Go Real Nappy Blog - Lucy Clough, Week 3

I seem to have missed week 26 as I had that well known pregnancy symptom of writers block!! Week 27 have been recovering from a stomach bug, at first I was having stomach cramps and thought I'd gone into early labour but thank goodness it was actually a bug now I just feel really weak so a bit of resting and I should be ok. This is quite difficult whilst looking after a 3 year old so I am currently making playdoh peas whilst writing this blog! I've had to book Isabella into nursery this afternoon so I can have a bit of a rest to recover.

So today I am 28 weeks, Lazy and wriggles seem to have swapped roles. Lazy is now always moving and wriggles seems quieter. We have completely finished their bedroom now which is really cute. Isabella and I painted a train on the wall to match their quilts. The health visitor came round last week and gave me two red books one for each of them. I have just finished reading a book about how to bring up twins. The only thing I would like to do as the book suggests but can't is give them seperate rooms. At first when they are babies I am thinking it might be more convenient to have them in the same place instead of running up and down the stairs between the two. As a twin myself I agree with a lot that the book says. I feel quite prepared that hopefully I will understand what it is like to be a twin.

Although my parents never called us 'the twins', they did things that I would do differently. For example every spelling test, exam result, report etc was done publicly at the dinner table at the end of the day. I intend to do this very privately with each child as the way it was done with us caused so many problems between myself and my twin.. One thing I never thought to do is not tell them which one was born first. I think I made my brother's life a misery saying I am 2 minutes older than you I am the oldest, I go first etc! So now I am going to think about this and whether I can get away with saying they were born at the same time!!

I have a consultants appointment tomorrow and I am hoping to get more information about the birth, as so far everything has been a bit vague. I also have to have a glucose tolerance test (to test for gestational diabetes) this week which is apparantly standard proceedure at 28 weeks with twins. So hopefully I'll be able to have more information to think about concerning the birth.

Go Real Nappy Blog - Lucy Clough, Week 2

I am 25 weeks now and beginning to get quite big! I have put some photos from my recent 3d scan for you to see of both of the twins. At my last scan they were both breach and nuzzling each others noses, which was so cute. However, ‘wriggles’ decided to go head down for his photo shoot so we couldn’t get them face to face, we did get lots of feet in the face in fact ‘wriggles’ looked like he was sucking his own feet at one point!




Whilst in the metropolis of Truro we did buy the boys some outfits and essential baby equipment so now we are all organised and ready in case they come early. I have been talking to parents of twins and asking for lots of advice. I myself am a twin and was born at 39 weeks, however most people I have been talking to say their twins came early and to get organised as early as possible.

I am still really tired, we went out on Saturday night for a friends’ birthday, I left at 11 leaving my husband to party till 4am! It’s funny because I don’t feel I’m missing out not drinking and going to bed early at all, it must be your bodies way of preparing itself?! The only way I did miss out was that my husband couldn’t remember anything after I left which wasn’t that useful, in fact neither was he the next day…bless him!

Go Real Nappy Blog - Lucy Clough, Week 1

Name: Lucy Clough
Age: 33 (about to be 34!)
Married: Roger with Isabella 3 ½
Lives: St.Ives
Pregnant with twin boys due date 21st December
Job: Trying to write pregnancy blog with one hand whilst 3 year old hangs off the other arm (used to be a primary teacher and a pizza entrepreneur now full time mum)

Have decided absolutely have to start getting twins room ready this week but getting the energy to do this is proving quite difficult! I’ve been much more than tired than I was with Isabella although my bump is no bigger which is still amazing me. This weekend they were really active, I have been feeling them move for some time, but now you can see my whole belly move rather than just me feel it inside.

I’ve named twin 1 ‘lazy’ and twin 2 ‘wriggles’. Wriggles is always moving whereas Lazy only moves occasionally. The other day I ate something spicy and they took it in turns to have hiccups which was quite funny and I wondered if this is what it will be like when they are born, just as you get one sorted out the other will need feeding/changing/ winding/cuddling etc!
I’m really excited about this weekend as I’m having a 4d scan. I had one done with Isabella and it was brilliant so I think seeing twins together will be really special. I shall post some photos on next weeks’ blog for you all to see, I’m thinking of bed already as it is 6.30pm!! These days I’m sometimes asleep before my 3 ½ year old!