So I put aside thoughts of the birth, no point fretting when I didn't know how they'd be lying at 30 odd weeks after all, and I started to think about the other stuff that needed to happen in preparation.
Most of the twin mums I chatted to had had twins as their first children or following a singleton. So they were generally of the "well, you'll need a twin pram, two of x two of y...." variety.
Luckily we already have a 7 seater car, so that was one expense we didn't have to fret about. And a cot and a promise of another, and carseats and bases that are still among the safest on the market.
Then we came to prams, having had 3 babies in fairly close succession I already have, as well as the lovely Bugaboo my MIL bought for my first baby, a Phil and Ted's double buggy that wasn't exactly cheap, in fact between the two they represented about £1500 of investment. I had no intention of shelling out the best part of £1000 on another pram unless it was absolutely necessary and for all they were telling me it was a must have, and that it needn't be too expensive I was sure that it wasn't absolutely essential and would be very pricey.
We almost came to, virtual, blows.
The town I live in, St Peter Port, is lovely, but not pram friendly. The vast majority of shops have floors that are only accessible via the stairs. And it's not just the shops, St Peter Port is on a hill, and there are lots of steps, avoiding them means walking along often un-pavemented roads. The streets are granite cobbled. There is no requirement for gaps between shop displays to be wide enough for a wheelchair (which has made UK shopping centres so much easier for buggy users) and I have 3 other children who need to walk alongside me. The eldest will be 6 when the twins are born. So if I did buy a twin pram it would have to be one of the smallest and most manouverable on the market - and therefore one of the more expensive ones. Plus it would have to fit into the limited bootspace that remains in the car once all seven seats are in use...
So I looked into whether or not I could just use the P&T. The second seat isn't meant to be used until 6 moths, but that did at least mean that I knew if we could get to 6 months we'd be fine. And when they were very tiny couldn't they both go in the bugaboo carrycot? As babies did in the old days? But what about in between? Some research told me that you could now get a car seat adaptor for the P&T, which would mean I could have one baby on top in the car seat and the other underneath, in the lie flat bit.
Not ideal as you don't want babies in their car seats for more than 2 hours at a time, but on an island 5 miles by 9 I can't see it's a huge issue, especially as if we reach the 2 hour mark I can swap them over. And I'm not sure any of my babies has ever gone more than 2 hours without a feed anyway.
Sorted.
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