A book idea...

My BFF and I both have twins. We are both very chatty women with a lot to say. We both have a sarcastic and wild sense of humor. Do you see where this is headed? We are thinking of co-writing a book about having twins. We are thinking of mixing the Jenny McCarthy sense of humor with the deeper aspects of parenting multiples that no one talks about or is brave enough to admit- the guilt, the anger or envy that mom's can go thru, the resentmet, the pride of having two, the 'fame' (wanted or unwanted) of having multiples, the isolation...no, not all the negatives. We also want to talk a lot about what a blessing it really is to have twins or more. What a magical journey it is to be on and when you come out of it how you look back and wish you could live it all again. All of it. Even the miserable times. If someone had told me 14 months ago that I would be happy to have twins and wish for more, I would have told them to go fly a kite. :D Now, its all different. Everything changes with twins. Every new chapter in their life is a new chapter in mine as a mother of multiples.

My BFF and I have a lot to say about raising twins- the silly stuff, the hilarious stories, the crazy things they do, basic survival tips, pregnancy tips, breastfeedings, pumping, NICU, bedrest...all the things that NO ONE told us. For some reason, the market seems pretty empty for books about twins and multiples. Its all the same stuff over and over with no real help and no 'deeper' discussion. In my What to Expect books, I am lucky to find more than 2-4 pages about twins in the ENTIRE book. The books we have read about twins are really basic. No one talks about the trenches of mothering twins...the grunt work of it all- from conception to kindergarten!

What do you all think? In our spare time, right?!