Twin Dad - part 1 - "There is something else in there."

Hey everyone,

I have planned to narrow down my posting to a few key interests. I do get caught up in the odd political correctness debate, but I'm going to predominately try and stick to; my DIY dad Renovations, Twin dad related posts & my camping/Hunting expeditions.

I've wanted to post for a while about the day I learned i was going to be a twin dad for some time.

I cant say I was ready for one baby, but I honestly don't think you're ever ready to become a parent. Nothing can prepare you for what you'll give up, the new challenges that you'll face and the sleep deprivation that you'll experience. All of that goes out the window though when you can play peek-a-boo, see your child crawl for the first time, or walk, or say Dada.

So lets go back to a day (not sure when) back in September 2013 - We knew we were expecting to bring a new life into the world. We had booked into see an obstetrician that my wife had chosen. She was a pretty cool lady, relatively young considering the years of study that she would have gone through. Just googled it.. around 7 years... we do a bit of chitter chatter about the basics, time to get up for a scan.

My wife gets up on the bed and the doctor applies the gel and starts sticky beaking around.

PHEW! a healthy heart beat, we've got a baby with a heart beat. Thank your mother for the rabbits! I'm as happy as Larry until the doctor says "oh hang on, there is something else in there." Not what you want to hear from a doctor when you're getting a scan for a baby.

I'm silent.

I need to be strong for my wife right now.

In my head I'm thinking, fuck, shes got cancer or a tumor or something. Is the baby going to be ok? Is my wife going to be ok? Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Doctor continues moving around my wifes stomach with her magic scanning wand then breaks her silence after a while. Whilst laughing she says "I think its another baby, let me keep looking".

She repeats, "yeah you're having twins, that's hilarious".

my reaction and i said it out aloud, "no its not really hilarious, I'm going to need a new car, a new house a new job."

We sat back down at the doctors desk and continued our conversation, obviously the situation has changed, we're having twins. I asked her, and I quote *"I know you're a doctor, and that you've studied for a long time, but how sure are you its twins?" *

Her response, "Im sure".

I ask again, "If you had to put your house on it being twins, would you?" She said "no, but Im almost certain."

I don't remember much of the conversation after that. We went to my father in law's house after the appointment, which was around breakfast time. My parents in law knew we were having a baby, and that we had a scan. We must have still had a shocked look on our faces because they could sense something was off.

My father in law said, "do you want a drink?"
I said "yes please".
He replies, "a beer?"
I said "no a scotch".
He replies, "whats the matter are you having twins?"

These are my twins, when they're only a few minutes old.


Although the next 18 months were the most stressful months of my life, I pulled through it. And i know I wouldn't change a thing if i did it again.

Until next time XAG.