A first-time mother has revealed the terrifying moment she found out she was pregnant with identical twin boys – just six weeks after her daughter was ππ¨π«π§.
Eliza Curby, 27, fromΒ SydneyΒ ‘didn’t even think about contraception’ after the ππ’π«ππ‘ of her first ππππ¦ Charlie in January, 2016.
The young mum had always believed the old wives tale that ‘you can’t get pregnant if you are breast feeding’ but she proved that’s not the case.
Eliza Curby, 27, from Sydney ‘didn’t even think about contraception’ after the ππ’π«ππ‘ of her first ππππ¦ Charlie in January, 2016, pictured
Six weeks after she gave ππ’π«ππ‘ to her first π€π©πͺππ₯ she became pregnant with twins
Ms Curby now has three π€π©πͺππ₯ren ππ¨π«π§ in the same year, Charlie in January and her brothers in December
‘Breast feeding doesn’t do s***, this pregnancy happened, it is real’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
‘My doctor actually uses me as an example for couples when they say they don’t have any contraception plans in place after the ππ’π«ππ‘ of their π€π©πͺππ₯.’
‘I knew I was pregnant straight away because when I woke up it felt like I had been hit in the head with a baseball bat.
‘I took four pregnancy tests before one came back positive.’
Ms Curby and her partner Ben, 38, didn’t believe the first doctor who told them their second pregnancy was with twins.
‘When we found out Ben’s face just went white,’ she said.
‘But for two or three weeks were in denial – we just thought the doctor was new and might not know.’
‘Then I saw the obstetrician we had with Charlie and he confirmed it – I have never been so nervous in my life.’
The young mother remembers being shocked when she found out she would be having twins so soon after her first pregnancy
But because she was frightened she was ‘in denial’ for a few months before she started ‘showing’
Her boys were ππ¨π«π§ in December and weighed over three kilograms each
Ms Curby was in denial for a few more weeks until her pregnant belly began to show – then she realised she had to prepare her life for the two unexpected arrivals.
Then it was her turn to shock her friends and family.
‘I was really excited to tell them I knew they were going be way more shocked than I was,’ she said.
‘When we went to dad and told him we had exciting news he thought we were going to get married.
‘Then when we said we were going for round two, with twins his face turned to horror.’
The young mum is now writing down her experiences in a quirkyΒ blogΒ which highlights what it is like to have three babies under one.
Her daughter charlie has become friends with the family dog and favours Ben, according to Ms Curby
The proud mum and dad were shocked when they first found out about having twins but over the moon with their family
The couple have been together Β for two years – and now have three π€π©πͺππ₯ren together
From switching up her trusty 4WD to a mum-van to planning how to leave the house and then facing the gaze of strangers once she is there.
‘The other day I was walking down the street and people were staring at me like I was some kind of dog-walker but for kids,’ she said.
‘I sat down at a cafe but had to leave because I was so embarrassed by all the staring.’
Ms Curby has been with Ben for just two years and joked ‘he has never known me not pregnant – at least I am not as emotional now’.
‘We are a pretty good team so our relationship has been surprisingly fine with all these changes,’ she said.
Ms Curby shortly before she became pregnant with her twin boys
The young mother now expresses her own milk because feeding both babies at once was difficult
The young mum doesn’t have any tips for any other mums in the same situation
‘He also loves being a dad.’
In fact the couple’s eldest π€π©πͺππ₯ and little girl Charlie has already picked him as the ‘favourite’.
‘When I was pregnant I was too big to play with her so she did a lot of stuff with dad.’
The young mum doesn’t have any tips for any other mums in the same situation.
‘I was trying to think of some tips the other day for my blog and realised I probably don’t have it together enough for that yet.’
‘I feel like it has taken me eight weeks, since the boys were ππ¨π«π§, to get my head above water.’
Ms Curby said by the time her first ππ¨π«π§ Charlie was a six-month-old she thought she had the ‘ππππ¦ thing down pat’ but having to do it all over again with twins is ‘completely different’.
‘It is like I have had to start all over again. But now it is just everything in threes, three bibs, three ππππ¦ seats – three everything.’
Ms Curby expressing milk for her twin boys
Ms Curby with her partner Ben, and daughter Charlie shortly before the arrival of the twins in December