What It’s Like to Expect Twins

When I found out we were having twins, I was really excited.

When the technician told me at my ultrasound "I see two heartbeats here," I grabbed her arm. And I said, what are you talking about?

My biological mom is a twin. So, when I found out I was having twins, I was not that surprised.

I called my husband. And I believe his words were "oh crap."

I was thankful that we were just at two.

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You know, I was doing really good with the one kid. And then you find out you're going to have twins. And, yeah, I didn't know what to think.

I tried for many years. And this was my way or God's way of giving me two gifts in one.

Actually, I started laughing and my husband started crying.

Every time I would go to the doctor, he would say, will you ask him to check one more time just to be sure? Are you sure?

I guess one reaction to having twins is the decision to get a vasectomy pretty quick.

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We both carried them home, into the house gently, laid them down, sat back on the bed, looked at each other, and said, now what?

They were premature, so they were really, really little. So, really, my biggest fear was breaking them.

The first months took a lot of adjustment. We don't remember a lot of them. We actually don't remember a lot of the first year.

It just felt like complete chaos at all times.

A lot of sleepless nights.

I didn't think we had the tools to handle it.

You find those survival skills when you need them.

You do things twice. So you change one diaper, it might not go that great. But you get another chance immediately after that to change another one.

It was, you know, double the diapers and double the spit up.

You get that one quiet moment with them. So you get that first quiet moment. And they look you in the eyes, and you realize it's all worth it.

I have two sets of twins. I had the first set. Then, two years later-- almost to the day-- I had another set of twins.

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