Just a Day in the Life of a Mom with Twins

What’s in my hospital bag? (First Time Mom) I’m currently 35 + 6 weeks with my twins and finally nailed down all the things for my hospital bag. Since I’m a first time mom I’m not sure if I over-packed or under-packed but I guess only time will tell at this point. My mom laughs at me, she says “when I had babies, we didn’t bring anything… I went to the hospital, wore whatever they gave me and then your dad just brought me clothes to go home in.” Oh how the times have changed mom! I thought it would just be fun to share what I have and you guys can let me know if I’m missing something or you know of something that worked great for you. Here we go! This is my hospital bag all put together.  The opening of my bag. I have depends - I'm not sure how much I'll bleed afterward but I figured I don't want to ruin my own undies if I didn't have to. I know that the hospital provides mesh throw away underwear but I figured I'll have a few options this way.    ...

This will probably be my last pregnancy update before the twins get here. We had our 35 week ultrasound done on Tuesday March 6 th . The girls are both still head down and Baby A is way, way low and ready to go. So much so that I’m told if I feel pressure I need to get my booty out the door and to the hospital. My belly is about 50 inches round – yikes! And these girls are just running out of room. As most of you know our actual due date is April 8 th – 40 weeks. Since the beginning we were told we wouldn’t go past 38 weeks (March 25 th ) because of complications that can arise. I’ve heard horror stories of losing the babies after 38 weeks because of cord issues, placenta problems, etc. I don’t want that to be me. So we had agreed to the 38 week induction. With the scare in week 33 I thought they would be here a lot sooner but after each doctor appointment now they keep saying there’s really no sign of them coming early. Obviously babies come when they’re ready but some...