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Originally posted by Anon Parent
Had an ultrasound today at 7 weeks. Anyone have advice on fraternal twins? Pregnancy, childhood, college investments?
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A few thoughts:
The first two years suck. After that, it gets much better. By five, it's really pretty tolerable. Also, during the first two years, and especially the first year, traveling with twins is like traveling with a rock star. Everyone will want to fawn over them while you are trying to wrestle them out of their stroller and into the car/plane/house/daycare. No one will offer to help. It does get better, though.
All across the country are mothers of multiples clubs (sometimes they are "parents of multiples). Find your local one and join
today. They'll have lots of useful information about what to expect, and they'll help you out in dealing with the first few months and years. They are often also a good source of gently used clothing and equipment, if that's an issue. I can't emphasize enough how helpful these groups are, even if the bias tends to be toward stay at home moms (if only because they are the ones who have time to volunteer).
Daycare for two will be only slightly less than twice as much as you were expecting for one, unless you were already planning to hire a nanny or au pair.
Read a twins book or two, but don't obsess over the sections on birth defects: yes, twins are statistically more likely to have problems, but it's not like the chances are very high still. That being said, take pregnancy easy and eat well.
Twins can be very, very stressful. It helps to step back and acknowledge that when you are dealing with the other people in your life.
Good luck. I'm not around much, but I still check PMs occasionally.
