Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Everything is Puhfectly Nah-mal.

In her soothing accent, my childhood doctor used to proclaim "everything is puhfectly nahmal" at the end of each visit. Lungs, check. Reflexes, check. Blood pressure, check. Whenever I have a doctor appointment that goes as expected, my pediatrician's voice rings in my head, a calming mantra confirming the news.

Monday morning at way-too-early o'clock I had an ultrasound. Not that I had specific reason to worry, but nonetheless I spent the last week or so before a little keyed up about what the ultrasound might show. I am not even sure what I thought the results would be, what bad news I'd learn. I guess it doesn't matter, since all went well today. (Everything except my arrival at the wrong location, annoyance that no one was around, and eventual realization that I needed to be 5 minutes down the road instead. Luckily I got the "fast" ultrasound tech, who turned my 2 hour appointment into an hour. I even walked out "early.")

So everything continues to be normal - twin A (the girl) is the one who seems to have been standing on my bladder on a routine basis. Her brother twin B was a little less wiggly during the scan, consistent with the movements I have been feeling from their respective areas of my uterus.

Now I do have something to worry about. That whole naming thing that Chris and I put off until after this scan can now start in earnest. We've gotten a few suggestions, even some non-sarcastic. We are going to have to get moving on this. If it is true that 97% of twins are born by 37 weeks (something I read recently) we have no more than 18 weeks to find some names for these future bundles of joy. Break out the lists!

11 comments:

  1. My new karaoke name is Harriet. Feel free to use it.

    Do you want matching names?
    Names that have family significance?

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  2. I remember her saying something more like "pahhrhhfectly narhhhmahhhl." Why not name the girl after our pediatrician, who I continue to love beyond all reasonable measure? Aviva is a really nice name, I think. Then maybe the boy could be named after Dr. Pillai, who's first name we never knew.
    love, k

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  3. Belinda June - matching, like "Sam and Ella"?

    MSF - there was probably more rolling of words than I expressed.

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  4. I love Sam, but it really didn't go with our last name.

    How about Jack and Diane?

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  5. Ugh, we just have to think of a name for one child and it's not proceeding at all. Names are so difficult.

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  6. We've always said that if we had had kids, we would've named them Peaches and Moses. Kinda has a ring to it, don't you think?

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  7. Ah...Donny and Marie? Actually, maybe not.
    Becca and Boris?

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  8. Woo hoo! Another set of boy/girl twins! I have another mommy friend that has a toddler the same age as Lizzie and is also pregnant with boy/girl twins (naturally occurring). In fact, most people I know with IVF twins have had a boy and a girl.

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  9. To be a total geek, it is the most likely outcome. The best one too, if I do say so myself.

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  10. Hooray for perfectly normal!

    I desperately wanted to name my first son Murphy but he just didn't suit it & #2 son has my husband's last name (Brown) uh..no go. I like Hannah or Frances for a girl. I recommend finding the oldest baby name book you can (mine was from the '60s) and mining it.

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