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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh...I am a twin mom and surprised that there seems to be such a strongly negative consensus about the experience.

My pregnancy was fine. The babies arrived four weeks early, but were healthy and spent no time in the NICU.

They are about 1.5 years old now, and are absolute angels. It hasn't been that hard to take care of them. And I already had two older kids.

All that said, we've been particularly lucky in some ways that have helped out a lot:
1. We have a nanny (our older kids are in school, so the nanny watches just the twins)
2. The twins have been sleeping through the night since three months
3. The twins are very easygoing
4. The twins are both healthy, aside from the occasional cold

I'm not writing this to suggest that having twins is a breeze. It's certainly more work and can come with more complications than a singleton. But I do want to point out that it's certainly possible to have a wonderful experience.

FWIW...When I first found out that I was pregnant with twins, I was so scared and sad. Now that they are here, it's amazing.
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Please don't conflate your individual experience with statistical facts.

-Close to 60 percent of all twins and more than 90 percent of triplets are born prematurely (before 37 weeks). The average twin pregnancy lasts 35 weeks. Triplet pregnancies average 33 weeks, and quad pregnancies average 29 weeks.
-Preeclampsia develops in roughly 10 to 15 percent of women carrying twins, two to three times the rate of women carrying one baby.
-Gestational diabetes is more common in women carrying more than one baby. 
-Placental abruption is three times more likely to occur in a multiples pregnancy. 
-Multiple birth babies have about twice the risk for problems present at birth (congenital) such as spina bifida and other neural tube defects, and problems of the digestive tract and heart.[/quote]

Thank you. I could not have written a better response. Sure, there are great twin outcomes. I actually had one, but statistically, I was lucky. To pursue multiples purposefully for one’s convenience is reckless at best.

It should also be noted that the stats PP gives will actually be higher for AMA moms -which OP would be.[/quote]

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