Here at The Modern Day Living, we have been lucky enough to sit down with one of our beloved family members who has just welcomed two beautiful twin girls into the world. We thought this would be the perfect time to bring our readers some ‘real life’ thoughts around motherhood and the journey that it takes you on as a first-time mother. Read on for the five top things that our first-time mother wished she knew before she had her twins.
- Your stomach doesn’t go back to normal immediately after birth
Maybe the only pregnancies that I’ve been watching have been celebrities and fitness models because I honestly went into labour with the expectation that my stomach would instantly go down once they weren’t in my belly anymore… Newsflash – I was very wrong. Even after 2 months I still looked as though I had a 6-month bump. Why does no one talk about this more?
2. Overnight you become more interested in their clothes than yours
In the fleeting moments since the twins were born that I have had the chance to pop into the shops for 5 minutes, I’m no longer going to the womans wear section, I’m v-lining straight to the baby clothes. Who knew I’d now be spending my whole ‘splurge’ budget on infant wear? PSA. Seed Heritage has the cutest baby clothes in the world.
3. You will suddenly become invested in random gadgets… UV Steriliser anyone?
I may be naive but since having the girls, I’ve been introduced to a whole new world of gadgets. When I first heard of a UV steriliser I thought to myself, ‘how silly, who would need to spend money on that when you can just do it on the stovetop?’. My lord, was I wrong – who wants to be sterilising that way at 3 am in the morning when you can just pop them in a UV steriliser?! Anything to make my life easier is a yes from me.
4. The “Mum guilt” is real
When the girls first came along, I hated it when they slept. I just wanted to cuddle them all day, to the point where my partner would make me put the babies down into the cot to rest instead of letting them sleep on me. Fast forward 4 months and I am doing anything I can do to make them get to sleep so that I can have some time to myself instead of extra cuddles… this is absolutely where the mum guilt comes into play!
5. In the first few months cooking will be non-existent, load up on freezer meals before the baby comes
Fortunately for me and my partner, we are blessed to have beautiful friends and families around us that have been dropping off pre-cooked meals for us to have, because if we didn’t – we would have a seriously ridiculous uber eats tally going. Especially with twins, I’ve been struggling to find time to cook dinners so if there was just one tip I had for a mother to be, put in the hard yards before the birth and stock that freezer up. You’ll be grateful for your past self when you’re running off two hours of sleep and nothing in the fridge.