tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post2946908822652325158..comments2023-09-30T22:07:52.362+10:00Comments on Coal Valley View: Twin Pregnancy and Birth and the Mid-Air EmergencyMel @ Coal Valley Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773581188651200076noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-90828163287890924482014-06-25T20:31:57.759+10:002014-06-25T20:31:57.759+10:00Mel, i also have twins (boy and girl), http://good...Mel, i also have twins (boy and girl), http://goodmorningbeauful.blogspot.com/2013/09/30th-august.html.Bhutan Knit N Crochet https://www.blogger.com/profile/16627629116753137978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-66321962956977511282014-05-24T05:51:53.230+10:002014-05-24T05:51:53.230+10:00Thanks for commenting on my blog! I didn't rea...Thanks for commenting on my blog! I didn't realize you had twins also when I read your yarn along post. :) I loved reading this! I'm not sure if I'm sad or relieved that the struggle of making decisions like that (who gets what first etc) goes away ... I struggle with that so much! But it's good to hear I'm not the only one. :) Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699055172049185864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-7062945993635468732013-07-31T11:56:51.108+10:002013-07-31T11:56:51.108+10:00Congratulations (4 years late!)
My Dad is an ident...Congratulations (4 years late!)<br />My Dad is an identical twin and at 63 they still speak on the phone to each EVERY SINGLE DAY. xxOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853242795497420522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-47382418461164304392013-07-23T18:17:58.164+10:002013-07-23T18:17:58.164+10:00aah, love this post! xaah, love this post! xCol | Hello Olive Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573590870299496730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-71002304786110463372013-04-17T23:21:26.325+10:002013-04-17T23:21:26.325+10:00yes, I love birth stories and your ugly cry was be...yes, I love birth stories and your ugly cry was beautiful. extremely belated congratulations xbron @ baby spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664459733391996000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-26811049836825619872013-02-03T23:53:26.873+11:002013-02-03T23:53:26.873+11:00oh wow! I love a birth story and this one is doubl...oh wow! I love a birth story and this one is doubly good. <br /><br />Your post birth pics are truly stunning. I've never managed to get any, since I'm usually the one behind the camera!<br /><br />... and i think i shall now quit complaining about lugging this single bay in the belly around after seeing your impressive effort!<br /><br />rachel xo<br /><br />ps ... thailand, yes, so amazing!tea with lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189192073489440981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-43503576365359070372013-01-08T23:54:52.438+11:002013-01-08T23:54:52.438+11:00oh Mel, I'm so glad I read this!!! how wonder...oh Mel, I'm so glad I read this!!! how wonderful your story is, besides the emergency bits, although they do make for a great story!!! Your photos are abosultley beautiful...you are absolutely beautiful and I can only imagine what fun twins would be!! thankyou for sharing this wonderful journey xBrenda @ 13 Acreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936530633161291153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-46195558886481492632012-10-06T19:22:01.037+10:002012-10-06T19:22:01.037+10:00Wow, that bump looks familiar! Mine was just as bi...Wow, that bump looks familiar! Mine was just as big. The photos of you holding your boys are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I'm happy to have chanced across your blog xxGreerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463206542148286066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-19344993650755044132012-09-22T14:14:27.547+10:002012-09-22T14:14:27.547+10:00Sounds amazing and gorgeous! I have been confirmed...Sounds amazing and gorgeous! I have been confirmed that i have twins and so happy <a href="http://www.pregnantweeks.net/14-weeks-pregnant-signs.html/" rel="nofollow">14 Weeks Pregnant Signs</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680687232989598778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-54736205865346655282012-09-12T01:15:08.967+10:002012-09-12T01:15:08.967+10:00Loved, loved, loved this story. I'm new to you...Loved, loved, loved this story. I'm new to your blog after seeing you comment on Artistica Domestica. I think birth stories are the sweetest and loved the fact that you were so excited to be having twins. <br /><br />Sharon<br />grammybraxton.blogspot.comGrammy Braxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15719293877336161714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-57313382605111238442012-09-09T16:17:30.446+10:002012-09-09T16:17:30.446+10:00Oh i've had terrible internet & have tried...Oh i've had terrible internet & have tried to read this 4 times this week, finally here. Gosh, your twin experience is so like mine, although my twins are in the middle of my 4 children. I knew i was having twins, just had to be as i went from a trim size 10 to size 14 pants in 8 weeks, just kaboom, mid waist explosion of baby. I was hospitalised for morning sickness the weekend before my 14 week scan so just discharged & all but said to my OB "just confirm there are two, there has to be two" & of course, "Congratulations, it's twins." We were thrilled, i always wanted 4 children, this was a free pregnancy & one less round of morning sickness (24/7/9!!) I got up to 130cm & yes, 37 weeks was enough. I had very simple twins like yours - own sacs, just like having two babies at once, only girls. Simple deliveries too, one head first, one breech, pushed them out easy peasy & that extra midwife was handy with the old camera also. My parents watched, so they got to hold one new baby each, they LOVED that. Certainly heading in for a single after twins was a breeze, just one baby, ahhhh. I loved every minute of twins (now aged 11) as they have been twice the fun, the reason i quit full time work & never went back, they are the most lovely members of our family, so content, twin fed, absolutely easy & filled with joy. Congratulations on your beautiful boys (& other boy, & girl, & new baby) & enormous kudos for surviving the drama on the plane, that would have been alarming. I went to a wedding while 8 months pregnant with twins (locally) for academics, let's just say - not the having babies types - & spent the whole evening saying "yes, two, i know, more than one, did you know i already have one child" & they just couldn't understand WHY i would have so many babies. Um, you can't plan natural twins, hello?? Especially in your mid 20s, pretty rare but incredibly special.