<p>twinmom,
Thank you for bringing this up! My twins also grew up with the same personalities they had in utero! It's absolutely amazing. Twin A "prepared" for his birth while in utero, arranging himself head down, ready to go. Twin B was the "cause" for my C-section. He "arranged" himself in the transverse breach position. Twin A is a responsible, organized young man. Twin B dances to his own drummer. I love them both.</p>
<p>"what about naming your twins?" I share the same middle name with my girls but their first names are not a "matching pair".<br>
In utero Twin A was much more active and transverse, twin B not so active and snuggled up nicely under my rib cage breach. After birth (only 3 weeks early) they maintained that part of their personality. Twin A is still very active, didn't like to snuggle much or be rocked to sleep. Twin B is not so active, still likes to snuggle up with me or her dad and always wanted to be rocked to sleep. That being said, other parts of their personality that developed later sometimes still change between the two of them. Twin B has always been my shopper and Twin A would almost break out into hives trying make choices. Lately that has switched completely! I just try to "go with the flow". My twins make our life exciting!</p>
<p>Fun twin story:</p>
<p>My girls were born in December. Because they were in the NICU for a month we spent New Year's Eve in the hospital with them. A set of twins was born that night - one just before midnight and the other just after. So not only do the twins have different birthdays, they were born in different years.</p>
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<p>That IS fun! In our school district, that would have also put them in different grade school years. At least then, they'd leave for college not all on the same day.</p>
<p>That is so amazing about the twins being born in two different years! I guess that the parents could only get a tax deduction for one of them that first year, but when they are older, they will get an extra year of tax deduction for the other one!</p>
<p>MotherOfTwo,</p>
<p>In nearly 21 years since this happened, I never once thought about the tax dis(advantages).</p>
<p>paying3tuitions, (which I'll be doing next year)</p>
<p>I can't believe the school district wouldn't allow the twins to be in the same grade. Again, it's something I hadn't thought of. Just glad it's not me. I had enough problems.</p>
<p>A friend at Cornell (years ago) had an identical twin at Yale - both on the track team, both in the same major (econ, i think). He used to talk about how liberating it was to be known as someone other than "one of the twins". And by the way, after comparing notes, we determined that Cornell was WAY more rigorous academically (think that's still true).</p>
<p>future hs. You and your sis sound like my girls up until 8th grade. They are still best friends but now have not only a large group of shared friends but a couple of friends separate from each other.</p>
<p>Do you mind if I ask why you and your sis decided to room together?</p>
<p>My Twin A hardly moved in utero. At one point there was so little movement that they rushed me to the hospital for a fetal nonstress test. Thankfully, the baby was fine. Twin B never stopped moving while in utero. We used to watch the baby's head poke out of my stomach and literally turn. I wish we had owned a video camera back then!<br>
Twin A was in the right position, just relaxing, and in no hurry to be born. Twin B was breach, also causing me to have a C-section.
Once they were born, Twin A quickly slept through the night and was a calm baby. Twin B never stopped howling and didn't sleep at all.
Now, of course, neither of them ever sleep. They're in college.</p>
<p>We want to room together just because we've just about always roomed together. In 9th or 10th grade we got seperate bedrooms. Even now one of us still goes to the others bed (twin beds lol).</p>
<p>It just something we are both used to....and we know how each other live and all of the annoying habits and whatnot.</p>
<p>Its the only thing we've ever known.</p>
<p>My twin brother and me have very different interests so we decided to go to different colleges. We are pretty much best friends but we both knew that it was time for us both to go our own separate ways. It has been 2 months now that we have been separated and its been great. Sometimes I miss him a lot and wish that he was here instead of my roommate, but we do stay in contact a lot and talk pretty much everyday. I think it is great that we got to create our own image but I think we miss each others constant companionship too. Ok just writing about this is making me miss him....</p>
<p>twinmom,</p>
<p>Exactly what I experienced. In utero Baby B just did some gentle stretches from time to time. Baby A was tap dancing and doing tae kwon do. Baby B slept great and was always happy. Baby B had colic and screamed 22 hours a day for months (seemed like years). I thought I'd have to walk her in the hallways of her dorm to get her to go to sleep. They are both wonderful sleepers now - especially during the daytime.</p>
<p>Pyar,</p>
<p>You're so fortunate to have each other. My daughters are best friends also, but have completely different lives and lifestyles. They're just kind of used to it now.</p>
<p>My twins are good friends too - well, some of the time. On an off day, Baby B still complains that Baby A stole all of the good food in utero and hence was born bigger. (Baby B is MUCH bigger than Baby A now.)</p>
<p>My kids have very different lives and lifestyles too. </p>
<p>Sometimes I do miss those double stroller days when everyone would stop us because they were so cute!</p>
<p>Wow, I have really enjoyed this twin thread. </p>
<p>My twins are mirror image identical boys and each other's best friend. We let them pick their own clothes after age 18 months or so (making gentle suggestions of course), and until high school almost always picked the same or similar outfits. We have never told them who is older, never told anyone. Only my DH and I know. Decided that we didn't want to go through years of "he's older," "I'm younger." They can look it up when I die and they go through my papers. haha!</p>
