. Yesterday I had an appointment scheduled with the consultant. Mike took the day off work so that he could stay home with the children and I could go alone. The kids always love it when dad is home. He does cool stuff like taking them to the park and library and baking… Mum just… Read More

. Twin pregnancy 17 weeks exactly Last Tuesday was my second ever appointment with the midwife.  I wasn’t too impressed with the new midwife who I first met the last time.  I shouldn’t compare her to my previous one, who was real “old school” and matronly but with a heart of gold.  She had a… Read More

  . Twin Pregnancy 16 weeks exactly Another week of pregnancy has flown by.  I don’t feel like I’m very much bigger than last week.  What do you think? I’ve been searching all week for signs of reassurance that everything is still going well.  This pregnancy lark is so worrying, no matter how many times… Read More

I’m not talking about stubborn traits which twins have.  I’m sure my twins will be no less stubborn than their older siblings. I’m only really going to focus on one thing in this post which is to explain how types of twins are determined – in other words, how to know if they are identical… Read More

. I had a wonderful development last week.  On Friday, at 14 weeks and 6 days I finally heard both heartbeats on my doppler.  It’s such a wonderful sound.  So reassuring and eagerly awaited.  I’ve been checking once or twice a week for the last few weeks, not really expecting to hear anything until possibly… Read More