belgianwaffle


Posted in: Miscellaneous

People keep congratulating me on not having
delivered earlier.  I suppose they are
just trying to say something nice. But it is odd.  I mean, I presume no one who gives birth at
31 weeks actually wants to and itÂ’s really just the luck of the draw.  I
suppose, if anyone deserves credit, it’s my loving husband who has done
the lion’s share of the childminding (tiring, back breaking work) for
the latter stages of this pregnancy. 

People keep congratulating Mr. Waffle on his
virility as well as though having twins is an indication of superior
sperm.  Odd.  I mean,  if anyone deserves credit here,  it’s my genes and my eggs.

Conversation with spouse this morning.

Me: How will I keep my knees warm when the
twins are born?

Him: Eh?

Me: Well now my stomach keeps them nice and
toasty when I sit down.

Him: 
Twin on each knee?

And finally, the
physio described giving birth to twins.  Apparently baby 1 is
delivered as normal.  Baby 2 tends to move around with all that
extra room.  So the body often comes out first and, this is the
fun bit, it’s important that none of the medical team touches the baby
because that would trigger its startle reflex and it is not easy to
deliver a baby with its arms stretched out.  So they all take a
step back and often put their hands behind their backs.  I’m glad
I knew that in advance.

Comments

jackdalton

on 24 September 2005 at 14:18

That works in a lot of situations — the hands behind the back bit; dealing with transition year guards, or with pimpled Kevins in banks, or with loud & foul-mouthed, over-aggressive, overprotective male parents who go psychotic because your dog is within 8ft of their priceless addition to the human species, dealing with error 404s without prejudicing the future working capability of your laptop… the list goes on. 0
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amerly

on 24 September 2005 at 17:31

Do you reckon they got your dates right? 0
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KateEvans

on 25 September 2005 at 02:07

Oh, this is so exciting! How long will they let you wait over there before inducing? Is there a cut-off point, or do they just wait until you can’t walk anymore?

As we’re stuck solidly in breech, I’ll have to have a caesarian (Oct 3), so we don’t get all the fun of waiting and wondering – which I really do think looks like fun. 0
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Minkleberry

on 25 September 2005 at 07:06

oooooh belg xx 0
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dmts

on 25 September 2005 at 14:25

Where are you? x 0
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belgianwaffle

on 25 September 2005 at 16:51

SGT, sorry about that.
JD, yes, I can see that.
Amerly, I suppose it’s not exactly a precise science, so maybe.
KE, am seeing doc tomorrow so I may have a better idea then. Fear she may make me wait another week.
Minks, HJB, still here. 0
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