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Quad Did You Say?

Just How Rare are Quadruplets? The Chance of Conceiving Four Babies at Once

Allie Walld 1 day ago

Earlier this month, a couple in Australia's family grew by four in a matter of minutes, when they welcomed monozygotic quadruplets via Caesarean section. Born prematurely at 28 weeks and four days (a gestational time when their lungs, digestive systems, and immune systems are still developing), the identical girls were naturally conceived after one single fertilized egg split into four...

Marco…Polo

Best Swimsuit Colors for Water Safety: Keep Your Twins Visible This Summer

Allie Walld 1 week ago

Once your twins are mobile, look out. You'll be chasing after them pretty much non-stop, day-in and day-out. Your step count will thank you. Your energy levels may not. It will quickly become your new normal, and while you eventually get used to all the running around, one of the biggest worries to get over, as a parent of multiples, is feeling confident enough to take them on outings...

A Complex Grief

The Shadow Sibling: Understanding & Healing from Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Allie Walld 2 weeks ago

If you're expecting twins or higher order multiples, your pregnancy is automatically higher-risk than a singleton pregnancy. A multiple pregnancy is considered high-risk for many reasons. When you're carrying more than one baby, there are more babies on board, more things to monitor, and more ways things can go wrong. And if they go wrong, they can go wrong very quickly, which is why...

Decoding the Twin Gene

The Twin Myth Busted: Why Twins Don’t Actually Skip a Generation

Allie Walld 1 month ago

One, two, skip a few, 99, 100! I've heard people say that twins skip a generation. I've also been asked by more than one person how this can be true since I'm a twin who is also a mother to a set of twins—and, therefore, no twins skipped any generation. In my case, we're talking about fraternal twins in one generation followed by identical twins in the next, which will only confuse...

A Little Warning

The Thing I Wish Other Parents of Twins Had Told Us Before Ours Were Born

Allie Walld 1 month ago

When you tell people you're having twins, one of the first things they automatically tell you is it's double the laughter and double the love. And in your head, you probably reply that it's double the diapers and double the work. I'm a fraternal twin, and I'm also a mother of identical twins, so I can vouch that all of these things are true. But there's one part of having...

Hero Coach Friend

For the Father Who Has Everything: 20 Gift Ideas Your Dad Will Love

Allie Walld 1 month ago

You've probably heard that money doesn't grow on trees. When you heard it, it was probably a dad who said it. Maybe that's what makes buying a gift for dad so darn hard. Maybe that's what makes buying a gift for dad so darn hard. Well, that…plus, they've already got pretty much everything. And, if they don't, they usually just go out and buy whatever they want because they...

How Many Heartbeats?

Multiplication Shock: 3 Things to Do When You Find Out You're Having Twins

Allie Walld 2 months ago

Nothing flips your world upside down quite like finding out the one baby you were planning and hoping for has secretly multiplied and turned into two bundles of joy. When you get that news, it's a good thing you're already laying down for the ultrasound. Usually, when you find out something surprising, the initial shock wears off after a few moments. But when that shock involves a...

Share the Love

Mom-Approved: 40 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for the Lovely Ladies in Your Life

Allie Walld 2 months ago

Moms. They work tirelessly (even though they're usually very tired) to keep things running like a well-oiled machine. Driving children here and there to appointments or practices. Prepping meals and snacks for two little tummies all week long. Spot-treating and washing neverending loads of laundry. If you want to give back to the mother figure in your life, here are 40 mom-approved...

Notes from the Future

The Adult Twin Bond: Twins by Chance, Friends by Choice

Allie Walld 3 months ago

If you're a parent of twins and you've tried to go to the grocery store or run some errands with your doubles in tow, you probably understand the reactions people have when they run into you "in the wild." They always do a double-take. Their eyes go wide. And they inch closer. There's just something about twins; seeing two people who look the same standing side by side—or sitting two-...

Small But Mighty

Surviving Twin Surgery: An In-Depth Guide to Infant Inguinal Hernia Repair

Allie Walld 4 months ago

The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a tough place to navigate. Everyone is there to make sure their babies are okay and getting stronger, but everyone is watching their little ones facing different challenges every single day. When our babies were three days old (they were born 6.5 weeks early, at 33+5), they needed feeding tubes to keep their feeds down, phototherapy to prevent...