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On this episode, we discuss your couple relationship and why it’s important to nurture it before, during, and after your multiple pregnancy.
We hear from Psychologist Dr Gretta Little, who offers some practical tips to help keep you on track, and warning signs to look out for that might indicate you need to get some outside help.
Rebecca Perrie and Jannelle Snaddon share their stories of the ups-and-downs they had in their relationships while carrying their multiples, and after they were born.
And, I talk about the pressure the complications in my twin pregnancy put on my couple relationship.
Pressure
It’s no secret that carrying more than one baby at a time puts enormous pressure on your couple relationship. And with multiples, there’s the increased risk of complications along with being concerned about how your family unit is going to operate when you take home more than one baby.
Psychologist Gretta Little says it’s important to share your feelings about what’s happening and use your pregnancy to reflect on how you’d like things to be when you take the babies home.
“If you can talk about how you want to be parents of multiples, how you were parented yourself, what you want to do the same, what you want to do differently, and how the two of you might have common ground in that and how you might support each other in going about that,”
“That reflective capacity is really important, and that’s a way as a couple you can bond over the pregnancy as well,” says Gretta.Tweet This
Dealing with complications
When complications arise in your pregnancy, it’s important to be realistic about what’s achievable for your relationship and not having high expectations of your partner and what they’re going to be able to bring to the relationship.
“It’s good to think about how you’re going to handle conflict together and how you’re going to be able to talk things through about that,”
“But, realistically there may be times where that’s not always possible and that might just have to wait until the babies are a little bit older or more-well,”
“I don’t think anyone ever really expects to have more than one baby, so it can be a bit of a shock,” says Dr Little.

“I don’t think anyone ever really expects to have more than one baby, so it can be a bit of a shock.”
~Dr Gretta Little~
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