I suspect it will be a pretty quiet Xanga day today. Honestly, that’s okay because I really don’t have a lot to blog about today.
Mostly, this week has been about getting to and recovering from the ultrasound on Wednesday. The aftermath has been quite interesting, really.
- Emotionally, I was absolutely drained on Wednesday afternoon. I had known that I was stressing about Wednesday’s ultrasound and what they would find, but I didn’t realize how much until it was over. Then I was just tired. So I called people, sat on the couch and let myself recover.
- It’s amazing how much my perspective about the babies has shifted now. It’s so much easier to think of them as real, as real people, than it was before. I’d seen them on ultrasounds 3 different times before Wednesday, but something about that one, the good news, and knowing their genders has made the idea of parenting, the idea of children come alive.
- I’m glad we found out what they are. I need time to prepare, and I was struggling to know how to start. Now I feel like I can really make a plan and get it done before there is a great danger of them arriving. Of course, they may still jump the gun, but even that idea is less stressful to me right now. I guess, as Terri noted, I needed to get my ‘chill’ back.
- Picking a baby name is freakin’ hard. Picking two seems impossible. I have an unusual name. I know how hard that can be for a kid. My name also rhymes with lots of things. Another set of lessons learned. As a book I was flipping through reminded parents: Names are for life; choose well and wisely. But when you’re looking through a book of 25, 60, or 75,000 names…it’s a hugely daunting task. (BTW – we don’t plan on sharing the names we choose until they’re born…just in case you were wondering.)
So those are some thoughts from the last couple of days. Just thought I’d share.
As for today, we are heading to the farm for a couple of days when Eric gets home tonight. So I need to do some prep work for that. Should be a relaxing weekend, for the most part, although my in-laws do not have A/C and it’s going to be HOT this weekend. Hopefully, I won’t melt away out there!
Anyway, happy Friday! Enjoy your weekends!
Have FUN picking the names! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what they will be!
I have the opposite problem with names. My name is too popular. I graduated in a class of 16 (small christian school)…8 girls and 8 guys. 3 out of those 8 girls were named Erin. So I was called my last name all through high school 🙁 So when picking names, I go for ones that aren’t popular 🙂
I am so glad that the babies are developing so well and that you found out that you are having a boy and a girl. I am sure that God will help you pick the perfect names for your babies…I am one of those people that believes God cares about the big and the little things.
@ch1pch0p – In the words of the Grandfather on The Princess Bride: “Yes, you’re very smart. Shut up.”
See! I knew it wasn’t really the NICU!
@mke813 – Good to know…thanks!
Just reading the news — how exciting! It’s going to be fun!!
FYI — my babies were in the NICU strictly because of their gestational age. They never needed any extra care. They were just being careful. They moved to the “special care nursery”(right next to the nicu but not as closely watched) after 3 days and would have moved them to the regular nursery if I had wanted to stay in the hospital another night. And another set of twins in our Sunday school class were born at 36 weeks and didn’t have to do any time in the NICU. 36 weeks is considered full-term for twins around here.
@ch1pch0p – Michelle said they were in for 5 days, which is still very, very good. I’d be thrilled with less than a week in the NICU, for sure! No matter when they come!
@shannahhogue – Not always!! Michelle’s twins were 35ish, and they were only in NICU for a day or two!!
Names are hard! That’s why Kayla didn’t have a name until just before we left the hospital… even though we’d decided on Kayla, it was hard to tell them to write it down for the birth certificate, because that meant it was forever! Plus, it’s hard when your husband insists on having opinions on everything instead of just letting you pick!
Personally, I’ve always LOVED the name Kimberly.
@shannahhogue – Praying for 38 weeks, then!
@filledeparis – The goal is to get as close to 38 weeks as possible (considered full term for twins). That would be somewhere around Dec. 8 or so. Late November is also not bad (a large percentage of twins are born at 35-36 weeks). It’s just that the earlier they come, the more time they will likely have to spend in the NICU. And we don’t want that!!
Hope your weekend is restful! How long do they hope for you to go before the babies arrive?
best wishes to you and your husband as you choose names! we’d all be happy to offer suggestions, i’m sure.
have a great weekend! park yourself in front of a big fan with an enormous diet coke and bowl of ice cream. YUM!!!
It’s so great that you’re having a boy and a girl… but I would think it would be easier to pick names if you could concentrate on just one gender! One step at a time. Hopefully your cervix of steel
will give you pleeeeenty of time to decide
i’m with you on names. it’s so permanent and it’s a person’s identity! it’s very, very difficult!
but, i haven’t met anyone without a name yet, so hopefully that’s a good sign. 
are you going to be able to kick back and relax a little bit today? hope so!