Laura & Sal Ep. 13 – Postpartum means lady pads in the freezer
Postpartum is often tougher than the actual pregnancy, what with taking care of a newborn and healing from giving birth. Laura went through a difficult postpartum period with her first which has now prepared her for the twins! Watch Sal...
Laura & Sal Ep. 14 – Part 1 birth story: A failed induction
There are risks attached to a late term birth with twins so Laura and Sal, now over 39 weeks pregnant with twins, decide to go in for an induction. After 8 hours of laboring, Laura is only 4 centimeters dilated....
Laura & Sal Ep. 15 – Part 2 birth story: Twins! 7 pounds a piece
Even though the induction was ineffective in dilating the cervix, it did put Laura into labor. She and Sal made their second trip to the hospital after her water broke at home in the middle of the night. The birth...
Laura & Sal Ep. 16 – My baby aspirated what when she was born?
When Laura's water broke, she noticed tints of green in it which she recognized as something called meconium. After the birth of her twins, they found out that twin A, their baby girl Willow, had aspirated some of the meconium....
Laura & Sal Ep. 17 – When our children met for the first time
Laura and Sal talk about the different approaches they tried to help their 3 year old, Aria, transition from being a single child to an older sister. While jealousy is a natural reaction, they wanted to make sure that the...
Laura & Sal Ep. 18 – How our twins ended up with identical names
Willow and Luca may not be identical twins, but their names have more in common than one might think. New twin parents, Laura and Sal, have their differences when it comes to baby names, but they ended up with two...
Laura & Sal Ep. 19 – Why I decided to take placenta pills
Encapsulating placenta has it's benefits. Laura's twins, Willow and Luca, are di/di twins which means they each had their own placenta. Having encapsulated both separately, Laura talks about how taking placenta pills has benefited her during the postpartum period with...
Laura & Sal Ep. 20 – With twins no one gets the night off
Being a trained postpartum doula, Laura knows what she is doing when it comes to breastfeeding. But now with twins, she has two mouths to feed, which means she is breastfeeding day and night. In this new episode, Laura and...
Laura & Sal Ep. 21 – Nobody talks about the difficulties of weaning a toddler
Through her twin pregnancy and now during postpartum, Laura has had a continuing challenge: weaning her 3-year old, Aria. She thought Aria would wean naturally and it would run it's course midway through the pregnancy. While that did seem like...
Laura & Sal Ep. 22 – How my paternity leave is different this time
When his first child, Aria, was born, Sal had barely 2 days off to spend at home. So now with his newborn twins, Willow and Luca, he truly cherishes the 3 weeks of paternity leave he has enjoyed, giving him...