My twin boys turn 5 in fours weeks and this time they are determined in getting involved in planning the birthday party. Rightly so, I guess. During the first three years, I, Mommy, organized and decided on everything from the location to the guest list. The 4th birthday was somehow squeezed between relocation and settling [...]
“There’s my twin. And then there is mom. And nothing can change that.”
This is something I learned rather early in my life role as mother of identical twins – that I am not the most important person in my sons` life. It was hard to accept at first but here’s what I told myself to [...]
Just when I thought I know everything there is to know about identical twins, comes this new revelation. It seems that identical twins, previously thought to have 100% genetic resemblance, are anything but identical.
A group of researchers from the US, the Netherlands, and Sweden studied the genetic make up of 19 pairs of identical twins. [...]
My wife and I did the whole in-vitro thing. In fact we did it four times. Three full rounds, with one round using our cryogenically frozen kidlets left over.
First round failed, second round failed, third round failed, and the fourth? Yeah, bupkis.
And then, we conceived without any intervention at all, except for [...]
This is the second most common question I encounter as I go through life as a mom of identical twins. And in case of telling identical twins apart, mommy really knows best. Ask my husband. Ask Grandma.
I guess it helped that F was much smaller than his bro R at birth. By the time he [...]
In this series, I will write about each of 10 most common (and sometimes silly) questions that mom of twins/multiples are asked.
Question # 1: Are they identical?
This is a fairly common and (I think) reasonable question though usually people can tell just by looking at my twin boys. They are alike as 2 peas in [...]
Here`s a riddle:
Two babies, a boy and a girl, were conceived 3 weeks apart and shared their mother`s womb for almost nine months and were born just a minute apart. Are they twins or are they not twins?
According to the Daily Mail and FoxNews, these UK-born babies aren’t actually twins because[...]
There’s no more interesting conversation piece than babies. And having multiples actually put you in the limelight. Try it. Go to the mall or the park with a twin pram. Heads will turn and many will definitely ask to have a peek. Initially, I basked in the attention I got when I went out with [...]
Presents, chocolate, ham, turkey, giving, friends and family–add some holiday stress. Now stir in a new pair of twins and agitate.
The holidays are not only a fantastic time to get together with everyone and eat some really good food. It is also a time that parents, especially new parents of twins, might feel [...]
Ultrasound check up # 1
Congratulations! Your blood test showed that you are definitely pregnant. Now let’s have a look at your baby.
Hey, what have we here?…I see two little spots…one…two…Fancy having twins?
Ultrasound check up # 2
So let’s see how the 2 spots are doing today. Hey, this one’s doing great. See the heart beat? The [...]
