tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post334717955732875500..comments2023-10-25T08:01:07.786-04:00Comments on Sotorrific Twins: If It Ain't Broke...Nicole S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04073857953370420287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-73367080541746314832009-06-24T20:44:25.994-04:002009-06-24T20:44:25.994-04:00Nicole, **HUGS** I promise someday this won't ...Nicole, **HUGS** I promise someday this won't matter so much. A good friend told me that you will be yourself again around their first birthday. Really...now that the first year is over there is so much I can honestly say: why was I even stressed about that?! You get the cards you are dealt and you did your best (and your best is a total success!). Let yourself off the hook!Just Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172160665868338747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-49667085020590778972009-06-19T20:35:33.500-04:002009-06-19T20:35:33.500-04:00Nicole~
Your post strikes a chord with me, b/c, sn...Nicole~<br />Your post strikes a chord with me, b/c, sniff sniff, I pumped for the last time this week. My 34w5d babes also were put on high cal, and b/c of their NICU stay, it was so hard to breastfeed more than once a day with their sleepiness, tiny mouths and gavage feeding tubes. Plus, like you, my BP was so high that I had to stay in the hospital for a week!<br /><br />I think you are doing a great job! You are most certainly not a failure. We set our expectations so high as to what life will be like once the twins are born. It's hard enough to map out your life with a singleton, let alone with twins. Yes, we will always have some sort of mommy guilt with each major decision/weaning period, but we wouldn't be mommies if we didn't worry about them! : )Boston Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380993101934619447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-41033877146784938182009-06-19T15:58:31.655-04:002009-06-19T15:58:31.655-04:00I had a bit of a breakdown when the Dr had me stop...I had a bit of a breakdown when the Dr had me stop breastfeeding and give Gemma formula. She didn't like it much at first so I basically quit and went back to breastfeeding. At our next Dr visit they again told me to stop. I told myself I would do a 48 hr trial. Gemma was so much happier with the formula. Although I still cried for a week I knew in my heart that I was doing whats best for her. So just keep reminding yourself that you did what you had to so your babies would be happy and healthy.<br /><br />You are an amazing mom =)Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028993191730089482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-8788173433830950682009-06-19T12:34:01.787-04:002009-06-19T12:34:01.787-04:00Thank you for this post. I have 5 month old GG tw...Thank you for this post. I have 5 month old GG twins and this could almost be my story exactly. I have made the failure of breastfeeding really hard on myself. Then I finally decided that pumping and feeding was working and for me it was the next best thing.Zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955186359053707598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-36549430656221439732009-06-19T11:05:40.678-04:002009-06-19T11:05:40.678-04:00Wow. Though some of the details (and the end resu...Wow. Though some of the details (and the end results) are different from my own story, so much of this feels true/familiar to me. The time in the NICU that gets you off to such a rough start, the high-cal formula, the sleepy eaters. And, oh man, the feeling of failure. I was so determined to breastfeed, and so defiant of people who looked at me like I was crazy to consider breastfeeding twins. What a letdown (no pun intended). But it's definitely cathartic to write it out. Good for you.Liz Jimenezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113299527583609272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202114547674726101.post-59943264069797623232009-06-19T10:15:24.636-04:002009-06-19T10:15:24.636-04:00You are so fortunate you've been able to pump ...You are so fortunate you've been able to pump enough for both of them. And now that Ned has learned to hold his own bottle it makes feeding 2 at once sooo much easier. I hope Sebastian and/or Collette can do the same. Then you can pump while they eat and you'll have even more free time! See, how's that for positive? I will say it took about a month for my BFing regrets to be gone and now I'm 100% okay with it. I know you'll get there too.Mommy, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00228638552586921228noreply@blogger.com