Men say stupid things sometimes

My husband, Tim, is a really great person. He’s smart, loving, good looking, laid back, even tempered and sweet. But, he is not funny. Here are a few things that my supportive husband said to me this week:


Are you going to get post-partum depression? Well, if you do, can you stop it before it happens? (sure thing, honey, I’ll just meditate really hard and stop the surge of hormone’s)

I was talking about not wanting to go into labor at work because I work with a bunch of guys and I’m worried they won’t be calm enough to get me to the hospital.
I said, “I guess I can just call an ambulance”
Tim said “Hell no, do you know how expensive that is. You can just drive yourself”
Me “WTF? You’re fucking kidding right?”
Tim “No, it’s not like it’s going to hurt that badly at the beginning, you can just drive yourself”

I continue to argue the facts about how the contractions hit every 20, 10, 5 minutes or whatever and that if I’m driving I could crash and kill myself. He stands firm that I should drive myself because the pain won’t be that bad. I can just suck it up and suffer until I get there. In the movies, the women don’t look like they are in too much pain. REALLY? In the movies? Wow. Maybe I should move 'smart' farther down the list. Poor Timmy. Anyone want to volunteer to drive me to the hospital?

Thoughts from my Grandfather

My mom made dinner for the family last week and I was kind of complaining that I had to eat my steak cooked all the way through. Ok, i was REALLY complaining about it. I very rarely eat red meat so when I do, I want it very pink. Well cooked beef just doesn't taste the same. But, I know that you can't eat rare beef when you are pregnant and I need the protein, so I ate it. I complained the entire time. My poor family. Anyway, my grandparents are visiting and were lucky enough to be a part of this dinner conversation. I must have said something about having 2 babies (yes, I'm still in shock), and my grandfather who is a very loving, sweet, spiritual, funny man had something to say. He said "Kara Mia, this is what I think, God has a plan for everyone and I believe that He gave you this blessing because he wasn't sure that you would ever go through this again". My grandfather is a very smart man!

Twin Pregnancy Research

Since I had no idea I was having 2 babies I didn’t do any reading on it. I actually skipped those sections of the pregnancy websites that I came across, thinking that’s not me…..Well, now I had to go back and find all those links and see what new information I needed to learn. I was freaked that I went 12 weeks not knowing and how much harm did that cause. That fear only lasted a few hours and then I reminded myself that I was taking pretty good care of my body. Eating the right things, drinking my gallon of water a day(which is harder than it sounds), taking my vitamins, exercising, and eating my extra 300 calories a day.

So, what new information did I find out about being pregnant with 2 babies?

More calcium (1200 mg a day. That’s 4 glasses of milk. Gross, I don’t drink milk. But, I do eat cheese and cottage cheese and take a supplement)

Eat between 90 and 120 grams of protein. (That’s a lot of protein and since I don’t eat fish and can’t have lunch meat, and have to eat red meat fully cooked –nasty - this one is going to be hard to do.)

More iron (and more iron means more constipation – woo hoo!)

Gain 10 more pounds than I originally thought (between 35-45) I guess this one is good and bad :)

Eat 6 servings of fruit and veggies a day. Since the only thing I have a craving for is fruit, this one I can do!

Eat 600 more calories a day (This sounds awesome until you realize that 600 calories is very easy to eat. And they say to stay away from “empty calories” yeah, ok.)

The day I found out all this new info I went out to eat and had Fish and Chips. The babies LOVE Fish and Chips :P

Our 1st ultrasound

We had our first ultrasound yesterday. We went in to meet the technician and this is how the appointment went:

Technician “Hi, how are you both doing?”

Kara “Good, you?”

Tim “Good”

Technician “Are you having any issues with your pregnancy so far?”

Kara “Just the uterus stretching. That’s fun!”

Technician “ Yeah, that is fun :). Please lay down flat and we’ll get started. Tim, you can sit if you like” (He stood)

Technician “Is this your first ultrasound?”

Kara “Yes”

Technician “Um, You’re having 2 babies”

Kara “What?!?!?”

Tim” ….”

Technician “You’re having 2 babies!”

Kara “ Shit.”

Tim. “….”

Technician “I never get to surprise people! Are you ok?”

Kara “Fuck”

Tim “….”

Technician “ Are you guys ok?!?”

Kara “No.”

Tim “ It’s hot as fuck in here”

Technician “Ok, I’ll put the fan on”


Meanwhile, during this conversation we are both just staring at the big screen TV looking at our babies with our mouths open. Babies?! Are you kidding me?! I was actually glad that I could tell what I was looking at. I had flashbacks of Rachel on friends “I can’t see my baby!” You could see them very, very clearly. 2 sacs. 2 heads. 2 heartbeats. Shit.

Tim “This means 2 college funds “

Kara “This means 2 of everything. Fuck.”

Technician “This is great news you guys! Congrats!"

Technician “They look great. Everything is developing just as it should”

Kara “ Wow.”

Tim “ Shit. “

Kara “Our mother’s cursed us by teasing it was twins. We are no longer speaking to either of them. Ever. “

Tim “Yeah “

Now, this is good advice!

Watch as many movies with Tim
Snuggle/lay around with him
Go to the movie theater
Sleep in
Enjoy going places with only your purse to carry.
Enjoy eating your dinner whilst it is still warm.


thanks, heather lee! :)

Why don’t your friends tell you these things?

So, now that I’m newly pregnant I’ve become obsessed with reading every pregnancy website (even though they say pretty much the same things). What I want to know is why didn’t my pregnant friends tell me the really interesting parts. Were they trying not to scare me? I’m not talking about all the fun stuff that happens in the delivery room; I’ve been in there. It can be nasty, but you don’t think about it. You’re too consumed with the brand new life on the horizon. I’m talking about the extra “fluids”, the acne, the gas. Extra saliva? Really? What can you do about that besides totally gross out my husband? My drooling before wasn't bad enough now I have extra? Come on! The rash? The extra snot? Wow. I can't eat carrots anymore either. Thank God you can take gas ex when you're pregnant. Maybe my friends were just trying not to scare me. What else do I have to look forward to? I think I'm scared now!

11 weeks

I’m almost out of my first trimester. Wow, where does the time go? The baby is the size of a lime this week and getting fingernails. Very cool information. Isn’t it funny how as soon as people find out you are pregnant they have words of advice for you. Or should I say patronizing statements to share:

“You’re going to breastfeed, right?”
“You know you can’t eat that right?”
“You do know that you’re not supposed to sleep on your back after your first trimester”
“You’re not going to find out the sex of the baby are you?”
“Really, that’s the name you have picked out?”

WTF? They aren’t really words of advice, nor are they encouraging at all. I’m not a moron, I think I know some of the things you aren’t supposed to do and the rest I read when I found out I was pregnant. Since I’m new at this, I do appreciate the advice. If it can be given to me as such. Um, not like the above. I’ve already snapped at a few close friends and family for the above statements. I might not breastfeed. That does NOT make me a horrible person. Yes, I know I can’t drink, smoke, do drugs, eat soft cheese, sushi or fish high in mercury. Yes, we want to know the sex of the baby. My question to you is, why didn’t you want to know? And, yes, we can and will name our child whatever the hell we want. I do not care if you like the name or not. You have children, you got your chance to name them, keep your opinions to yourself. Oh, thanks for caring!