The ONLY attention you will welcome is from other twin parents! Parents who don't have twins imagine that it is like having two singletons of different ages, and really think they know what having twins is like.

And you will get pissed off by people (eg grandparents) ringing up and saying "hows the twins?" Do they ring up other parents and say "How's the singleton?" The kids have got names for goodness sake they are not "the twins" [/RANT]

Buzzy

We have twin girls 9, and they are an absolute joy. We had a very rocky start due to health issues, but that has helped us to appreciate how lucky we are to have them.

Congratulations to you both. Some fun years ahead.

Tina

True, or when you invite other kids to the twins birthday they turn up with just one present. Or birthday/christmas cards to both twins.

Another thing that people ask is "were they concieved naturally?" - as if it's anyone's business?

Yeah thats unfair on the wee souls, whenever my two are invited to a birthday party they always take a present each it would be nice if it always worked the other way round.

Buzzy I have to admit I'm guilty of calling my two the twins , although I often call all of mine "the girls" its just easier than rhyming off all the names
Know what you mean though its annoying when other people do it.

To the OP though please don't let the little annoyances worry you the good far outweighs the bad

Also just remembered when I was pregnant I used to go on a site called twinsclub.co.uk it was really usefull, not sure if theres something similer in Oz?

Lindsay x

Its the wife here !!!

Thanks everyone for your kind words and useful advice it is really lovely to have so many people with helpful tips to offer.

I am feeling very well so far. I Just get very tired during the afternoons and witha three year old to play with its not always easy to rest (i'm still trying to enjoy him before he has to share me).

As Ian has mentioned i am very homesick still and wish i could just pop in on my Mum. I'm hoping for good news on the 19th August when see our consultant. I really want to fly back to England to share the news of our little miracles with their Nana in person. Describing your pregnancy to your Mum on the phone is really wierd as she was so hands on with Isaac and even watched him enter the world.

Oh well moan over i'm truely blessed to have the babies/twins and a supportive husband who just seems to want to tell the world he's going be a Dad again.

Thanks again Everyone

Toni (The Fat One LOL)

Congratulations

oh yeah, forgot about those

Toni, I had my twin girls when my Son was just 18 months old, so I know how you feel with being run off your feet, when they arrive, it does get easier (when it happens for you of course), as with the first you tend to do everything around them, but with subsequent children you tend to try and make them fit around you, if that makes sense, and not so stressful.

One piece of advice which is almost impossible to follow, but REALLY worth taking with TWINS is: SLEEP when THEY sleep

And yes I was often asked if mine were conceived naturally, to which I usually replied, "If you mean during sex, then Yes, the same as my first singleton child" which usually gets the message accross

i always had a kip when the boys were sleeping too ... and when they woke during the night i fed them both at the same time, regardless of whether the ohter one was awake ... he'd get woken up!

it used to really annoy me when people, ie total strangers, used to ask me if they were conceived naturally ... id quite bluntly tell people that it was a rather personal question to ask a stranger and to mind their own bloody business!!!! (hormones )

Many congrats & wishing your wife a safe & happy pregnancy!