twins
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Twin Pregnancy: Skin Changes
With all the other changes going on with your body, skincare might seem like a very minor issue to spend any time or energy worrying about but, even as someone with zero skincare routine, I found it to be increasingly important. Pregnancy is a game of trying to find ways to make yourself slightly less Continue reading
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Thoughts on Being High Risk
At some point in every twin pregnancy, you will make the transition to the high risk team, also known as maternal fetal medicine (MFM). Even if you are fortunate enough to have a complication free pregnancy, all twin pregnancies are inherently higher risk (no pregnancy is without risk but carrying two babies has a whole Continue reading
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Now What? What Happens Next
It felt pretty overwhelming to walk out of that first appointment, knowing that I was pregnant with twins and just expected to go back to living my life as scheduled. I want to talk a little bit about that time after you’ve been told its twins and that everything is about to change and before Continue reading
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Twin Pregnancy: Nausea
This week, we’re going to get into morning sickness but since that term is so misleading that it’s entirely useless, I refuse to use it. Instead, we’re going to call this what it is – nausea, plain and simple, and it can happen all the time and anytime. For me, nausea was one of the Continue reading
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And We’re Back
Hi, there! Life got a little tough for a while and this blog had to take a backseat. The twins are growing and thriving and I’m ready to talk about how we got here. I truly think everyone’s story counts and I hope that telling ours helps someone along their own way. Continue reading
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An Ultrasound We’ll Never Forget: Finding Out its Twins
I want to start this by saying that we were one of the lucky ones – we found out at our first appointment that we were having twins which is not always the case. We went in somewhere around eight or nine weeks, not really sure what the timeline is exactly because I did no Continue reading
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Inklings and Suspicions: Twin Pregnancy and Early Signs
With one internet search, you can find a plethora of sites talking about the early signs that indicate you are having twins. Some of them even have decent information from credible sources. The annoying truth is that there is no one way to know that you are pregnant with twins because everyone is different so Continue reading
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Hello World! Twin Pregnancy and Postpartum
I know you aren’t here for me – you’re here for the twins but first, a little background – I’m Abby, I live in Vermont with my husband and our dog, and really, the most notable thing about me is the twins. I am a very active person. I spend a lot of time walking Continue reading
About Me
I am a writer and mom of identical twin boys living with my husband and our dog in rural Vermont. After feeling alone and isolated during pregnancy and postpartum, I want to have the hard conversations and talk about the joyful and grueling parts of raising twins. Feel free to reach out – twin parents have to stick together!
Twice the Luck 