Author: Anonymous My girls are only four months old and I’ve been reflecting on some of the things I worried about when I was pregnant – and what it’s actually been like since they arrived. I’m not talking about big worries like medical matters and birthing them safely, but the little things that ran through […]
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Author: Jackie Jones Today I learnt that it takes 14 mins to fly direct from Port Macquarie to John Hunter Hospital in a care flight emergency, this is my journal entry dated 17/06/2017. The day started like any other, at 26+2 weeks pregnant with twins, I had reached a point of pain every day, pain
Hydronephrosis and twin pregnancy. Pregnant with twins and kidney problems. Read More »
Author: Amy Lucas, Tylumo Creative Ooh, boy or girl? If you’re answering this question more than once, then go big with your gender reveal! I’ve rounded up the ultimate collection of gender reveal ideas to announce more than one baby. Up, up and away on your multiple birth gender reveal This one is a classic,
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Author: Dr Chris Gillespie, QLD Pelvic Floor Centre Constipation, it’s not nice to talk about but it’s an incredibly common problem during pregnancy and is experienced by approximately half of all expectant mothers. In fact, it is potentially one of the most common symptoms pregnant women encounter. In women pregnant with twins, triplets and other
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Author: Crystal Hunt Your 20s – a time for discovering who you are, no doubt making some bad decisions, finding your passions and learning new skills. It can be an eye-opening and exciting time in your life, overwhelming on occasion and confusing as well – but I got all that and much more when I
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Author: Anonymous Pregnancy simply doesn’t suit me. My first, who’s now four, was a rough pregnancy. I was sick for about 7 of my 9 months. It was manageable but unpleasant. The twins were my second pregnancy, and it was horrible. I was in and out of hospital a couple of times with hyperemesis gravidarum.
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Author: Cell Care When you’re pregnant with twins you have a lot of important decisions to make. Deciding to collect and store umbilical cord blood and tissue for your babies is one of those decisions that needs to be made prior to birth. Your twins umbilical cord blood and tissue contain powerful stem cells that
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Author: Elysha Loiterton It’s impossible to fully describe the existential shock of being told you’re pregnant with twins. This is doubly true (pun intended) when you’ve already spawned one child and you were only planning two. One minute, I was anticipating a whitebread life with two kids, a dog, a cat and a modest car
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Author: Federica Zamboni, Psychologist “As long as they are healthy, that’s all that matters”. We’ve all heard this answer from countless parents, when asked what gender they hope the child or children they’re pregnant with will be. And yet, there is often a hope, a wish or maybe a preference for one gender over the
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Choosing a pram is a stressful, but necessary, part of twin pregnancy (I haven’t forgotten you triplet parents – yours is coming!!) This is part two of our twin pram series where we will be covering the advantages and disadvantages of side by side and inline/limo prams. You can read the Advantages of Side By
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