tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post2611293533355036169..comments2023-09-22T08:15:36.046-07:00Comments on Ramblings of a Twin Mum: Our StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post-51744563895162124622017-09-05T11:17:51.286-07:002017-09-05T11:17:51.286-07:00Hi Laura, wow - you've read EVERYTHING??! You ...Hi Laura, wow - you've read EVERYTHING??! You deserve a medal just for that! I hope your pregnancy continues drama-free. If you'd like to message me about anything (bearing in mind that I'm completely NOT an expert) let me know and I'll email you.<br /><br />Mrs R xMrs Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026899783722889396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post-65770117583250530842017-09-05T11:16:23.441-07:002017-09-05T11:16:23.441-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mrs Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026899783722889396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post-65065386875619985652017-09-05T07:59:48.610-07:002017-09-05T07:59:48.610-07:00Hi, I have just read through all your blogs whilst...Hi, I have just read through all your blogs whilst being signed off in early pregnancy for nausea and bleeding - it has been enlightening, as I am a little overwhelmed by how we will cope. At 8 weeks pregnant, I have already been asked by 2 A&E staff if it was natural or IVF - I guess there will be a lot more of that to come!! <br /><br />Well done for such a down to earth, helpful enlightening way of putting across some of the difficulties you face and how you have overcome them :-) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482547575702791262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post-35309300501962939782014-05-21T11:41:44.776-07:002014-05-21T11:41:44.776-07:00Hi Mrs R
Just catching up on your latest musings ...Hi Mrs R<br /><br />Just catching up on your latest musings which I have read with pleasure and amusement as always. Reading your latest post gives me a perfect picture of how content and complete you obviously feel with your family. I am also so happy and pleased to hear of such a positive fertility story.<br /><br />It's your confidence in talking about your fertility journey that has really struck me this time.<br /><br />I don't know what it is about fertility treatment and multiples for me but the topic and experience has always seemed to put me on the defensive.<br /><br />Our story: we had IUI. Once. It worked.<br /><br />I knew this would be my only pregnancy so<br /><br />1) I was really, really, really hoping I'd be having twins (two VERY obvious blobs at the 6 week ultrasound: yip, yip, yippeeee!!!) and<br /><br />2) I really, really, really wanted to savour every pregnancy moment (including morning sickness hell)<br /><br />When it came to 'fessing up' about how I came to be carrying more than one, I've never been one for subterfuge. At work, I was completely open about having had IUI (intra uterine insemination). It also helped me to be firm about putting my health first with my boss:<br /><br />it hadn't been easy to reach the point of pregnancy for us<br />twins meant a higher risk pregnancy<br />there was no way on earth I would be putting my one and only pregnancy at risk for the sake of work<br /><br />But after a while, I did begin to question just how open I ought to be. After the initial congratulations, and before my honest explanations kicked in, I began to question some people's motives for wanting to know whether twins ran in the family.<br /><br />Honestly? I felt like people were actually wanting to make a personal judgement about whether we had 'cheated' at having twins by having had fertility treatment!!??? As if parents who had conceived twins naturally were somehow more superior to those who had had some level of assistance.<br /><br />I confess that I was once so incensed, so insulted, so irritated by the question of the natural/assisted conception of my twins that I actually experimented with lying about it and brazenly denied I'd had any assistance at all. Eeeeek!<br /><br />I hate lying.<br /><br />But on this occasion I was just so gauled by the personal and intrusive implication of the question. I hated being in the position where I had to confirm or deny natural/assisted conception.<br /><br />Getting pregnant seems so straight forward until you realise it's just not happening for you. It's bad enough that you're dealing with all sorts of inner turmoil about your ability to reproduce without having to deal with other people's preconceptions too. Some people can just be so blinking RUDE!<br /><br />When I think about myself as the mother of two beautiful little girls the first thing I think is 'lucky, lucky, lucky'. I still often gaze with grateful wonderment at these two funny little rascals who have come into our lives and I never, ever forget how precious a gift conception is.<br /><br />We are lucky to have what we have, however it came about.Frankienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772846109568987659.post-15102518600381745152014-05-19T07:31:45.484-07:002014-05-19T07:31:45.484-07:00Wow, it sounds like a roller coaster of emotions b...Wow, it sounds like a roller coaster of emotions but ended in 3 babies, what a fantastic outcome. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com