After sharing an image of this mama nursing her twins on Facebook, there was so much interest we asked her to share her experience. This is her story:

Nursing multiples was a terrifying thought to me when I found out I was having twins. I had two other children who I had breastfed, but nursing two babies sounded like a full time job with no breaks at all.

When I delivered, I nursed them one at a time during my stay at the hospital, but once we were home and real life happened, I realized I would have to figure out a way to nurse them together to save on time and be more efficient.

So I propped them up each in the football hold in my arms on my big twin sized boppy and gave it a whirl. After that feeding I felt like I deserved a medal of some sort! It worked, and they both guzzled my milk and somehow I wasn't crying in pain. 

We spent many hours together in my big lazy boy recliner chair with a boppy in my lap. (I ended up using a regular sized one) After a few months, the football hold was becoming too hard with their growing bodies. I found the best way was to lay one baby across in the cradle hold, and then lay the other on top of her sister's tummy in the same direction. I would switch them around every feeding, and it was an amazing thing to watch them interact and find each others hands to hold.

I actually loved nursing them together and looked forward to our special quiet time in that big chair.

We had 10 months of breastfeeding and I'm so happy it worked out so well. The key with multiples is to keep them on the same schedule. Whatever you do for one baby, you do for the other. If you do that, you'll somehow make it through.

-Shawna