I recently delivered my twins via a scheduled c-section and thought it may be helpful for those if you who may be preparing for one as well. In my birth story I talk at length about the experience of the actual surgery but here I want to share more about the recovery process. A big [...]
Author: mymotherhoodtokyo
Mirai and Taishi’s Twin Birth Story
This birth story starts much differently than my last one. The effects of COVID-19 can be seen across that world, and Tokyo is no exception. In my third trimester update, I wrote about my feelings on giving birth alone, something I, nor many people I know, ever thought they would have to do. And yet [...]
Preparing to Give Birth Alone During COVID-19
As many of you who follow me know, I am pregnant with twins (35 weeks and 3 days when I am writing this) and I am preparing to give birth during the COVID-19 crisis. I personally know many people who are in this same situation, in Japan and abroad. In Tokyo, the vast majority of [...]
Twin Pregnancy Third Trimester Update – Giving Birth During Covid 19, Birth Plan Changes, and Preterm Labor (Weeks 29-25)
As I am writing this I am 35 weeks and one day pregnant and I thought it was a good time to write this post as I don't have much time left! 37 weeks is considered full term for a twin pregnancy, and over 50% of twins are born at 36 weeks or before so [...]
Preparing Your Firstborn for the Arrival of a New Sibling (or two!)
I started thinking about how to prepare A for the arrival of a new brother and sister quite a while back. One of my favorite books on the topic is The Second Baby Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a popular gentle parenting activist. In the book she talks a lot about not only the experience of [...]
What I'm Packing In My Hospital Bag for Pregnancy #2 with Twins!
At 32 weeks pregnant with twins I am getting my hospital bag packed since we could end up going at any point in the next 5 weeks! My hospital gives you a list of things to bring but I am taking quite a bit more of that since it only covers the basics. Just a [...]
Why choose natural childbirth + my tips for once you have
i standon the sacrificesof a million women before methinkingwhat can I doto make this mountain tallerso the women after mecan see farther legacy - rupi kaur Natural childbirth, just like breastfeeding, was never something I imagined myself becoming so passionate about until I actually experienced it for myself. It seems that, at least in the [...]
Twin Pregnancy Second Trimester Update (Weeks 13-28)
As I sit down to write this, I am 29 weeks pregnant and officially in the third trimester! Before I forget everything, I want to talk a bit about how second trimester went during my twin pregnancy. Right around 12 weeks pregnant is when the nausea began to clear for me and I felt like [...]
10 Ways to Promote Oral Language Development in a Multilingual Environment (Ages 0-3)
I've been asked a few times to do a post about how I promote oral language at home, particularly since we are a bilingual household. My husband is Japanese and speaks Japanese to my now two-year old son and I speak primarily English. At two years old, my son is able to have conversations in [...]
Asahi’s 2 Year Update – Sleep and Everything Else
I'm a few months late on this post (blame my twin pregnancy!) but I'm happy to finally get to it now! Asahi is currently almost 2 years and 3 months old and a few things have changed in the last few months which I will try to note. First off, from about 20 months old [...]
