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4 months of bedrest at home, 2 months of bedrest in the hospital, more pregnancy complications than I can count, c-section with painful recovery, atrophied muscles, daily visits to the NICU, babies with problems (infections, CARDIAC ARREST, blood transfusions) due to prematurity, babies in the hospital for 4,6, & 7 weeks, 3 hernia repair surgeries (almost 100% of boys born more than 4-5 weeks premature need them), an ambulance ride from hell with a 3 lb baby they told me wasn't going to survive the trip. And I'm one of the lucky ones because I have 3 healthy 2 yr olds today. Anything else you want to know?

hmmm. let's see.. high risk pregnancy, more trips to Hospital than ever wanted, more miscarriage scares, bedrest, no working, no driving for months, emergency c-section, babies in NICU, babies with special needs, cerebral palsy.. hmmm.. oh, sounds like a dream, huh??? My babies are doing well now, but sweetie it was never "glamorous" or a fantasy life.

Tiffany, that was out of line. Triplet pregnancies are hard. It is a miracle that these women did as WELL as they did, not the other way around. You need to check yourself.

You know what, I am sick and tired of these women barking at everyone around here. They are hateful and rude. Not all multiples turn out like that. I am not gonna stand around and let people get pushed around anymore. I don't care what people are talking about. This is a board to discuss topics. If they don't agree with the post then they attack people and it's plain wrong. I can't believe the way Yas has been treated today and it makes me very upset. God is the only judge, get that straight ladies!

Tiffany, these ladies simply answered the question!! She wanted stories of multiples, and that is what she got! YOU are the one that started the attacking anew ( none ya' had already been dealt with) so YOU are the only one being nasty to others here! You say not to judge others, yet you felt it was appropriate to judge these actual mothers of multiples.... the ONLY women who can answer the question honestly! The experiences these women had aren't extraordinary! They are quite normal and common with multiple pregnancies! It is pretty low to attack a mother who has given her all for her children. These women didn't ASK for the hardship that comes with multiples, and they fought, tooth and nail, to keep their babies safe for as long as possible... how immature and low of you to even suggest that what they and their children had to endure was caused by them... especially when anyone who had done even the smallest bit of research would already know that the horrors they describe are common in multiples. You don't think YOUR comment was hateful and rude? The only purpose of that comment was to hurt. The others, the ones ( like me, I'm sure) that you dislike so strongly don't say anything out of hate, to hurt. It is all educational information. Just because it isn't the pretty picture you want painted doesn't make it hateful. YOUR comments, on the other hand, do nothing to educate or help, just to hurt.

hi twin dreams...be ready to be thick skinned..it takes a while but if you want to be on here prepare yourself... you have all the right to ask and all the right to speculate and hope and dream for twins one day.....and if it helps i did too and have done something about it...whether or not i achieved it is another matter but at least i will always know i tried....its your life your choice and your right to wish for whatever and however many kids you want..seperate or many at a time...i would begin in looking at your family history first and find out if twins run on your mums side at all...then move on to researching everything there is about carrying/caring for multiples from A-B..the statisitcs of problems.., talk to your doctor and people in the medical profession...about what you have researched, enrol on sites where mothers have had multiples get their expereinces...babycentre. com is a much more decent and understanding website...people have opinions but it is done in a caring and non judgemental manner...and also no bad language there... then you can look into natural ways of enhancing your chances..poeple..take special herbs, increase in folic acid and eat yams to increase their chances of multiples the 'natural way'...it may work it may not..but you have the right to know whats out there..should you decide you want to take up that route of 'trying'... then there is the condemned us lot..who take it a step further and take u/p medications...some of us begin without support and some of us have it fromthe start from our docs...talk to your doctor about whether he will be willing to help you in this matter or not... i will suggest that you learn to ignore negative judgments...i am extremely puzzled why people who have been so dearly blessed with multiples and now enjoy the fruits of them cannot share they joy and provide hope for those of us whose dream it is????if i were them i would be soo supportive and so thankful and so blessed...i totally understand it was hard..and there may have been tragedies..but thats life...we may and we may not want to go through it again..but then why are we subjecting our negative experience in such a negative light????does it make them feel better? how is that helping or advising? its important to inform and warn..but why so negatively???i just don't get it??? some of us have lost babies before i dont go around telling people 'don't have them its too painful and heartbreaking!!'..this is so silly but unfortunately they just dont understand...i wish they did..they may not agree and that is ok...but then we could all be friends...

to Tiffany: How dare you?!? I laid on my side for 6 MONTHS waiting for my miracles to be born. I gave myself 2 shots of heparin (a blood-thinner) in my abdomen everyday for 8 months. I then exclusively b___stfed my triplets for 14 months. I took impecable care of myself and my babies. I actually had MEDICAL ATTENTION from before conception, which is a rarity on this board. A triplet gestation is amazingly diffiicult. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU? HOW MANY SETS OF TRIPLETS HAVE YOU GIVEN BIRTH TO? TWINS, EVEN? Twin dreams asked for stories from parents of multiples. I gave mine. Maybe a little truth injured your pride and fanatical fantasy about life with multiples.

Tiffany it is clear from all of your posts that you are the bitter ones.. While yetanothertriplet mom and I did not go out and PURPOSELY concieve triplets, we were blessed with them and are FAR FROM BITTER. Your posts reek of envy and that is sad. And as Yetanothertripletmom wrote - I took wonderful care of myself and my children did well. I have friends who spent months on bedrest and whose babies still arrived early - nothing that they did WRONG!!! So Tiffany you should learn to love your life and not wish for that which you have NO CLUE ABOUT!!! I pray that you have A healthy child and not multiples!!!

Noone likes to hear the truth - this is REALITY ladies. HOMs are not a fad, they are babies!!!

Tiffany, that comment you made clearly shows you have NO IDEA what it is like to carry triplets or any number of multlples. You read and hear all these wonderful stories about mothers and their babies but you don't read the stories of these women on bedrest, getting a cerclage, weekly ultrasounds, discussions of selective reduction, having to decide wether or not to do amnio because the result could end the entire pregnancy, not being able to have all the blood tests done to detect any abnormalities because they are not reliable when you are carrying triplets, worrying that you'll make it past the week where they will be viable, gaining up to 70 lbs., eating for 4, not being able to exercise during your pregnancy, trying to pump some b___stmilk for your babies who are about 3 lbs. each, leaving the hospital without your children because they will be in the NICU for weeks. Honey, it doesn't matter if you take all the doctors advice, are on bedrest, and eat exactly how you should, it's a luck of the draw. Two women could do the same exact things and that doesn't guarantee that they aren't born prematurely. I really think you need to do some more research, visit a NICU and actually talk to some HOM moms before you decide you know everything about it. Because honey you don't know anything. Unless you've lived it you have no idea.

Gee Tiffany I can't believe what you wrote about triplet mom and premature babies. That was just wrong. You say that it's wrong for them to attack people when they disagree but that's what you've been doing. I can't imagine having a premature baby and then to have someone say that it's their fault that it happened. . . very wrong on so many levels. I guess unless you've been there then you don't have any idea of what she's had to deal with.

Thanks Megan.

another thing, If you knew me than you would know that I am not TRYING to have multiples. I just want to have another child.

yeah, I was really looking for info on twins and stuff and I found this...wow...

this used to be a nide board but now where you look there are people fighting we should try to get our hormons down

I never attacked TWIN DREAMS, the original poster. She asked for stories of multiples. I gave her mine. If Tiffany can't handle the truth edging out her crazy fantasy maybe she should stick with the picture books at the library.