<br />FYI didn't you love the following a) are they all yours, b) twins, boys, identical, breastfeeding, vaginal delivery - from complete strangers while arguing that they are identical, even when they are not, c) people standing in front of your pram, to say to your same size/ same age/ same family babies "are they twins??" & trapping you in every shop. I just laughed & always introduced my other children first, so they felt special too. Good luck lovely Mel, this baby will be a breeze, already an international jet setter too!! Love Posieposie blogs Jennie McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-29962715317124033142012-09-07T02:28:30.780+10:002012-09-07T02:28:30.780+10:00Wow, that was some bump. You look radiant Mel, and...Wow, that was some bump. You look radiant Mel, and who wouldn't. <br /><br />I'm often sorry I stopped at four. But can you believe one reason for that is that we have so many twins in the family my chance of conceiving twins were huge. My first four were singletons though and I just didn't feel I could take the risk of number five arriving with a number six! That really would have been a stretch.<br /><br />I just love the way your boys are recognisable as your boys as newborns :DAnnie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-40200228630863903102012-09-06T09:06:51.449+10:002012-09-06T09:06:51.449+10:00I am so overwhelmed with all your lovely comments....I am so overwhelmed with all your lovely comments. Thank you so much! And no, there is definitely no hair or make-up going on in the birthing suite. Look at my eyebrows!! I changed the photos to black and white before I posted them as there is quite a lot of blood on their heads and on my pillow and my husband thought that was a bit too raw. And I think the B&W photos have hidden a multitude of other sins - my face is really quite red with patches of white where the sweat and tears have crystallised :)Mel @ Coal Valley Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773581188651200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-3163928372745357972012-09-05T20:48:24.066+10:002012-09-05T20:48:24.066+10:00Oh Sweetheart. What an astounding post. And the ph...Oh Sweetheart. What an astounding post. And the photos are even better. You clever, clever mama. My, we have so much to catch up on! J xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743336097657087832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-6720676850769568212012-09-05T19:43:44.580+10:002012-09-05T19:43:44.580+10:00Gorgeous things. That was quite a bump! Such wonde...Gorgeous things. That was quite a bump! Such wonderful memories for you xMultipleMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621170366257326241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-79220157327780753922012-09-05T11:52:50.119+10:002012-09-05T11:52:50.119+10:00I loved this post, very inspiring. Congratulations...I loved this post, very inspiring. Congratulations.Gynecologist Tucson AZhttp://www.obgyntucson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-15164152120355431102012-09-05T07:35:46.262+10:002012-09-05T07:35:46.262+10:00A beautiful story. Loved reading this!! A beautiful story. Loved reading this!! littlekarstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177535712034761585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-53564200388179784402012-09-05T03:47:17.982+10:002012-09-05T03:47:17.982+10:00What a great story! I love the pictures of you wit...What a great story! I love the pictures of you with your newborn boys, too. My husband and I are adopting newborn twins in about three weeks. It's great to read stories from a Mom who really loves having twins after all the negative/pessimistic comments we've received. These will be our first kids and I'm so excited to see them grow up and have fun together.Sarahhttp://yellowpencilstub.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-29329640661827431072012-09-05T03:42:19.304+10:002012-09-05T03:42:19.304+10:00You've made me tear up, this was a lovely stor...You've made me tear up, this was a lovely story and thank you for sharing! However I agree with the above comments, did you have a hair and makeup artist with you during delivery? :)Lienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479489443374383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-24457341796490836322012-09-05T03:00:07.101+10:002012-09-05T03:00:07.101+10:00Oh Mel that was such an interesting read and you w...Oh Mel that was such an interesting read and you write so beautifully. How did you stay so glamorous in the delivery room? Such gorgeous photos too xJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805509603176943176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-40142878384446047392012-09-04T22:45:22.314+10:002012-09-04T22:45:22.314+10:00I totally forgot to mention the pillow! It was ref...I totally forgot to mention the pillow! It was referred to as "my other boyfriend". It has made a reappearance this time round as well. And yes I remember needing help to roll over in bed too :-)Mel @ Coal Valley Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773581188651200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-2838962994505831592012-09-04T22:40:23.257+10:002012-09-04T22:40:23.257+10:00Oh Anita, it gets easier I promise! Those first co...Oh Anita, it gets easier I promise! Those first couple of years are hard!! Take it one day at a time and soon you will be rejoicing that there are 2 to keep each other entertained. And I think it is the same Dr. I can tell. He played a very nasty trick on me this time around showing 2 heads on the screen and causing a near heart attack! Take care :-)Mel @ Coal Valley Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773581188651200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-83105571679084106172012-09-04T22:14:16.383+10:002012-09-04T22:14:16.383+10:00I loved reading this Mel!! What a story with the ...I loved reading this Mel!! What a story with the whole plane incident :) And giving birth so quickly... wow... very envious (and gas made me queasy too by the way). Mel, I think you truly look so stunning in your labour shots - the one where you're first holding your two boys made me teary - so precious! And I love the last shot xx Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14697932926715802541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-38456723298666378642012-09-04T21:22:39.508+10:002012-09-04T21:22:39.508+10:00Such a gorgeous birth story and so beautifully wri...Such a gorgeous birth story and so beautifully written. As for the photographs, they are stunning!!! xxEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634383197755226856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004458534993714527.post-89492542434904886442012-09-04T21:08:42.508+10:002012-09-04T21:08:42.508+10:00Just revisitathanor thought that those are some of...Just revisitathanor thought that those are some of the best birth photos I have ever seen! <br />Your profile pregnancy shot reminded me of how hard it was to sleep. Rolling over was a major exercise and I used to sleep with a body pillow we called the boyfriend pillow to hold that bump up when I was on my side. Hilarious and magical to recall. Thanks!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433701550878013807noreply@blogger.com