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The Top 10 Most Secret Thoughts During the 0-3 Months Phase

An Excerpt From Ready or Not ... Here We Come! The REAL Experts' Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year With Twins

By Elizabeth Lyons

10. Are you sure I should wait only six weeks to have sex? Don't you mean six months?

9. I didn't know my body was capable of creating breasts this big.

8. Will these children every stop eating – could they possibly be having another growth spurt?

7. Will they ever sleep at the same time – even for just 15 minutes?

6. I cannot believe both these babies were inside me at the same time!

5. While not exactly a fashion statement, a bag of frozen peas in my bra sure sounds good right now.

4. How did I ever survive the days when we would not even go out until 10 p.m.?

3. What ever prompted me to want to stay up all night?

2. Why is it that immediately upon diapering this kid, he decides he's got to go ... again?

1. There are people out there juggling quadruplets, quintuplets, even sextuplets and septuplets at this very minute. (This one usually gave me all the perspective I needed to make it through a particularly challenging hour.)

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