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Twins Waking Up From Nap

April 20, 2018

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Twins After Nap, Chatting and Playing

Passing toys back and forth while giggling at each other.

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Sarah’s Twin Birth Story

When we found out we were having twins we knew very well of the risk of them coming early. I had been induced at 39 weeks with my first due to Type 1 Diabetes and was hopeful I would go into labor naturally, but not too early. Our high-risk doctors stated that they would induce by 37 or 38 weeks depending how well I was doing and of course, how well the babies were doing. At 35 weeks our high-risk doctors measured our babies and stated that they were comfortable with them coming any time. I was in agreement, but they stayed put all the same. I was terrified of their weight as well because doctors had estimated that their birth weights at 38 weeks were going to be about 7lbs each!!! That would be 14 pounds of baby!!! Both babies were head down and had been for a long time. They had no room to move. Our plan was for a vaginal delivery. Doctors had prepared me for the scenario that Baby A might deliver vaginally and Baby B, with suddenly lots of room, might decide to fli

Type 1 Diabetes and Weight Loss

This is long, but here just some of the things that have worked for me during this most recent postpartum journey. At 38 weeks into the BBG workouts I'm just under my pre-pregnancy weight, 50lbs less than I was at 38 weeks pregnant, more importantly I have been keeping up with my children. The following have been helpful for my goals of feeling good and maintaining great blood sugars. Obviously everyone's body is different and talk to your doctor about nutrition and exercise that will work for you. Intermittent Fasting (8 hour ab diet) This has become my all time favorite habit change. This is the concept of eating all your daily calories in an 8 hour time frame in order to give the body time to fast. I always swore by breakfast first thing in the morning and now I swear by delaying it. This was an adjustment at first and now I'm hooked! I did this to lose the last of the weight with my first baby as well and didn't stick with it because I saw it as a short

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