Tuesday night was my first The Woodlands Mothers of Multiples meetings, it was way better than I expected! I arrived for the 6:15 pm "New Mom" meeting, its for prospective new members not necessarily for women who will be "new" to the mom role. I can actually say I learned a lot and feel much more comfortable. There were at least 50 moms in attendance and all had at least one set of multiples. There were lots of twin moms, quite a few triplet moms and even some quadruplet and septuplet moms.
At least 1/3 of the women were pregnant, too. The belly sizes were so fun to look at. I'm happy to say that I was not the biggest belly prize winner. One woman came in and I thought she had to be right at 9 months and turns out she was only 28 weeks (with twins)!!!! I just hit 22 weeks yesterday, so I'm in total shock as far as what is still to come. We had 2 guest speakers on interesting topics surrounding multiples and a great dinner buffet of all kinds of salads, fresh veggies, fresh fruit and dips. So yummy!
I met some really great women, too. One woman is fairly early in her pregnancy but she also endured IVF and we had lots to talk about. We both agreed we'd see each other at next month's meeting. I'm also really looking forward to the big WMOM Children's Sale where WMOM's get first dibs on gently used baby/children items. My calendar is already marked and Casey will be coming, too!
I have to admit that driving back home that night our new reality set in. I am now "one of those women". I'm 30, drive an enormous SUV, am expecting twins and just met so many of the women that we'll be scheduling future play dates with...and to think this was God's plan all along - pretty amazing!
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