Would you want twins again?

So, since I found out I was pregnant a week ago my husband and I have been doing a lot of thinking about babies/kids. And actually if given the choice I think I would want to have twins again. I know it is hard as heck when they are smaller but twins are just so special (not that singletons aren't) but of course there is just something neat about twins. And I love how they have a built in best friend, someone to always be there for them through life that is just different than regular siblings. At least in my girls case, they are inseparable. In ways in makes it easier too...they play together, occupy themselves and give me time to myself now that they are 4. I think 2 sets of twins would be awesome! So that is what DH and I are hoping for... :good:

 

Personally I really wanted 1 baby. 1 baby seemed easier and truly is much easier. Of course my boys are bent on destroying my house so that may have had something to do with it...

 

I wouldn't necessarily hope for twins again but feel that if it were to happen it would be okay. I learned a lot the first time around & then even more with Emmett. I feel like going into it the second time I would at least be going in eyes wide open.

 

I had 3 children before having my twins. I would have loved to have twins again, but was also totally fine when I found out Spencer wasn't twins. Mostly, because my husband was really stressed at the possibility. The 9 weeks on bed rest and first few months without sleep were hard on me, of course. But he really was crazy stressed by them. He adores the girlies as much as any of our kids, but just didn't want a repeat of those experiences.

 

We would love twins again! It's not happening, we're done, but if we did try again, since we do fertility treatments, there was an increased chance of twins again. I was lucky that my twins were #3 & 4 and it really didn't seem that hard, a lot less sleep than a singleton, but not extremely harder

 

Honestly, I can't imagine one more kid, let alone two. Ugh. I guess it's different for everyone but I really didn't enjoy them much until they turned 2 or something... it was seriously awful when they were little (I guess it didn't help that I only had two weeks to get ready too). So, going through that again with my two on top of that... call the nuthouse LOL

 

I am having twins again. I had three kids then had a set of frat girls. When I found out I was pregnant again in the back of my head I thought twins would be cool. Of course when the ultrasound tech said twins again I about fell off the table. Lol

 

I bow to you. I seriously admire people who have the patience to have more than 2 kids LOL

 

Another kid is out of the question for me, but honestly, I'd like another set of twins. Hard as heck and a lot of work, but I enjoyed so much of my boys' lives. If I had even more of a choice, I'd like a set of girl twins. Too many boys in this house. I'm the ONLY girl now that my dogs have passed away. Not that I'm complaining. I have SOOO many boys in my family, I'm used to it, but a girl to raise would be a nice change. A set of two, would be fun! ....and scary!!

 

I have been pregnant twice since my boys were born (they were 3 and 4) with two sets of twins. We lost the first set, and Baby B of the second. While I would have gladly carried any baby that stuck, I would not want another set now. It is likely that I would have another as history has shown, but the boys were hard on me, especially in the area of sleep, and my singleton experiences were much smoother. #5 is currently joined at my hip, and he wears me out. Two of HIM?? Crazy=Mommy, lol.

 

I would've loved having another set of twins, but our little g turned out to be a singleton..we do want another one down the road and most likely complete our family, but I would love another set of twins...though I worry about my sanity and my body's ability to have another set!

 

I would love another set! But we're done having kids as well.

 

I'm with Fran. Heck no.

Not one, not two,
not pink, not blue.
I do not want more
kids at all
I do not want them,
I have it all.

 

I'm pregnant now and we had a vanishing twin with this pregnancy. Honestly, I was insanely relieved to just have one. I would have been happy to have two if that's what ended up happening, but I truly just wanted one this time. We have always talked about having 3 kids and POSSIBLY 4, so I was very unsure about going from a family of 4 to a family of 6 so fast. While the girls are almost 3 and play together now, they were hard babies. HARD HARD HARD!!!!! The first 8 months was so difficult and I'm not sure how I could be a good mother to the older girls if I would have had another set again.

So, no! I would not choose to have twins again if I had a choice. I think twins are a little more manageable if they are your first children!

 

When we were TTC #3 I was actually hoping for another set, but now I am happy that she was a singleton. My twins were my first so with Gigi I got to have a more relaxed experience where I could focus on feeding just one baby and it was wonderful. The only reason now that I'm kind of wishing it would have been twins is I would love to have a fourth but I don't think hubby would be willing to try for one. With all my kids needing some help to be conceived, I can't really sneak it by him!

