Mommy-Mountain

From the Twin Daddy:

Twin Day

Whaddya mean as early as July?!!

Today is Twin Day here in California and we have reached 17 weeks with a burgeoning bulbous belly that is transitioning from baby-bump to mommy-mountain.  I don’t want to talk trash but wherever Mary goes the twins arrive a full two minutes before she does.  She is also well into the pregnant-lady baby waddle with the belly shifting from side to side as she walks.  (It’s pretty cute and hilarious.)

I am also very pleased with her birthday present because now that bending over is getting harder she is wearing her sandals almost every day.  First, the carefully designed Birkenstocks ease her aching ankles.  Second, she doesn’t have to tie them.  Third, she can just slip them on and off without ever bending over.  Perfect.

Other thoughts…

We are one week away from Halfway Home Day which is our goal of at least 36 weeks of pregnancy.  That is a good goal but to be completely honest the other twin parents in our family delivered at 34.5 weeks.  That could put us with kids around the end of July!! Holy Cow!! You can expect my hair to spontaneously light on fire if that happens.

If we are going to have some baby showers, we may have to hurry about it.

Wifewatch 2010

Food

We’re definitely hitting the second growth spurt now because Mary has turned back into a ravenous momma bear again.

Yesterday breaks down into:

• Breakfast
  • A banana
  • Hot decaf tea with milk
  • A granola bar
• Lunch
  • 4 bowls of chinese soup
  • 1 plate of pot stickers
  • A full lunch order of sesame chicken with fried rice
  • A starbucks coffee cake
  • A steamed milk
• Snack
  • A bowl of oatmeal made with milk
  • Hot decaf tea with milk
  • An orange
• Dinner
  • Fried rice, sesame chicken, and broccoli beef leftovers reheated
• Snack
  • 2 microwaveable burritos
• Before bed
  • Pregnancy vitamins

That’s an impressive amount of twin food.  Looking over this list I’m going to fuss at her about getting a bit more milk for calcium.

Mood

She’s still pretty darned sick, and she’s fond of saying that she feels great from the neck down.  Other than that we’re just waiting to find out whether we are looking at boy babies or girl babies.

Sleep

With the growth spurt (combined with her allergies) comes the return of the power naps.  She conks out hard and has been sleeping until 4:30 PM.

Babies Countdown – The Double Header

161 Days until September 9

• Today is 17 weeks.
• Sunday, April 4 is our fist child birthing class.
• Thursday, April 8 is Twin Week number 18 and Halfway Home Day.
• Sunday, April 11 is child birthing class number 2.
• Wednesday, April 14 is our first appointment with the perinatologist.  Hope for gender information on this day.
• Thursday, April 15 is week 19, a doctor’s appointment at the Women’s Clinic, and Tax Day .
• Sunday, April 18 is child birthing class number 3.
• Thursday, April 22 is week 20 and our tour of the birthing facility at child birthing class number 4.  We should be feeling regular baby kicks by then.  (By this time we should also know the gender via ultrasound provided the little ones have not been shy.)
• Thursday, May 7 and the twins become viable as early as 22 weeks.
• Thursday, May 20 and 90% of twins born at 24 weeks survive and that number only gets better from here on out.
• Thursday, August 12 and we hit our goal of 36 weeks minimum.  From here on the twins could come at any time.
• Thursday, September 9 and we hit 40 weeks.  This is our due date even if we expect the twins to possibly come sooner.
• 4 Weeks Post Delivery – Look for baby smiles.
• Sometime After the Delivery – 4.5 months of the Twinsanity Interval.