#mumoftwins

The babies that shook our world. Your brother & sister may have made me a mum. But you two made me a better one. Don’t get me wrong it’s not always easy, and in the first instance it was even harder in some ways. But you two crashing into our lives was my pivotal moment. I can’t quite believe my last babies are heading into year 1 next week after turning 5 today. Age 5 seems like a milestone age. No longer can we call you babies! Can we? Happy Birthday Summer Twins. Thank you for showing me the way! Here’s to a life time of perfectly imperfect chaotic moments! #summertwins #happybirthday #twinstwice #twinmum #mumoftwins #motherhood #socialmamahub #channelmumvillage #parentinghacks https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch3q23yDkNc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

6.00am workout before the girls are up and before I headed off to work 💪🏻 I know it’s almost impossible to find you time being a mum of babies/toddlers, my mind has been completely blown and I am exhausted (shout out to all mums with multiples). Before I found out I was pregnant with twins I had it all mapped out, I would have a baby carrier to do my workouts and when they were on the move I would make it fun and get them involved but too!!! But when I found out it was twins everything changed and I have spent the last 11 months trying to juggle with broken glass. Finding me time has become almost impossible since the girls have started moving more and I feel everything has gotten the better of me and on top of me like a fog I couldn’t shift. On Sunday I felt so low that I need to write myself a list of what I needed to do to her get out of this funk! I started with meal prep and a list of foods and drinks I would be eating throughout the week, I then wrote out a realistic workout plan. I then put everything into action first thing Monday morning. It’s harder than I ever thought it would be to juggle work, life and me time but I know I am worth making that time for myself and it’s important that time is set in stone. Look after yourself and always make sure you create YOU TIME. #jinfit #mumoftwins #twinmum #mum #fitmum #fitness #motivation #determination #wellbeing #wellness #womenshealth #health #move #lifestyle #healthyfood https://www.instagram.com/p/CFc7Fc1gfYU/?igshid=l3hb5mbd5sda

𝘠𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. ⁣⁣ So here’s a picture of my little two little farmers from the party they went to at the weekend. ⁣⁣ I’m not sure what’s happened in the spencer house. But I’m feeling so overwhelmed, so out of my depth. ⁣⁣ It’s half term and yesterday was only day one. Everyone seems to be fighting for attention all of the time and I hate it! ⁣⁣ I’m at a loss. ⁣⁣ We also have a poorly big girl. ⁣⁣ Send good wishes for a better day today. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #motherhoodisflippingtoughsometimes #motherhoodunplugged #twinmum #twinstwice #mumoftwins #overwhelmedmummy https://www.instagram.com/p/B36Tko8lEC1/?igshid=1ouijnlxi0m51

Is breast always best?

