tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494848612368959702012-02-16T20:33:38.512-05:00A Year in the Life of a New Father of TwinsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070275323111075325noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049484861236895970.post-14135631181907186372010-05-27T13:54:00.006-04:002010-05-27T14:08:52.443-04:00

I just signed on to do a quick post and I see that my last post was a 1-month-old picture. Hilarious.So, what have I learned in the last seven months? Let's see, it's kind of hazy . . .1. Lack of sleep will rob you of your desire to blog. The lack of sleep is the hardest part.2. Fraternal twins are just siblings that are born at the same time. They are very different little people.3. The cute

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Jack & Rob

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All goes well with the kidlins, save one small complication. Apparently, Rob's discomfort while eating and periodic noisy breathing is a result of laryngomalcia, a delayed maturation of the supporting structures of the larynx (the epiglottis and/or arytenoid cartilages). Though there are rare cases that are cause for serious concern, laryngomalcia is apparently fairly common and takes care of

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This is a tough post to write, so I will be brief. Everyone knows about mothers and postpartum depression, but fewer people realize that men can also experience a form of PD. The sources that I have reviewed indicate that as many as 1 in 4 men experience some form of PD and 1 in 10 may suffer from a moderate to severe form of this condition. Having researched some of the symptoms, I think that

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070275323111075325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049484861236895970.post-69035498276380128482009-09-25T21:10:00.014-04:002009-09-25T22:15:05.682-04:00

On Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:51 and 6:52 a.m. respectively, Robert Edward and John Andrew entered the World. They are, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the two most adorable baby boys ever unleashed. I leave it to you, dear reader, to decide which one is the most adorable and which comes in a close second in human history. Votes welcome in the comments.The past week (I can't believe a

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Well, we dodged another one -- Preeclampsia, a high blood pressure condition. While not limited to multiple pregnancies, it is certainly more common with twins -- and it's no joke. My wife went for a check up and they found high blood pressure. Two days later, fortunately, her blood pressure had returned to normal and further testing came back negative, staving off early inducement. Even so,

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No, I have not stopped blogging about the babies, there is just not a whole lot going on in the last couple of months of pregnancy -- at least from the father's perspective. My wife had three showers, so there is a lot of baby stuff in the nursery. She is also having weekly non-stress tests, given that it is a high-risk pregnancy and all. But for me, it is just a matter of staying focused at

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Not a minivan.

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My wife and I have been attending a birthing class once a week for the last few weeks. You know, "Hee-hee-hee-hoooo . . . ." Well, this past week was the class when they talk about complications and show you the video of various actual deliveries -- c-sections, vaginal births with and without drugs, that kind of thing.Freaked out now? Yes indeedy. After the discussion about the various pain

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When the babies are born, I am going to publish a birth announcement for one in The Moscow Times in Russia and a birth announcement for the other in People's Daily in China. I will raise each to speak the language of their assigned country and immerse them in the culture of one of its oppressed cultural/racial minorities. When they reach the proper age I will ship them off to prestigious law

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Whew. After a positive test for gestational diabetes on a preliminary screening, my wife came up negative on the authoritative test. Gestational diabetes is a fairly common complication in multiple pregnancies, so I must admit that I was concerned. Bullet dodged.This also means that my boys being in the 70th percentile in size is not a symptom, but a sign that they will be super-human hockey

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Well, we are a little over two months away from the due date. My wife got tested for gestational diabetes last week and we have not heard anything, which is good news. I hope we can avoid that bump in the road, though the fact that she was not placed on any restrictions while the results were pending indicate to me that the doctor was not too worried.I have to admit, work is getting harder now.

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Memorable Moment #3 leading up to week 29 1/2 (see previous posts) is more of a culmination of a lot of smaller moments. As you may have heard, pregnancy will mess with your wife. While my wife has been wonderful throughout pregnancy, even the best woman is only human. Every once in a while, the effects of pregnancy will test even the most patient man's nerves. In the wake of one such encounter,

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Memorable Moment #2 from the first 29 1/2 weeks (see my previous posts) has to be finding out that we were having twins. As is common, we did not find out from the first sonogram, which only showed Baby A. (No, we have not picked names yet.) Baby B was hiding early on.I actually missed the first sonogram due to work. Surely, it will not be the first moment of my children's lives that I miss while

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As I mentioned in my first post, my wife is currently at 29 1/2 weeks. I don't want to try to go back into the pregnancy too much, as at this stage everything is about looking forward to the babies, but there are three moments that merit a post. The first is finding out.We had been trying passively for 2 or 3 months. I found trying to be somewhat weird and even a little difficult. I mean, not to

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Welcome, gentlemen. If you have found this small corner of the Interwebs through your Googles or Yahoos, then it is pretty likely that you are an expectant or recent father -- and quite possibly a father of twins. Congrats.As I write this first entry, my wife is 29 1/2 weeks pregnant, so it is getting pretty close. We are expecting two boys and are not yet certain whether they are identical or

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