<p>My twins were born at 34-1/2 weeks, but there was nothing pre-mature about them. Twin1 weighed 8#7oz, Twin2 8# even. I seem to have big babies though, since my #1 S weighed almost 10# and was 3 weeks early, and my DD weighed 10#15oz and arrived 2 weeks early. I have had at least 7 miscarriages and our child #2 was born with Trisomy8, a congenital defect; he died at 4 months. He weighed only 7# but was my only full-term baby. </p>
<p>Interestingly, I had triplets 18 months before my twins were born. They were born far too early and lived 4 days, 5 days, and 61 days (of necrolyzing enteritis). That was so very hard, but I am still grateful for getting to know these dear small souls, even if only for a few hours or days.</p>
<p>Though Twin2 is looking into USAFA and USNA, they applied to many of the same colleges. We have told them they can go to the same college, even live in the same dorm, but at least for the first year, they may not live in the same room. Since we have always homeschooled, we felt this was a good chance for them to stretch their wings a little (or a lot).</p>
<p>My DH is #5 in a family of 8 kids born in 11 years. I am #7 of 8 in a family born over 18 years, with our biggest gap at 6 years between #5 and #6. Not sure what happened there! There were no twins on either sides of our families.</p>
<p>One of my most fascinating twin stories is that of the 2400 points available on the SAT, my boys scored w/in 20 points of each other. Wow. </p>
<p>I do love these family stories and enjoy reading about how everyone dealt with the ups and downs of twins, and the joys and heartbreaks of families large and small. (Personally, I think small is harder because EVERYTHING becomes much more focused. No hiding anything in a fishbowl with only 2 fish!)</p>
<p>twinmom,
You reminded me to add that Twin A, the one who "arranged" himself properly for his birth, slept through the night within two months. Twin B, the transverse breach guy, did not sleep through the night for 3 years! When people ask me about things which happened when they were toddlers, there is very little that I remember since I slept-walked through that period in time. :D</p>
<p>When my oldest was 4, my twins 19 mos, and my baby 2 mos old, we took a "little family trip" with my DH who was traveling on business. I forgot all his underwear when I packed (he really should have packed his own bag, but didn't for reasons I can't remember; undoubtedly, I was sleep-walking with Momof3sons). I forgot my nursing bras. I remembered peanut butter and jelly but forgot the bread. </p>
<p>I remember very little of that summer, except that our dog had four puppies when my baby was 9 days old.</p>
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<p>isnt that when one is right handed and one is left handed and their hair "whirls" differently? is that what mary kate and ashley olsen are?</p>
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Twin1 weighed 8#7oz, Twin2 8# even. I seem to have big babies though, since my #1 S weighed almost 10# and was 3 weeks early, and my DD weighed 10#15oz and arrived 2 weeks early.
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<p>whoa. did you need to have all c-sections?</p>
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We have a 25 year old son, 24 daughter, 23 daughter, 22 son, 20 daughter, 19 daughter, 18 son, 17 daughter, and 17 daughter. That's our first set of twins. Then we have a 4 year old daughter, and 1 and a half year old twin daughters.
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<p>okay, i just have to ask about the financial aspect of raising your kids. how many are in college right now?</p>
<p>Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are fraternal.</p>
<p>This is getting even more fun. My girls had different subscores on the ACT but the same composite. And on the SAT, their scores flip-flopped the two times they took it. They had the same composite both times.</p>
<p>fencersmother, I just sent you a pm.</p>
<p>Fencersmom: I am so sorry for your losses. Kudos to you for being able to move forward soon afterward toward beginning your beautiful family. What a tough (and frightening) thing to do. I am so glad that your twins were born healthy and remained so.</p>
<p>My babies were full term plus one week. A late sonogram revealed that Baby B (breach) was losing amniotic fluid, and out they came by scheduled C-Section. </p>
<p>To this date they are late to do everything. Don't even ask what the college application process looked like in this house!</p>
<p>Momof3twins: My husband still says that he is sure we were part of a sleep deprivation experiment in the early years. We never slept. My twins were on two different formulas, one of which had to be mixed up fresh each time because of allergies. One night I went down to the kitchen in the wee hours of the morning to do so when the baby (guess which one?) was crying to be fed. I mixed the formula with the wrong amount of water. I did that again and again and began crying myself. Finally, fatigued and hysterical, I called for my husband. He came down, said he would take care of it, and promptly sent me to bed. That was the one time I just couldn't function to do what my babies wanted. It was sheer exhaustion.</p>
<p>We also went to a major affair with the twins, Cheerios, cut up grapes, my dress, my husband's suit, and no shirt for him. We realized right before we got there and stopped at a mall. </p>
<p>My favorite time, however, was when we took our two-year-olds (still in diapers) to visit my sister in California. We had so much stuff with us on the plane that it took forever to get off the plane. Suddenly, I saw my sister walking onto the now empty plane with one of the flight attendants. My sister was worried when we were the only ones who did not get off the plane. The flight attendant felt so sorry for us that she let my sister on to help us! Of course that was pre- 9/11; now she wouldn't have even been able to get near the gate.</p>