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Today was busy: we went to our second meeting for new & expecting parents, followed by L’s first NST (non-stress test) appointment.

There were three pairs of twins who were incredibly cute.

Let’s see… what did we learn?

• Mothers like being at the twins groups because they’re usually more frazzled than everyone else at regular mom’s groups.  With twins, every mother is frazzled, so it’s fair.
• It’s also nice to feel normal.  In other circles, twins are a curiosity, and it gets tiring being a celebrity.
• Both the babies are transverse, which makes C-section guaranteed and, we learned, more tricky.
• Sleeping arrangements: we will have to experiment.   Co-sleepers don’t work well for women who have C-sections, but could work on the guy’s side.  The babies wake so often when they are new that it’s much more convenient to have them in the room at first.
• It’s impossible for women with C-sections to bend over to lift anything.  Stairs are a real problem (oops).  One of the women would come downstairs in the morning and go upstairs at night for the first couple of weeks.
• The first month of baby care is especially hard.  Then it gets hard again when they get mobile.
• What else?  L?

- P