Okay, I'm absolutely exhausted! That has to be where I begin as if there were any better place to begin. My brain at this moment just can't seem to think past the fog that is my pregnancy fatigue. Maybe once I take a nap I can recover enough to gather my thoughts.
I'm back and slightly recovered. I'm much better prepared to offer my thoughts...so...
Being pregnant again - it's an interesting experience in that it felt a little anticlimactic since I've done it once before. Of course, that was before I learned we were having twins. Now all of a sudden I feel like I've never done this before and I don't have a clue what I'm doing. It's new all over again. Talk about time-consuming. First, calling everyone to tell them of the pregnancy. Then calling all the same people again to tell them it's two. I hope I don't wind up making a third call. Whoa, would that one be scary.
When the doctor said my abdomen felt big for my gestational age, I thought, "Oh, that's not good." Minutes later he confirmed why and I was in shock. I can't say I was thrilled. Mostly I think I was shocked, then scared. It brought up so many more questions and I know enough to know that the changes are going to be more exacerbated because there are two. I wasn't exactly prepared for that, although I knew there was always a possibility. Apparently, there's more of a possibility than I thought. Women over 35 are twice as likely to have twins - I'm 36. Hmm. Who'd have guessed it? Oh, and taking Clomid didn't lower the odds any, since 10% of Clomid pregnancies result in twins.
I live in Yokohama, Japan - mainland. Stop the presses! Why?! Well, I can't deliver multiples on mainland Japan. Hmm. That begs the question, where then will these children be born? It turns out we will be moving temporarily to Okinawa. By we, I mean me and Koen, and whoever else wants to come and help me cook once I can't get out of bed. LOL We'll be there from April until the babies are born. That's supposed to be somewhere around August 10th, but I'll keep you posted.
All of this keeps life interesting. We knew the year would bring many changes. Here is our current tentative timeline:
February - a trip to Hokkaido, Japan for the Snow Festival
April - move to Okinawa
July - probably give birth
August - hopefully go back to mainland Japan
Sometime through all of this, we will be looking for our new orders, probably organizing another international move, packing out our house, getting passports for the babies, and who knows what else.
December/January - leave Japan for sights unseen...
Yes, life this year will definitely be an adventure. I'm looking forward with great anticipation to the year of a lifetime!
