by Joanna Venditti posted in Parenting

I was shook the day I found out I was expecting twins. I almost couldn?t fully comprehend the news. Even my body was reacting. My hands shook and my body shivered as my mind tried to grasp the unexpected future ahead of me.
After being a mom to two singletons (which is twin-mom talk for one baby at a time), I had no idea what to expect being a mother to twins. I knew very little about the challenges twin moms face, and how my life would be impacted, good or bad.
Having twins has both broken me and built me up to be stronger than I had ever thought possible. Besides hearing your typical twin mom rants about the bizarre and often inappropriate things strangers say, I don?t think people truly understood what being a twin mom feels like. Here is my experience?

Spectacle
I think every new mom expecting more than one baby comes to the realization that this surprise will be cause for all the speculation to come. From the excitement that comes with announcing the news, to your body and the invasive curiosity you?ll inevitably be met with, your private life as you know it is over. No one can prepare you for the amount of of curiosity others have for twin pregnancies.
Oftentimes they comment about having my hands full. Imagine their expressions when I mention my two other kids. I loved (and still do) watching their shocked reactions. When people were curious how my body was adapting to two humans growing inside, I flashed my belly and got it ...