Comments on: Guest post: Fear of leaving the house with twins

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:17:51 +0000

to Sarah, I really valued the opportunity to figure it out on our own. Being military, we have no family nearby and there were many many bouts of me being in tears as I could not figure out different things and make things work. but, when my mother told me she was headed my way – distressed by her own daughters distress – I talked her out of it. We needed to figure it out as a family of 3.

anyways, great post – I’m so glad that you found your place as a mommy of your twins! They look great in the photo!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:12:42 +0000

I’m always so envious of people who have family and friends to help out.

As soon as we were home we were hour own.

By: LauraC

LauraC — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:09:33 +0000

I decided to come over and comment after seeing the facebook comments.

I was on bed rest for 14 weeks with my twins and had a medically necessary emergency c-section. After a one week NICU stay, I still needed a TON of help to care for MYSELF and my babies. My husband took a month of paternity leave. We flew in family members for two months to help out. In between visits from family, we hired a doula.

I would do it all again in a heartbeat. There was always something for people to do -care for the house, care for the babies, cook meals, grocery shop, mow the lawn, hold the fort while I pumped. Overwhelmingly, I tell expecting twin moms to get as much help as humanly possible. THERE IS NO MEDAL FOR DOING IT ALL YOURSELF.

Thank you for your post and your honesty.