April 2017 | Have Twins First

Breastfeeding Twins – Part 3

April 27, 2017 Jeanne Comments 0 Comment

Before I get into describing the differences in breastfeeding my twins versus my singleton, feel free to check out my posts from the last two weeks for more clarification on this week’s write-up: My Personal Experience Breastfeeding Twins My Personal Experience Breastfeeding a Singleton I think the biggest factor influencing my breastfeeding journeys were the start of the lives of my twins versus my singleton. The twins were brought to the NICU when they were born and I did not…

Breastfeeding Twins – Part 2

April 20, 2017 Jeanne Comments 1 comment

Part 2 of the breastfeeding series is about my personal experience breastfeeding my singleton. I am adding this post, so that in Part 3, the differences between breastfeeding my twins versus my singleton can be explored. My singleton was born at 38.5 weeks. He was healthy and able to stay in our room throughout our stay in the hospital. Overall the labor, delivery, and recovery from the pregnancy was pretty standard. He latched on the second attempt at the hospital and…

Breastfeeding Twins – Part 1

April 12, 2017 Jeanne Comments 1 comment

Breastfeeding one baby is A LOT of work! With twins, besides the obvious issue of now having two newborns to feed, they are born earlier than singletons. Not to mention, the recovery time for the mother after a twin birth is longer. There are a lot of extra factors to overcome in order to breastfeed twins, especially if you want to exclusively breastfeed them.

Babies R Us Registry Checklist

April 5, 2017 Jeanne Comments 0 Comment

Before I get to comparing my list with the Babies R Us registry checklist. I am excited to say the complete baby gear lists for both singletons and twins can now be downloaded by going to the Baby Gear tab or you can click on the links below: Singleton Baby Gear List Twins Baby Gear List What do you really need from that registry checklist provided by the retailers? As part of this post, I have included a markup of the baby…

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