Laura - President
Our twin boys were born through IVF in 2006. Joining the Eagle County mothers of multiples group in the second trimester was great. In the first meeting I attended, I had a list of questions on what brand and how many of things I needed. Even though I had combed through quite a bit of lists on the web, I needed to talk to other moms with multiples to see what made sense to get multiple things of … especially up here in the mountains. I received a great recommendation about an aupair program that I’ve since been using for two years now. Having the support from the group made life easier during the first two years and counting. Because of the support I’ve received, I’d like to provide that same support to other parents of multiples.
Gayle - Vice President
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Shanah - Treasurer
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Erin - School Age Coordinator and Former President
When I first discovered I was having twins, I was shocked! At 29 years old, my twins were conceived naturally, I still believe that my grandmother and my husband's grandmother (a twin herself) were in heaven casting this blessing on us. Though my grandmother kind of warned us when we got married with the statement, "are there twins in your family David?, there are twins in ours. . ." Then she gave us her all too familiar cackle, the one I knew all to well as, she knows something I don't. I guess we shouldn't have been so shocked. J
At the beginning of my second trimester, we were invited to the Summer Picnic for ECMOM. We met so many wonderful families. I could not believe that the following summer I would be attending that same picnic with my twins in tow. A little overwhelmed, I decided to begin attending the meetings and preparing myself for the challenge of twin infants. The Moms were unbelievably helpful with advice on everything from what we needed to buy to how to get them to sleep. I listened to the moms talk about potty training and preschool, taking it all in knowing that one day; I too would go through the same changes.
When the girls were born, each day posed a different challenge, something a singleton mom couldn't understand - they could just respond with "I don't know how you do it??" I needed the moms of multiples to tell me that I would make it through and I listened to their advice on how they did it.
Well. . . now we are in 1st Grade. Though they are potty trained and sleep through the night but this stage presents a whole new set of challenges that I still need the Moms for. Eagle County is filled with Multiples and everyone's story is different and we still have similar questions and challenges as they grow. I know that parents of singletons have a lot of similar questions, but with Multiples there is usually a different approach - because there are 2 or 3 of them at the same age doing (or not doing) the same exact thing. If you have school aged kids, join ECPOM and discuss challenges unique to multiples at our quarterly mom gathering.