Just quickly, 'cos it's been a long day... 22nd Feb 2004:
Labour started 08:13ish
Ambulance called around 9am to go to St Peter's hospital, Chertsey
Mark born 10:29, 7lb
Aiden born 11:20, 6lb
All fairly natural, lots of medical people around but not too much
intervention, particularly considering they're twins - Many thanks to
midwives Theresa and Cathleen (Cathleen also delivered older sister Kathryn)
Twins happy, quiet, feeding well
Mum totally casual about it all, strolling merilly
around the ward by early afternoon, wishes she could go home, but it's
"normal procedure" to keep them all in for 24h for observation
Kathryn spending the night with Granny Gaynor and Mike
Dad now at home around 11pm to
update the website and get his last full night of sleep for the
forseeable future!
Yup, on 2nd september, Estelle
and Nick went to Ashford Hospital
for their 12 week scan,
expecting to later surprise everyone at work by bringing in an
ultrasound and announcing that we were going to be parents
again.
We weren't expecting quite such a surprise ourselves! TWINS!
Pics:
One baby:
Another baby:
Both together:
16 week scan
It gets better at the 16 week scan. The twins are growing very
nicely indeed. The below section of notes shows that both babies are
above average size on the scale, with one off the scale! At the
moment we've renamed them "big and bigger".
16 week Notes:
16 week babies:
22 week scan
Phew, they're both in the top averages, but no longer above the
scale. One is very active the other one tends to prefer to prod/punch
at the moment.
22 week Notes:
22 week babies:
FAQ:
When are they due? Mid-March, though twins are often born early
Identical? Apparrently not. If you look closely at the 3rd
picture, you can see they're in seperate sacks. That means they're
ALMOST certainly fraternal (non-identical) twins.
Boys? Girls? One of each? Way too early to tell. Wait for the
later ultrasound scans - we get at least one bonus ultrasound with
twins :-)
Healthy? They seem to be healthy at the moment. Mum's doing
OK too :-)
Names? Good grief, no idea yet!
Do either of you have twins in your families? Is this genetic?
Nick has twins on his side. Estelle doesn't. Fraternal twins are
caused by the mother releasing 2 eggs at once though - something Nick
can't take the blame for!
Planned? Well, we were planning ONE!
Daunted? Bit of a shock, but I think it's sunk in now. We
should be OK. Obviously we did such a brilliant job last time that
nature has decided to give us a bit more of a challenge. ;-)
So what if... If they're both girls, Nick will be sharing a
house with 4 women, and definitely needs his own bathroom!
Mailing-list? Yup, just like last time, there will be an
email list for announcements. If you want to receive a very occasional
update, and of course the birth announcements, send an email...
... and we'll add you to the list.
