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Pacific Ocean Swimming
The weather has been nice and sunny and I have recently started training more regularly for a future triathlon. So I figured: why not jump into the Pacific for some open water swimming? The ocean here is cold! My first attempt ended after 5minutes. I figured that a normal swim cap and my tri suit…
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Kid-friendly Hike near Munich: from Schliersee to Schliersbergalm
In 2019 we were new to Munich and young twin parents, yet trying to enjoy Munich’s surrounding nature. Our first hike was up to Schliersbergalm. Although Schliersee is so close (easily reachable by train, about 35Minutes by car from Munich), it is a different world: scenic views, Bavarian food, kid-friendly Alm with a playground. Over…
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A festival of love and friendship
Four years ago Pouya and I celebrated our marriage in Austria. A version of this post has been slowly descending on my draft list. Too early, too pregnant, too much with twins, too Corona. Today the time has come for me to remember these truly exceptional days with some reflections. For the fun of it,…
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A special second birthday in the mountains
We celebrated the girls’ second birthday weekend by hiking up to and staying at Brunnsteinhütte in the Karwendel region. I recommend this if you do not feel like cakes, presents and all the birthday preparations – but instead simply enjoying nature, family time and the simplicity of a DAV-hut. Brunnsteinhütte – a sustainable and family-friendly…
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Full-time work and full-time twin mom: the how-to guide in times of a global pandemic
The plan was perfect: take a little time to ease back into work by working part-time while my husband would get our twin girls started in daycare. Then, by May, he would drop the kiddos off in the morning and I would pick them up in the afternoon. Then Corona happened. The reality is this:…
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The everything will be fine-people
Twin-Update: We have made it to full 31weeks of pregnancy. Both girls are tiny for their gestational age, their dopplers are within range (not great, yet not concerning). They are very active in my tummy which, in general, a good sign. Within the next three weeks the doctors will get them. Since they are still…
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Couch Rest, week one: A Recap
Baby Updates first: Given we only had laser fetoscopic surgery last week the babies are recovering as good as they could. Fetus 1 is alive, has a normal amount of amniotic water for the first time. By no means does this mean they are out of the woods, but it does give us cause to…
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Twin Update: acute twin-twin-transfusion system…
Something seemed wrong on tuesday. I called the hospital, they instructed me to come straight into the delivery room. When I arrived there were 6-8 of people waiting for me, assuming that they had to deliver the twins. Up until that point I had not been too worried, but after my female doctor had told…
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Twin-Update: sIUGR – the new vocabulary to learn
It is early Tuesday morning and as I am writing this I am eagerly awaiting the doctors’ rounds in the hospital to convince them to release me today. It is not a normal Tuesday, today my step sister is getting married which is the only reason I am in my home town Kassel. The babies…
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Infant Care for Dummies – an entertaining evening
The last diaper I changed 18 years ago. Googling things like “taking care of twins” usually lead to Mami blogs that basically tell you that your life from now on is on the constant edge to suicidal, that you will never sleep again nor get your body back and that your friends are only good…
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