...and double the diapers. Recently my husband and I found out that we are going to be the proud parents of twins. These being our first children, we are blinded with excitement. As our doctor put it, "Ignorance is bliss."
I am due December 9 which will make the holidays more interesting this year. Or maybe the better word is more chaotic.
On the plus side, the holidays = more family in town. More family in town = more help with the babies. Sounds like we couldn't have planned it better!
At this point we do not know the genders of the babies but we hope to know by the end of the month at our next appointment. We don't have a preference as to what they are, so long as they are healthy.
So far the pregnancy has been great. I haven't even had a single mood swing! Okay, okay. Maybe 2, but when people no longer say hello to me and immediately begin to fondle my belly, it makes me a little annoyed. I am a person. Please look at my face and say hello before you start rubbing away! Maybe the other time I was a little hormonal. But that cashier at Dunkin Donuts was moving like molasses and these babies needed a blueberry muffin ASAP. Perhaps I should go apologize and buy another muffin, just so there are no hard feelings...
Wow! Twins! Congratulations to you and your husband! How exciting. I can't imagine what it will be like to have two infants at once! I think your doctor's right that ignorance is bliss! Good thing they're your first (and second!)
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was pregnant all three times thinking about how people began to treat my body differently-as though all of a sudden it was somehow public and not private. Also, as I got closer and closer to my due dates, I was shocked at the comments people were making. "You're huge! Are you sure there aren't twins in there!" I remember thinking: I'm pregnant but can't you grant me just a little vanity!
I like in the last paragraph how you began to tell little vignettes of your experience of being pregnant. I'm wondering if maybe you'd like to develop these moments. You're already making me smile reading them!
Congrats X 2!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alanna that your passion really comes out in the end as you explain the atrocities you face in your daily routine.
You could title your blog "What Really Grinds My Gears Is......"
Best wished to your family
Matt
Kari,
ReplyDeleteI remember people having no manners and walking strait up to my wife and start fondleing her belly when she was pregnant. Hearing your stories would be quite entertaining. We are expecting our second in October, I just might have my wife carry a little notebook to keep track of her fondleing stories.