Hello peeps and welcome cantdrinkanymore!
Not sure who's next smokey - I sure hope it ain't me! The reality of it all is sinking in oh too quickly! You'd think 9 mths is plenty long enough to get your head around the fact that your family will soon double in size but to me, it's no time at all! I've seriously become rather quite daunted by it, not least by the actual delivery itself! I'm due my next scan Friday and hoping these twins are still lying abnormally to warrant a section, but with a previous career in midwifery, I'm all too familiar with the routine of elective sections, and being a control freak to an extent normally, I'll be well out of my comfort zone! If a section is the plan, then I'll be taking my iPod into the anaesthetic room to allow me to 'zone out' and relax a bit better. Ha, I expect they'll think I'm some weirdo but if it helps....!
Started packing my hospital bag today - my god, how long does THAT job take?! I've realised I've still loads to do like washing the second hand stuff we've been given. Hey ho, at least it'll keep me busy on mat leave! Any 'must takes' from those who've been there and done it?!?!
Bit annoyed with the inlaws today... My BIL flies home to New Zealand Wednesday and today is the last day we could pop over (I say pop over when infact it's about 30-35 min drive) to see him, given my hubby goes back to work tomorrow -he's staying at my MIL house. Anyway, given the fact we did all the driving over Xmas to see both families, I thought it'd be only fair if he came to see us today with his mum or whoever else wanted to come. But oh no, he asked us if we were going to pop over! Is it me being completely unreasonable but isn't he being a bit unfair and selfish?! I'm 33 weeks today, been experiencing tightenings for some time now, and my twins are lying transverse giving me the added worry of if/when my waters go I need to go straight in.... and they want US to go see them in the next town??!? Needless to say I haven't gone! He was also asked how he felt about being an uncle (these are the first grandchildren on their side), and his answer.... was a grunt!!! Said he'd be an absent uncle! He's 35 for gods sake so hardly a kid! Felt like saying at least our kids will have two other uncles who'll both play with them loads and dote on them! Some people are so strange aren't they?!? Also my hubbys second cousin who often stays at my MIL house too (lives in Holland normally and is 50) has admitted he doesn't 'do' babies or children until they can at least answer back and converse so don't expect him to do anything!! Infact he couldn't have cared less when we announced we were pregnant!!! Sorry, rant rant rant but it really upsets me sometimes as these babies are sooo wanted by us and it'd just be nice to have some lovely positive emotion from his side of the family. Oh well. At least they'll have my side to love them up and fuss over them etc. Does anybody else have weird inlaws that haven't exactly shown the most enthusiasm for new arrivals into their family?!
Just had a thought - this thread grows increasingly larger with newbies which is great. But when we deliver our twinnies, we need to continue chatting (time pending with two babies of course) on a new thread. And since we're quite a unique bunch of girlies belonging to quite an exclusive club, we should try and organise one day in the future a social and get together - my mind has drifted to images of 'The Witches' in that great big hall looking like women from the WI! Hahaha! Though of course we wouldn't look like that! What do people think??
It'd be nice after 9 mths chatting and more time after to put faces to names!