[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 2/21/2012

Tue Feb 21 02:17:05 PST 2012

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 2/20/2012
10:15 am - 2/21/2012

1. sides off cribs, kids aren't sleeping - help! (liannegensler)
2. Seeking Nanny in Sausalito (reynolds1)
3. Comment: Monochorionic twins - when/how did you... (nodelmonkey)
4. Re: [sfpom_general] Monochorionic twins - when/how...
(elizabethmurray)

1. sides off cribs, kids aren't sleeping - help!
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liannegensler - 2/20/2012 11:10 pm

 Hey POM,Years' ago we received what now seems like sage
 advice to keep the sides on our kids' cribs as long as
 possible. We took them off ~ 10 days ago [our 3 1/2
 year old twin girls share the same room]. Instead of
 going to bed after a little chatting at 7:30, they've
 been jumping on each other, giggling, turning the
 lights on + reading books, jumping up and down, turning
 on each other's crib soothers, etc. Tonight at 9:45,
 they decided to unscrew all the knobs on their dresser
 and line them up on top + it was all giggles. While
 cute, we're concerned that they're now losing 2-4 hours
 of sleep they were getting regularly before. They're
 also still napping for 2-3 hours in the afternoon and
 have heard that many kids drop their nap by now, so
 perhaps that's a contributing factor?Anyway, we're
 trying to decide whether to put the sides back on the
 cribs for a while longer or if there are any other
 strategies we should pursue to get them to bed. 
 Alternatively, we could just let the giggles commence
 and deal w/ sleepy kids during the day. All advice
 welcome! Many thanks!

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Email author: lianne.gensler at ucsf.edu
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2. Seeking Nanny in Sausalito
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reynolds1 - 2/20/2012 7:42 am

 We are interested in finding a caring, loving,
 energetic, punctual, responsible, and experienced
 nanny/mother's helper to care for our adorable boy/girl
 twins beginning daytime in March. The candidate should
 be mature and have demonstrated experience caring for
 twin infants. Please let me know if you have an
 incredible nanny to recommend? Thank you so very much!
 :-)

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Email author: woodrowgal at gmail.com
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Topic: Monochorionic twins - when/how did you deliver?

 Hello All,

 I am 29 weeks pregnant with monochorionic diamniotic twins. 
 My Dr. is...

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 3. nodelmonkey says...
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 2/20/2012 9:03 am

 Our mono-di twins went through TTTS (discovered around
 15 weeks and had laser surgery to correct in LA around
 17 weeks). As a result, I was on a modified bed rest
 the remainder of the pregnancy. We made it to 36 weeks
 5 days and the babes were born at 5 lbs 1 oz. and 5 lbs
 3 oz. (amazing!!) We were so lucky in so many ways. 
 We delivered at CPMC and throughout the pregnancy were
 very closely monitored by the incredible Dr Otto and
 his team at SF Perinatal and my phenomenal OB team at
 Dr Cynthia Farner's office. We actually made an
 induction plan the day before my water broke (the
 doctors were afraid for me to go much beyond 37 weeks)
 and labor happened very naturally in the end (with a
 couple applications of an epidural which helped me rest
 and progress). The girls were both head down which
 made vaginal birth possible for us. Particularly after
 having gone through everything we went through, I was
 prepared to be induced or need an emergency C at any
 point but circumstances for us meant we didn't need
 either. My advise to you is to lean towards the advise
 of the perinatal team, do your own research and in the
 end, make your own choices based on what your doctors
 recommend and what feels right to you. (that
 combination is what saved our little ones I believe -
 we had to be aggressive to seek treatment)I'm also
 happy to chat to you or anyone about what we went
 through with TTTS if anyone is interested.
 Email author: heathernodelman at gmail.com
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 4. elizabethmurray says...
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 2/20/2012 9:37 am

 I am blown away by your story, Heather. It's truly
 inspirational- successful laser, making it past 36
 weeks and then delivering vaginally. Incredible. Great
 to hear so such an amazing outcome!
 Email author: e_murray at yahoo.com
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