NT Scan
Well, I made the appointment for the other ultrasound (the NT scan that Nickie mentioned in a comment to my last post). It will be on January 4 at 7:30 a.m.! So just in a little over a week, we'll get to see our wigglers again.
However, the nurse practioner we saw yesterday said that they won't do the blood work as with twins, my hormones will be all out of whack, and they won't be able to tell with that test.
So next year for Christmas, my mother-in-law wants us to travel to Arkansas or Indiana so we can celebrate with my sister-in-law and her husband's family. Normally, I would be o.k. with that since I got to stay at home this year (our families came to us this year except for my sister and two of Jon's siblings), but next year, we will have two infants to take care of. We won't have the money because we have two infants to take care of and I'm not looking forward to a flight to either place with two infants. I'd much rather stay at home again next year with our babies. I know a lot of people fly with their babies, but I just don't think I will want to. I don't think I'm being selfish when I say this, am I?
However, the nurse practioner we saw yesterday said that they won't do the blood work as with twins, my hormones will be all out of whack, and they won't be able to tell with that test.
So next year for Christmas, my mother-in-law wants us to travel to Arkansas or Indiana so we can celebrate with my sister-in-law and her husband's family. Normally, I would be o.k. with that since I got to stay at home this year (our families came to us this year except for my sister and two of Jon's siblings), but next year, we will have two infants to take care of. We won't have the money because we have two infants to take care of and I'm not looking forward to a flight to either place with two infants. I'd much rather stay at home again next year with our babies. I know a lot of people fly with their babies, but I just don't think I will want to. I don't think I'm being selfish when I say this, am I?
posted by seattlegal @ 1:01 PM
12 Comments:
At 2:46 PM ,
BigP's Heather said...
OH, come to Arkansas so I can meet the wigglers!!!!!
At 3:19 PM ,
Jaimie said...
Did your MIL hear what she asked you to do? I can't imagine traveling so far by plane, train, or automobile with the little ones. Just think of all the people you will be exposing the babies to. It sounds like a germ nightmare at the height of germ season. And as you mentioned, that is a huge cost. That is A LOT to ask of someone.
At 4:01 PM ,
Anonymous said...
No you are not being selfish. I hated traveling on an airplane with just one infant, I wouldn't want to do it with two! Maybe when they are a bit older and it is a little easier?
At 5:04 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Whenever I think about all the places that my parents took me when I was a baby(we flew to grandparents in texas and new mexico LOTS)or my brothe(4 months old on an amtrack train overnight and not in a sleeper car) and then how they took me overseas to the Phillipines when I was a toddler(o nooo soo many germs!!) I can't believe it!
I see how much work it is whenever we go anywhere with the kidlets(Kendra's kids) and think, WOW, my parents must have really either been super motivated or just not rattled by germs and enclosed spaces with babies...
I'm sure whatever you decide you'll have a good and memorable time....
At 8:09 AM ,
Nickie said...
From my personal experience, travelling with infants is MUCH MUCH easier than when they are toddlers. If it were me, I'd try to do the trip next xmas so you can say you did the trip and they can let you stay at home after that.
Plus, by the time they are 2 or so, you'll want to start your own family traditions. We travelled with my son when he was about 5-6 mo from WA to NJ and it was so much easier than even a 2 hr flight when he was a toddler.
Something to think about.
As for the cost, yes it won't be cheap, do you have frequent flier miles you can use for one ticket? I'd suggest buying 3 seats and hope that you can get a 4th one offered up by the airline. If not, you'll only have to hold one of them at a time and the other can sleep in a carseat.
It's also ok to say no and stay at home, but thought you might appreciate a different perspective.
At 9:02 AM ,
runergirl said...
It is hard enough travellinjg with one good baby. Cause really it's not the babies it's all the stuff you will have to travel with!!!! And if it was me and it was my babies first christmas I would want to spend it at home!
At 3:55 PM ,
TeamWinks said...
I'd go, so that next year you can park at home. It will be a lot of work, but not nearly as much as next year would be. Plus, it would probably mean a lot to them.
At 7:57 AM ,
Anonymous said...
It seems like a lot to ask to me. Maybe MIL will help with the cost. I wouldn't feel bad about saying that it's just too much to handle for twins' first Christmas, but other people do have good points that it might be easier to travel with infants than toddlers. Isn't family fun for getting you to worry about this now, a whole year in advance?
(This is Emmie by the way. Blogger Beta hates me.)
At 10:43 AM ,
Anonymous said...
That's a year from now. I say worry about it later. Who knows how you'll feel about it when the time comes. Your life will be very different then.
Also, it will be entirely up to you guys anyway. If, when the time nears, you don't think you can do it, don't.
At 11:37 AM ,
YouGuysKnow said...
girl, i hear you, i have been thinking this exact same thing. this year, as we travelled, my Hubs and I kept picturing how we'd do it next year with twins who would be... let's see...6 months old. it seems so overwhelming! yet we saw families of all sizes and shapes doing it, so, heck... maybe it's not that bad? I just want to stay or go wherever I can get the most help and support!! :)
At 2:50 PM ,
Dr. Grumbles said...
Actually, D and I discussed this last night as we stood in line for flight rebooking surrounded by distraught mothers with baby slings and strollers. We decided that anyone who wants to see any little ones we may have can COME TO US.
Your are hardly selfish for acknowledging the realities of travelings with infant TWINS.
At 2:16 PM ,
beagle said...
I also say too soon to worry but do what feels right to you when the time comes. Anyone who insists that you have travel with infants is the one being selfish, not you! (IMHO)
If you're up to it, and feel like it when the time comes, going will get you off the hook for a year or two after that. Of course, from what I see in our family, the couples with kids use them for all sorts of excuses so you'll have a double out from here on anyway!
Good Luck!
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