Kayla & George's twin joy 'IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME!'

As the sporty pair add two new members to the team, life is full-on and fabulous

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When you live on a dairy farm and you're breastfeeding twins, it's only a matter of time before someone (bets are on the new dad) makes an “udderly” eye-rolling joke to milk the laughs.

Kayla Whitelock has heard them all. The now mum of five, with husband and former All Black George, is frequently but lovingly told she’s “a good cow” and there’s no chance of her getting “culled”.

The former Black Sticks captain is just grateful to have enough breastmilk to exclusively tandem-feed her gorgeous four-month-old daughters Harper and Willow, as life with newborn twins has its own unique challenges.

But throw into the mix 1300 Friesian cows to milk, a child with a broken leg and renovations to extend the house — and it’s safe to say things in the Whitelock household have never been more hectic.

When they chat with the Weekly, their son Maxwell, almost seven, has just had his leg put into a cast for six weeks to remedy a double spiral fracture.

“Breaking a leg was definitely not ideal timing at all,” says George. “But we're so lucky the twins are chilled-out, so it hasn’t been as challenging as it could have.”

Kayla adds, “Yeah, the babies have been pretty good really. They’re sleeping for up to seven hours at night, so I can’t complain.”

The Palmerston North-based couple, who are both 39, found out they were having twins at a nine-week scan. Even though Kayla’s sister Abby has twin girls and their grandmother was also a twin, the champion hockey player says she was completely shocked to see two sacs appear on the monitor.

“It hadn’t crossed my mind at all,” she admits. “It was a lot to process going from three kids to five.