Guest Post by Puck:
Mary has completed her first screening for gestational diabetes and passed with flying colors. Yeah!
SMoMs
Last night I surprised the pregnant lady by taking her to the montly meeting of the Sacramento Mothers of Multiples (SMOMs) group. These ladies are all battle-hardened twin (plus triplet and quadruplet) veterans and full of good advice. They sponsor an activity every month and also form a support network for moms as well. They have a library of loaner pregnancy and parenting books which makes a lot of sense because you outgrow these books pretty rapidly. Twice a year they sponsor a big baby-stuff sale and we’re looking forward to getting an early shot at twin-stuff in April. They sponsor Moms’ nights out, play dates, parties, and more. They even offered to bring food and supplies to parents during the early twin shut-in period.
Mary was able to get some of her questions answered and these ladies were very reassuring. The best line of the evening?
New Twin Mom: “Honestly, I don’t really remember anything about the first four months.”
National Web Site: National Organization of Mothers of Twins Club, Inc.
Stalking the Baby-Ninja
This Friday Mary and I visit Dr. Douglas Hershey the Baby-Ninja. He is an expert in prenatal genetics and diagnosis and his team is supposed to have the super-duper ultrasound machines. I spent a bit of time stalking him to determine the mysterious nature of his kung-fu and I have found the following:
- Sacramento Magazine rates him as one of the best doctors in the city.
- The SMoMs like him.
- He is the father of twin boys.
Ahah!! Funny how that last bullet point was what jumped out at both me and my wife immediately.
Here is a link to his practice so that you too can stalk him on the Internet.
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