 

No. Hell no. Maybe one. Maybe. I love having twins, and when they were younger I thought I could do another set, but definitely not now.

 

No and no and no way... I really only wanted one and wasn't too happy about having twins at all, I love them to bits but I'm just getting too old for this LOL

 

Congrats!!! you are super woman!!!!

 

Congratulations! Yes, i would want twins again. But not now. My husband and I always want to have 4 kids. And I told him 1 more time then I will be done. But now, I think I am so done. With our busy working schedule, then next year the twins will start preschool,... I dont see how we can switch more baby/babies in lol. I really want to have more kids. But I think we done!

 

Hell to the no. Honestly I loved having twins and I got lucky with two good kids but having one is so much easier. :blush: I get to just hold him and not worry about the other one... just little things like that.

 

NOT AT ALL. I am also pregnant again too and am relieved to be having just one, to be quite honest. The doctor said something like, "Right now I am thinking that I just see one". I probably came off as being really rude, but I said, "Look, I need you to be SURE it's just one. My sanity depends on it!"

 

I am about to start another round of fertility treatments, and I would love/fear another set of twins. I would love to have another set, as I know that I won't be having anymore after this next pregnancy. On the other hand, the two I have are really busy, and keep me hopping, so I would need to grow another set of arms lol! That being said, the twins will be starting kindergarten in a year, so I would only have the little one(s) at home with me during the day. So overall, yes I would like another set.

 

No, and yes. A year ago I said no way, even though we've been attempting to go back for our last 2 embryos since the fall. I was terrified it would be twins again, but thought the odds of it actually happening weren't that strong. And the only thing getting me through was the thought that it probably wouldn't work, or one would take and it would be nice to see how much easier it would be to have one baby at a time, since I was only envisioning how things were as a new mom to twins. I know it would be different this time with more experience, especially with only one. But now I get to decide tomorrow morning by 9:00 am if my embryos will be thawed for a transfer on thursday. The more real it's becoming, I'm still terrified, but I'm actually leaning a little closer to wanting twins again. The first couple years would be hard, but there seem to be so many more positives now that my kids are 4. They have a built in best friend. They play all the time together and I love watching them interact and always looking out for the other. I have so much free time to get my work done because they're always playing together. I was talking to the mom of a little girl in our development the other day and she said now that she stopped taking naps, she gets no free time to herself at all. Her daughter is an only child and she is her playmate all the time. I couldn't imagine still having to be on 100% of the time 24/7 at the age of 4/5. That scares me more than having twins!

 

um this....times infinity and beyond!!!! there is a reason my hubs had the snippidepeepee 2 years ago!

 

This was me to a T.

 

We would love having twins again, the bigger the age gap to our other children the more. But I would also be terrified - knowing how difficult my pregnancy with the twins was and having had two miscarriages since, I (and my doctor) doubt my body is still able to deal with another pregnancy let alone another twin one. But you can still dream, right?

 

DH and I are done having children...but if we weren't, I wouldn't have been opposed to another set of twins but at the same time, I would rather have the experience of just having one baby. I know DH would not want another set of twins.

 

Absolutely! All babies should come in pairs Now, would I personally want more kids of any type? NO WAY!!! we are already outnumbered with 3...

 

Definitely not.
I mean, every combo has its pros and cons and if we had twins again I'm sure we'd adjust and it would be cool that each of our kids would have a peer, but ...

* Financially and emotionally I think 4 kids would really be a stretch for us; 3 is probably our limit!
* I'd like to have the singleton experience and see what that's like.
* I'd like a less hectic newborn phase!

There are definitely some cool things about having twins and some real pro's to having your kids the same age, but if someone told me I had to rewind 4.5 years and then choose if I wanted to have my boys at the same time again, or one at a time (2 or 3 years apart) I'd choose one at a time.

I imagine that what your twins' relationship is like will really impact whether you want another set. If they are really close and keep each other entertained, play together well, another set would sound wonderful. For me it is SO much easier during the rare times that I have just one kid (especially if it's Alex); they don't play together that much and they fight constantly, so for us having two is still a lot more work than having one. Constant refereeing. There are certainly some sweet moments and some times when they do play together, but they don't have the mythical twin bond that can make having multiples so appealing.

 

This. Mine beat the crap out of eachother and have since babyhood. We are trying to referee less but it's tough.