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	Age: 32 Country: Province/region: City: Partner: Jeremy is the father Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: Lawyer, Writer
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WEEK SEVEN.5
What is the biological purpose of morning sickness?

This is the first and last time I am getting pregnant.
I will produce my 2.1 children, hopefully, in one go, and my babies have siblings.
I can safely say that when I slept through forty hours recently I knew I was tired. Equally, throwing up water (a whole pint) after waiting to drink for hours is not normal!

I have been to the hospital for re-hydration and am sore, tired and dirty.
Therefore, what is the biological rational for morning sickness?
Multiple mothers are supposed to get it bad but this is making me very down, tearful and resentful at week three. I found out it was twins at week seven after an amazing eye-watering pain ......

Labour pains I am expecting; they are right at the end and by then, you are expecting the pain, the anguish the blood and gore.
However, at week 3, when you are trying to get your head around being a mother, then a mother of twins and then it feels your body is trying to reject them.....
It feels that the saying "mind over matter" really comes into its own.

I read that morning sickness is to stop you poisoning the baby. Hence the water. Your body does not know that mankind invented public health, found the cause for cholera; large drinks of water means infection. Great! Sipping water did not work either. Ice just about.....

Another rational is that pregnant women up and about during the day were likely to get killed due to hormonal changes making them, "smell different" to predators. So the body, handicaps the mother at this risky time. Hence the midnight munchies. I now eat at two am-three am and cannot sleep until midnight. Best not drive to work any more then.....

Any prehistoric reasoning aside, I am a twenty-first century, busy advocate without the ability to talk without vomiting. The thing is I would have been the first on the list for Thalidomide if I were around at the time.

This is when I count my blessings and go cold turkey with this thing, I mean, I can defeat anything can't I? And I will fight anything which hurts my babies-therefore I can fight morning sickness, even fighting my own body to keep them fed, watered and warm.

I guess that is the real rational for morning sickness, once you have a found out and your body is trying to get it out, it is how badly you want it and how hard you are willing to fight must be the real biological rational behind it.

WEEK NINE
I think they're boys!

Using the stars, their date of conception and the patterns of acne on my face, I think the twins are boys. I heard today that if you have boys, you only have to worry about their penises, with girls, you have to worry about everybody elses!

Despite that, I have bought two lots of little tiny dresses, even for the christening. Boys it is then....

Week 11. The Pushchair

For all those in the US and AUS
The Jane Power Twin
Mothercare, UK
Mercedes for the Babies

STOP PRESS: Look at the Zoom Tandem (twin)
modern, lightweight Euro design

Week Thirteen
Twin Envy?

This is really weird but I am cannot believe what people say to you when you say that you're expecting twins.

I am really blessed to be having twins on the way but enough with the scare stories! Another Twin mother states that she was constantly told that she would not cope by other singleton mothers....
She left the ante natal class.....but her mother and MIL both continued to frighten the bejesus out of her ante and post natally

Admittedly some are hers, but they were too funny not to add to.

The God One
I am not really religious (but am, even more so now) but the best one liner, I have heard is
"that God must really hate me because I prayed for twins? And what did you do, Sophf you hate kids?" WTF
(I just did not want children right now)

The Fat One
Me: It's Twins
Other: Twice the fat! You will never loose it.

The Death One
Twin Mum: It's Twins
Other: God that is risky, there is such a high chance of serious complications
Congratulations, though

The Buggy One:
Me: It's twins
Them: You'll never find a buggy, you will be trapped in the house.

The Breast Question
Other: Jesus, how will you feed them
Me: I have two breasts!
Other: Yeah! One is the spare.....

I'll update the comments

Her advice to me was
"Join a twin's group, unless you've done it,
shut it!"

Week 14: Baby2

As some of you are aware I had the morning sickness from hell. This did not endear me to the twins as the sickness was so unexpected and really nasty

This week I fell in love with them, sickness is now normal - a little throw up here and there.
(No longer being sick through my nose)

And my tummy is huge!

I awoke from my afternoon nap and wrote this:
(If you use it credit me please,
I will track you down
I write for a living also,
I need to work for the extra tummies)

Baby Squared

Twice rotund and ripe,

With twin stones, two pips, second-cored.

Plump with juicy dual expectancy,

With a pair at one birth.

Two centres, second swelling,

With taught skin stretched over replica rich, full belly.

Duplicate fears, repeated fun,

With one of two similar or identical buds.

Paired at birth and in life,

A pair, a couple,

With more love for the double.

My baby, squared.

Sophf Ball

Week Fifteen

And I have one of each......
How about that...perfect result!
Job done for my little family....

No Evil Twin!
Wow, life is truly amazing.

WEEK SIXTEEN

The Chubby Question?

I am so chubby, ripe and round.
But if I see another celeb tummy after six weeks, flat and perfect I'll scream!

A pregnancy is not a fashion statement.

Week Twenty- One

As you may know, being a lawyer, I am furious with the law relating to twins in the UK (watch this space)....

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startingoverat37 - Wednesday, 16 July

Oh girls they are adorable! Congrats!!!! I hope you are managing! Keep in touch!

vanette - Saturday, 12 July

they are sooooo precious!

mytwins08 - Thursday, 3 July

they're BEAUTIFUL! wow, how precious! how are you getting on? my babies are a month old now and they take SO much time and care, but i'm loving it all. let me know how you are!

Glowing-Mama - Saturday, 28 June

oh my god, they are adorable sophf!!!!! congratulations! my boys are home now so i am flat out taking care of them. i love them soooo much it hurts. i hope all goes well with you all. lots of love - glow.

bernadette - Sunday, 15 June

they are so cute you must be so poud. congrats to you and the family.

bernadette - Friday, 13 June
Automatic update: bernadette added a new blog: going mad

bernadette - Monday, 9 June
got another growth scan at 35 weeks and babys are 5 half pounds each. still 2 weeks to go so think babys will be about 6 pounds at birth. how are you keeping.

bernadette - Monday, 2 June
hi how are you. hope everything going well for you. im just really struggling now and everything starting to go wrong but the dr still saying section day on the 24 june. my babys are rouphly 4 half pounds each. do you have a wait for your babys. good luck.

val4justin - Monday, 26 May
Wow thats really great weight for your twins did the doctor tell you to eat those things on the message boared. My boys are only 4lbs and 4 1/2 lbs Im the same week as you. You go girl !! when is the big day for you ?

M.M.Masi - Sunday, 25 May
Wow! That's great. I'm hoping for big boys too. Good luck,

bernadette - Friday, 23 May
hi your babys are really good wait. so good luck and you must be very pleased with that wait.

M.M.Masi - Thursday, 22 May
Did i read correctly, are your twins almost 9lbs and you are only in week 33??

heatherg - Wednesday, 21 May
Thanks Ive been trying that. Woo hoo. Ive got something right. So far it feels like she has moved. I hope she is already bottoms up.

bernadette - Tuesday, 20 May
you must feel like me sore and ready to burst. find it hard to breath and dont get much sleep.

bernadette - Monday, 19 May
hi thanks for the comment, do you know if your a c section or normal labour. hope you feel better soon.

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