Expecting

Heavy Load

A Huge Weight Lifted: 3 Things to Help Carry Your Growing Pregnancy Belly

Allie Walld 6 days ago

When you get pregnant, you often wonder when you're going to start showing. Maybe it's because you're excited to show off your baby bump and you can't wait until it makes an appearance. Or maybe it's because you're hoping to keep your impending parenthood a secret from, say, your workplace until you're further along. Whatever your reason, every pregnancy—and its corresponding...

Take It To Heart

Spread the Love AND the Knowledge During Women's Heart Week 2025

Allie Walld 1 month ago

The first week of February is Women's Heart Week. While it's important to take good care of yourself—and your heart!—all year long, the first week of February is aimed at raising awareness of heart disease in women, promoting healthy lifestyles, and teaching people about the symptoms and prevention of heart disease. Heart disease can affect women of all ages. As the most common health...

A Breath of Fresh Air

Need to Vent? Try the Anti-Social App for Parents!

Allie Walld 1 month ago

Parenting is hard. At times, it can be overwhelming. Raising a little human who needs to learn absolutely everything comes with its own set of challenges and frustrations. And if you're blessed with twins or higher-order multiples, those challenges are compounded by the mere fact that there are two or more little humans who need your full attention at all times and you're only one...

Now That’s Handy

The Best Baby Shower Gifts (That Nobody Thinks to Ask For)

Allie Walld 4 months ago

When you're making your baby registry, the list of things you'll need for your twins is lengthy. (Check out our list of what you'll actually need two of, here.) The things you'll use often are probably top-of-mind: Bottles and a warmer, a sterilizer, a breastfeeding pillow, a double-stroller, soothers, onesies. Then, there are the things you don't use every day and may not even need...

What’s My Age Again?

Actual vs. Adjusted Age: Why Both are Tracked for Premature Babies

Allie Walld 5 months ago

Statistically speaking, pre-term birth is the outcome for approximately 55 percent of twin pregnancies (this number is between six and 10 percent for pregnancies with a single baby). Multiples who are born before 37 weeks' gestation are considered premature, while a full-term gestation period for a singleton pregnancy is 40 weeks. Most twins end up being delivered around the 36-week...

What Do We Need?

Creating an Amazon Baby Registry is as Easy as 1-2-3!

Allie Walld 6 months ago

Considering babies are so petite, they sure come with a shocking amount of paraphernalia. Just one baby requires almost more than you can carry, and when you're carrying twins, that amount basically doubles. You don't need two of absolutely everything, but you do need to double-up on most items. Luckily, we found out we were expecting twins before we bought everything we needed for...

And Stretch…

How to Prevent Noticeable Stretch Marks When You're Pregnant with Multiples

Allie Walld 6 months ago

If you've been pregnant, currently are pregnant, or know someone who's been pregnant, you've likely heard about, or experienced, the stretch mark scarring that can develop as a result of a rapidly growing belly. This is because anywhere from 50 to 90 percent of people who are pregnant will develop stretch marks. But did you also know that stretch marks can appear due to rapid weight...

What Are the Chances?

How Likely Am I to Have Identical Twins? This Kit Will Tell You

Allie Walld 7 months ago

When you find out you're expecting a baby and then—SURPRISE!—you find out it's actually twins, you may feel like you've won the lottery! I mean, what are the chances of having twins?! In Canada, approximately 1 in 31 births results in twins or higher-order multiples. In the United States, this statistic is almost the same, with about 32.1 out of every 1,000 births resulting in twins...

Goodnight Room

How to Create the Best Sleep Environment for Your Twins

Allie Walld 9 months ago

As any new parent can attest to, sleep is important. So, so—zZZzz—important. While your newborn twins will likely spend the first several months sleeping in a bassinet by your side, once you make the decision to move your babies into their own bedroom, one of the first things you will probably teach your children is how to fall asleep on their own. An integral part of this process is...

Slam Dunk Those Diapers

Everything You Need to Know About Diaper Pails

Allie Walld 10 months ago

If you have a set of newborn twins, you've been thrown into the depths of dual diaper duty (quick math clocks you at 800 diapers per baby in the first 100 days), and you're likely waiting with bated breath for the day your dynamic duo no longer needs diapers. That day will come. But until it does, don't hold your breath. No, really. Breathe freely. Because the right diaper pail will...