Most days I look down at my amazingly beautiful boys and I treasure the moments spent gazing over them while they stare back at me with big blue love eyes and their little mouths sucking sweet life from my body. I had anticipated that breast-feeding would be an incredible, euphoric bonding experience that would fill my heart and soul with joy, but the reality has been a bit different. I mean- most of the time I get the warm fuzzies, but sometimes it just leaves me feeling simply defeated. I worked damn hard to make sure that I would have enough milk to feed my twins. I sought help from my naturopath, chiropractor, and a lactation consultant (and possibly even others that I have forgotten now) to maximise my chances. I took concoctions of various vitamins every morning and maintained my incredibly healthy diet. I wanted to do everything possible to make sure that I could aid my babies immune system by breast feeding, and I knew that I had to be putting all the good stuff into my own body to take that happen. Being the over achiever that I am, when the boys came along I not only had enough milk to feed them both- but extra as well that has caused me a lot of grief. I vividly remember day four post birth when my milk came in and I swanned around the neo natal unit like Dolly Parton pumping like a milk machine to supply the goods. I felt like my milk supply could have fed an army of thirty- needless to say I was pretty chuffed with my efforts. With 6 month old twins, my journey has been a constant battle of ‘do I or don’t I’ give up breast-feeding. I could not have anticipated the games that this simple question has played on my mind. Logic and emotion seem to be fighting it out in a battle of the brain war, so much so that I have only continued to breast-feed because I can’t come to a secure enough conclusion to stop. Something that has stuck in my mind since giving birth was the campaign ‘breast is best’ that was plastered all over the hospital. Now, logically I know exactly who the strategically placed posters were trying to attract- and I also knew that I didn’t fit the category. But something inside me has grabbed onto those words and I cannot for the life of me let go. Through the four bouts of mastitis and antibiotics, I told myself to keep going- breast is best. At the end of every mid-night shower taken to unblock a duct or two I keep telling myself- breast is best. In hospital on an IV drip with dehydration and exhaustion- I was resting only so that I had the energy to keep going- because breast is best of course. Don’t get my wrong, what feels like four hundred million tins of formula that we have gone through has certainly helped to keep up with demand but 60% of the time when my babies are hungry I let them latch on and suck me dry. There was a time there for a while, probably after round three of four of mastitis, where I seriously considered throwing in the towel. I had that “im gonna do it” moment and chatted to me GP about how to make it happen. I felt confident that i had made the right choice and began to day dream about being able to regain a little ‘me’ time back in my life. As soon the GP listed a few of the side effects of the medication that I would need to take I mentally checked out. i began to worry that i would still be breastfeeding at age 90 because there was no way for me to stop. I am not the kind of gal that will take the word of a western medical practitioner, so I’ve spoken in depth to my life saving naturopath who seems to think that this type of problem has no easy or quick fix. So, slow and steady will (hopefully) win the race. The boys have slept through the night a couple of times so i decided to wean off the over night feeds- im not sure how long the process takes most mums but for me I am anticipating a good month or two before I can start to wean off one of the day time feeds as well. It is such a hit and miss.. nearly every morning that I wake up with engorged breasts a blocked duct or two will follow. A newly found mum friend shared her secret weapon to rid stubborn ducts and ever since then I feel like I am not living in so much fear of feeding. If ever I feel any kind of tenderness I get out my fine tooth comb and I massage the absolute shit out of it. So much so that I usually bruise the tissue, which also hurts like hell, so in the end I go to bed hoping that the pain is bruising and not the blocked duct that I had been working so hard to clear. I saw a post on a breastfeeding Facebook page not long after this incredible new discovery and a lady had similar problems to me- so obviously, I felt it was my duty to pass on this life changing discovery to a fellow mum in trouble. One of the groups’ leaders shut me down pretty quickly when she said that the technique wasn’t suitable, and that the breasts required ‘gentle massage’ to clear blockages. I’m not sure if my mastitis experience was in some way different to the other goddess’s out there but let me tell you- gentle massage didn’t do shit to clear the rock hard abscess that was forming inside my milk sack. I wanted to ‘gently massage’ my fist into this stupid lady’s skull- who the bloody hell does she think she is telling ME that my absolute last resort to breastfeeding was wrong. I often wonder what it feels like to be a post breast-feeding mum. Will I miss it? Will I feel a huge surge of relief? For now though I will keep going- mostly because I don’t have any other option but also because of the love eyes. The ones that allow the entire world to stop while our souls dance together, bonding more and more with each second. As I read that sentence back to myself I feel proud to be where I am, what i have done and of the mother that I have become- with two incredible sons that have given me the brightest perspective on life I could have ever imagined.

Son las ocho menos veinte y acabo de parar a tomarme el té que me preparé a las cuatro y media… Para mi que ya no quema…😅😅😅🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂😂 #motherlife #mumoftwins #puescomotod@s #te

Half term- completed it mate! I’m aware that some are only on half term this week though. So if you are - remember micro adventures, simple days, forget the todo lists and instead create a could do list! Now we have an extra day for inset so time to get ready for back to school & work! Teapot well and truly filled for a while. #halftermfun #halftermactivities #mumoftwins #twinstwice #twinmum #mumofboys #mumofgirls #mumlife #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #mumsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CaOw94SMvGu/?utm_medium=tumblr

Time, patient and a lot of determination! We don’t expect our babies to be able to walk the minute they are born so why do we assume that our bodies will lose weight overnight, want to do a push up straight away or you give up as soon as it gets too tough? We encourage our children to be the best versions of themselves, we show them that loving themselves is important and that anything is possible, yet we forget to apply this in our own lives. I see and hear it all too often women being unkind to themselves, trying to achieve things that aren’t maintainable! We all want it tomorrow or “I need to lose 2 stone in 2 weeks because I am going on holiday!” If your goal is a quick fix then there is a very simple solution, but you will put the weight on as soon as you start eating a balanced diet, you will gain more weight as a result of your quick fix! Patient is everything and the results are so much more rewarding. Your body was designed to be a certain weight and it was designed to have a certain amount of calories! We are built differently and I think this is important for us all to expect. Our bodies are beautifully different are goals should always be achievable and when it gets tough we need to remind ourselves what we would tell our little ones and add it to our lives. Remember exercise never gets easy you just get stronger and what you think you couldn’t achieve last month your smashing it this month. My girls have just started to sit up and it’s taken then 8 months to do it what you think is simple took time, strength, tears, days they couldn’t be bothered but in the end it all payed off and everyone knows just how hard this part of their journey was. BE KIND TO YOU, YOU WILL HIT YOUR GOALS IN TIME 🥰 #mygirls #mylove #twins #twinmum #mumoftwins #fitmum #bekind #workhard #positivevibes #goals #health #healthy #lifestyle #bodypositive #mum #fit #fitness #sittingup https://www.instagram.com/p/CBykPaZAHPj/?igshid=16pkjfnuy49ze

I had to throw both the cheeky monkeys in the bath before naptime today. I decided that even though walking is still a painful task, making a start at painting my office walls would be ok. While I did the little two were digging and so covered in mud. Oh well who doesn’t live a cheeky day time bath anyway. #bathtime #cheekytoddler #mumoftwins #twinmum #mumlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Zb0O8Fjx5/?igshid=nu9xyv0kzy40

