Slightly Overwhelming.

I've heard many women complain about everyone offering opinions and advice during their pregnancy. What they should eat. How much weight they should gain. How they should live. How they should raise the babies. To get an epidural or not. Breastfeeding. Childcare. Working during pregnancy. Etc, etc.

If I'm being honest, I always thought those pregnant women were over-exaggerating. Little did I know....

They were right! Everyone has something to say about Everything. It's not so bad to get advice from a person or two, but when every person who knows you're pregnant wants to give you advice and tips then it becomes very overwhelming. I have advice and information coming at me from all directions, whether its verbally or written.

I realize that people aren't trying to be overbearing or trying to overwhelm me. Unfortunately, that is what's happened. With everyone throwing things out at me, it starts to compound. I had a major break down last week. Seriously, crying and everything. My poor mother had to sit and take an emotional breakdown from me...then Kyle did as well. I still blame the pregnancy hormones.

The people I will be truly paying attention to are people with twin pregnancies and have twin babies. They are really the only people who know and understand twins. Having 2 kids and raising them at different ages, etc is NOT the same thing as giving birth to, and raising twins. Twin raising is a whole new ballgame.

Now, you obviously know that I'm pregnant, therefore I obviously love you. This post is in no way a direct post towards anyone in particular. It's a open rant from a pregnant woman about everything.

If you have an opinion, that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Please, just be aware that you will not be the only one telling me your opinion or advice. I also ask that you make your opinion a mere suggestion. Don't tell it to me or to Kyle even, in some kind of authoritative way, that any other option is futile and not worth considering. Kyle and I will have to make decisions what's best for us and the twinnies. Not everyone is the same, either. So what worked for you won't necessarily work for us, especially because we will be having twins! Like a said...whole new ballgame.

We are excited by the challenge. Life will not be easy, I realize that. I've also decided that I will not be taking the easy way out just to make my life easier. My kids deserve my best, not my easiest. I'm sure some times I will do something that ends up being "easier" than something else... that isn't the habit I want.

Thank everyone for loving on me and Kyle. It really is wonderful to have such a large, supportive group of people who love us enough to want to give us advice. All I ask, is that you don't provide TOO much...especially if we didn't ask ;-). We are good about asking things we want to know the answer to. We aren't shy about that sort of thing =P.

Love you all.