized. I’M OVER IT. I want to feel normal (“pregnant normal” will do), I want Nate to stop contracting my sicknesses (he never used to but I’m staying sick so long that it’s inevitable) and for us to just be able to get our house together and get ready to have the most amazing and exhausting experience of our lives. I need to be able to do my nesting – not be laying on the couch sobbing about how I can’t cook dinner or wash my hair between coughing fits while Nate tries to take care of both of us when he’s also feeling sick.

So, yes. Things no one tells you. Your immune system goes on vacation. Be prepared. Get a plastic bubble.

(I’ll be back with a regularly scheduled sunshine and rainbows pregnancy update soon, now that I have gotten that bit off of my chest.)

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