Some Stats

Last week, Joey posted that we are halfway there. Given that it is my belly that is growing so quickly (inches per week, I swear), I thought I should clear that up. Twins are considered term at 37 weeks and typically deliver by week 38 to avoid a number of complications. So, we actually passed the halfway point at 19 weeks. As of this morning, we are now 55.26% the way there. Woot!


Our revised due date is January 23rd. Twins do tend to deliver early, with around half coming before 37 weeks. Generally 35 weeks is the cutoff for guaranteed NICU time, so we are definitely shooting for at least January 2nd. My answer to "when are they due" has evolved to "we are expecting them sometime in January, but definitely by January 23rd." The later the better, but I already am getting the idea that I will be ready!


The girls are fraternal. Ani is slightly bigger than Po. (As an older sister myself, I think she is just trying to get a jump on the necessary superiority complex.) We go in on Tuesday for the measurement ultrasound. According to the books, they are about ten inches long right now and 12 oz each. We'll see on Tuesday if they are textbook babies (like their mama) or more freewheelers (like their dada).


I am doing well. This whole pregnancy thing is cooler than I expected. I have felt the girls move for the past couple of weeks. Joey got to feel Ani kick (or punch) a couple of nights ago. I have turned into one of those pregnant ladies who has her hands on her belly all of the time. Pretty heady stuff.


Erin

A first for Joey

This morning, we went to our local coffee shop to get some croissants for breakfast, and our barista finally noticed Erin's belly. She made a comment about Erin's "bump" and was all giddy. There was also a gentlemen in the line behind us, who was carrying his daughter on his back. He even got caught up in the conversation about babies and such.

This had me floored. As some of you may be aware, I'll talk to any stranger about anything, but I am not used to having other people be so interested in what would seem (to me) to be a more personal situation. This was a first for me, but Erin said that it's been happening more frequently and she's even had people touch her belly.

I have a feeling that this is only going to get more interesting.

does this fit anymore??

So, Erin has been growing. Rapidly.
This week we're half-way there.

Year of Surprises….

2010 is shaping up to be a banner year for surprises, from the small (yes, it is still called summer when it is 50 degrees and rainy) to the large (yes, two little sacks on the ultrasound screen really means twins). The latest big reveal that has me a little dumbfounded is that fortunes do come true.

When Joey and I were in Singapore in February of 2007, we had our fortunes told at the Goddess of Mercy temple. The results were confusing – a lot about silkworm production and farming that didn’t seem terribly applicable to two backpackers. We both received, and understood, the line about having a daughter in our future. I, being me, assumed this meant one daughter shared between the two of us. Joey, being Joey, assumed it meant two daughters, still shared but one for him and one for me.

So, was Guanyin right? Do we have one or more daughters in our future? Am I right and we will only have one? Or is Joey right and we will have two?

........

Looks like Joey wins this round.

In January, two little girls will make our twosome a foursome. We are thrilled. To be fair, we would have been thrilled with any of the typical combinations.

We are still calling them Ani and Po for their placement in the womb, anterior and posterior, but the name search now begins in earnest. I am also quite pleased to report that Bruce, Clark, Peter, and Carnivorous are officially off the list.

Erin