Seeing double?! We loved our Twin baby yoga today and the twins enjoyed their baby rollercoaster pose too #twins #babyyoga #mumoftwins #legends #twinyoga #littlelegs #littlelegsltd #thebotanist (at The Botanist West Bridgford) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn8yIkmBzlq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1222ufnoyrs3z

Ok. Half term! Let’s do this! Slower days, micro adventures & lots of memories to make!! #mumoftwins #twinmum #mumlife #motherhoodmentor #halfterm https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ12mYTMX-b/?utm_medium=tumblr

This morning didn’t go quite as well as yesterday. I mean I still went on my walk early on. But due to a few difficulties with maths, stress started building. That and the fact it’s much colder so little two didn’t want to be outside while we worked. But it’s nap time, I’ve lit a candle & I’ve put on YouTube in the back ground while I try and do some work on my blog. I might have to make another cuppa too. How’s your day going?? #mumlifeinlockdown #mumlife #mumoftwins #mumoftwjnstwice #twinmum #twins #homeschool https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hkR3kFkAu/?igshid=1kngvkygdc7zc

It’s been a lovely day out in Coventry. We wandered around looking for places to cartwheel. Well the kids did myself and @spencersarc.daddy just enjoyed having a moment without having to count heads every 5 mins. I thought the older twins were hard work until the little twins came along. Maybe it just because there are 4 humans to take care of it feels hard. Anyway I’ve enjoyed some time with the big ones but I can’t wait to have a snuggle with those little ones in the morning. . #imoutnumberedbymyowntinyarmy #twins #twinstwice #mumoftwins #coventry #dayout #familydayout #simplychildren #makingmemories #momentsofmine #childhoodunplugged #7yearold #boygirltwins #familyof6 (at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5PG0slBTw/?igshid=1eav5fefogqdu

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A pesar del catarrazo que tengo y mi rodilla hinchada, me está cundiendo la mañana de lo lindo… He salido a correr, he hecho mi rutina de hipopresivos, recogido la casa, jugado un rato con los niños, hecho la comida de mañana, y ahora a terminar la costura que tengo pendiente…😅😅😅… A ver si por la tarde me cunde igual de bien…🙌🙌🙌 #perkelitarunner #perkelitacosturera #perkelitacocinera #perkelitapluriempleada😅 #running #sewing #cooking #mumoftwins

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Let’s Fonda 😍 One of my favourite classes and so much fun! I designed this class with @janefonda in mind and everything 80’s 90’s and soon the 00’s. It’s all about having fun, singing along and moving your bodies. Tomorrow evening though we are throwing it all in the air mike we just don’t care as we don our dresses put some make up on and pour ourselves a gin. @fitnesssboost will be hosting a live disco at 6pm for fun so please if you want to cheer yourself up and invite your friends to dance and laugh out loud then please come and join us JinFit is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Fitness Boost Time: Apr 17, 2020 06:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93951977949?pwd=UndCVUVWYlVnYzJsd0prejIzSWJIdz09 Meeting ID: 939 5197 7949 Password: 005149 If you want to join in for our JinFonda 😜 class at 9.05am you can book on to our zoom class via the website www.jinfit.co.uk #fitness #wellbeing #workout #fit #mumoftwins #twinmum #love #health #healthy #laugh #fun #exersice #lifestyle #womenshealth #personaltrainer #wellness #strength #strong #femalefitness #fitmum https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DdI9zAGJJ/?igshid=9x5v3t5ri05j

I did not want to get out of bed this morning I feel so rough. I was awake at 5.55 it’s like my body now knows I need to get up around 6 to do my HRT gel. The kids woke about 10 mins after. So again I’m trying to do a million things without getting hrt on them 🤦🏻‍♀️ It’s also solo parent day one! Grandmas for breakfast followed by homework and Sunday lunch. It always seems worse when @spencersarc.daddy is away at a weekend. #weekend #mumlife #mumoftwins #twinstwice https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Di8SelZG5/?igshid=71io8acfit9s

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I felt so happy and empowered yesterday! I managed to take the twins to soft play for the first time all on my own! It was so wonderful to meet up with our besties and let them have a good runaround and play all morning long. It can be very difficult struggling daily with Fibromyalgia and severe chronic pain but to be able to see my girls so happy and all of us have a change of scenery was amazing. The pain was definitely worth it. It’s nice on days I don’t feel great and the pain feels overpowering I’ve been able to turn to my business, creating and practicing new and fun looks all the while having my daughters to continually inspire me💜 #fibrowarrior #twinmomma #motheroftwins #twins #momlife #mumoftwins #makeup #mummyselfie #empower #uplift #validate #empowered #mother #love #beyounique #youniquepresenter #cwcosmetics #fibromyalgia #chronicpain

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