Mind if I whine a bit?

I am tired. TIRED.

No—you don’t know what I mean, unless you’ve been pregnant with twins. So there. Hmmmph.

Seriously. If I don’t sleep at least 14 hours a night, I cannot get up.

I don’t go into work until 11am. And guess what? I’m late most days (I must blame this on my serious celebrity crush on Jon Stewart—I cannot miss the Daily Show and it’s not on until 11. Did you see him on Crossfire? Go Jon Go!). I cannot get up in the mornings. I cannot function when I do get up. I drop things. I put the sausage in the toaster and the waffles in the microwave. I pour juice into the glass that already has milk in it.

At work, I forget things moments after someone tells me. I don’t make sense when I speak, because I forget what I was saying. Or I repeat myself. A lot.

This sucks. Worse is the smugness of all those women that told me that they just LOVED the second trimester, it was so awesome, they had boundless energy and the sex drive! Wow! It was awesome. I hate all those women.

I’m here at 21 weeks and I seriously need a wheelbarrow to carry my ass around in.

I’m tired people. TIRED.

Other fun stuff that’s happening? My nipples have changed. I understand the biological directive for this—darker nipples are easier for weak-eyed newborns to find—but it’s ugly, people. Seriously. I don’t look good in dark shit brown.

Worse, the darkening hasn’t confined itself to just my nipples. It has spread out, fading like dark shit brown freckles, over my entire breasts. Worse, it’s darker along the bottom of my breasts, so I have a line that points toward the center of my chest. It’s ugly, people. They are ugly enough to turn my little boys gay.

Sigh.

And I’m so tired.

And today I thought I’d try on my fabulous motorcycle boots. They’re big on me normally, so I thought perhaps I could wear them now that it’s gotten cool out. To my dismay, my calves are too thick from all the edema buildup. The boots are tight. I think I’m going to end up with stretch marks on my ankles—I’m totally serious—from all the fluid. I still leak after acupuncture—last week I had to tape little pieces of paper towel to my legs to sop up the fluid leaking from the acupuncture sites (a word to acupuncture newbies—no, this is NOT the norm).

And the puking has come back. I’ve thrown up twice in the last three days. First thing in the morning.

Did I mention that I’m tired?

……………………

Is there good news?

Yes. I think, maybe, just maybe, I’m beginning to feel the babies move. I can’t tell for sure. I’m hoping my next ultrasound (scheduled for early next week) will help me identify some of what I’m feeling as movement. I’m really looking forward to it; it will be over five weeks since we’ve had an ultrasound.

I also think I’m feeling some Braxton-Hicks contractions, which are really weird but kind of cool too.

So the pregnancy is progressing, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about that. I’m really looking forward to meeting these boys. So it’s not all bad.

I just needed a little whine.

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We need your help. We are totally stuck on what to name these boys. We had names picked out—Zachary and Nicholas—but now we don’t like them anymore.

Suggestions??? The names all need to go with an Irish last name that starts with an O’. The more unusual the better!

Comments

[Christina]

How about Liam, Conner, Patrick, Colin, Aidan, Cole, or Keegan? those are Irish names that I think are cool and unusual! Good luck!

[Amanda]

Kaden
Ethan
Peyton

That's all I can think of right now!

[Melanie]

I think the twins thing means we're going to miss out on the second trimester break. For the most part. That's just my guess.

Names . . . hmm . . .
James
Phinigan/Phinean (Phin is so cute on a toddler!)

[Moxie]

Padraig
Finbar/ Finn
Declan (Irish spelling Deaglan)
Colm
Donal
Seamus

or, my favorite, Piggley Winks

Oh, you didn't mean the names had to be Irish, just go with an irish last name. Let's start again:

Rhett
Yoshi
Rex
Maximus
Maynard
Absolom
Heriberto (nickname Beto)
Boo and Radley

You can steal my two favorites, too, if you want. I'm desperately trying to convince my husband to let me name our baby Fitzwilliam Darcy (or at the very least Mr. Darcy). But you can have Fitzwilliam and Darcy for your boys if you'd like.

Or you could find some inspiration at the Utah Baby Namer site at http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/

[Amie]

Wow, I think reading your post made *me* tired!

Eliott
Gage
Drake (my nephew's name)
Owen
Donovan
Arlo (you said unusual)
Landon
Jonah

[Maria]

Twin boys - how fun will that be? With a little Irish personality to go with it!

Kian
Shamus
Mac
Niall

Let us know what you decide!

[Elise]

Well you know our family favorite: Bucephalus. How about Bucephalus and Nemo?

Okay, for real now: hmmmm, there aren't a lot of boy names I like. I do like Jacob, and Ian. And Noah. I can't think of any others right now.

[Sarah B.]

I'm sorry you are feeling so tired! And puking again! WTF?? That is unacceptable. I will have a talk with the Dude upstairs ASAP.

As for names...I love how you are getting all these hardcore Irish names. I liked Donovon, suggested above. I also really like Kaden and Connor. Hmmm...this is tough!

Love,
Sarah

[Tammy]

Since you live far away from me, I won't begrudge you if you use the same boy name we've picked out: Samuel (aka Sam, of course).

[leah]

Long time fan, first time commenting...

Flint
Flynn
Quinn
Tristan
Caelen
Caulen
Cyrus

Good Luck and congratulations!!!

[lisa]

If mine's a boy (might find out tomorrow) I'm thinking Malakai (Malachi).

Re the puking: I've gotten some nausea back in the mornings too, but it's because I'm so dang hungry. I've woken up at 4-5am starving, but too tired to get out of bed, go downstairs, and raid the kitchen. Maybe you could try keeping some snacks by the bed and nibbling on them during the night to see if that helps? (I'd do that if I wasn't convinced the ants, roaches, and cats would wake me up by having a massive battle to beat each other to the food).

Movement- yeah, it's exactly what you think it is. After last week's appointment, where the Dr. asked if I'd felt anything, and I was like, "umm, yeah, think so" suddenly I had Kung Fu training going on in my uterus. It's not constant, but I feel just enough every day to think everything's good.

I <3 Jon Stewart too, but he's on at 8pm here so I can go to bed almost early enough to get up at 6:30am. But I hate my cat for getting all snuggly in my bed after it's made- I think he's just rubbing it in that he can sleep all day and I can't.

[Amy]

I don't think I ever stoped being tired. In fact, just now, almost 2 years from the pregnancy, I am still tired.

I don't think I ever had Braxton Hicks either. Unfortunately, for me, the only thing I had was real contractions. (I am extraordinarily lucky.....my contractions don't hurt...I always think they are Braxton Hicks.)

I didn't stop puking until I was 22 weeks. 2 weeks later, I was in labor.

I truly do understand the tired....my twins are 21 months old now.

[Stacey]

I always loved Kaden & Aidan.

Rohan, Ronan...umm...

[Leah]

The tiredness now is to prepare you for the tiredness you will experience after the twins are born. My kids are 5 and 7 and I'm still tired all the time! I think in my case though, it is just old age setting in. :)

I hated being pregnant. I love being a mom (well most days anyhow), but I really really hated the pregnancy part.

I'm sorry yours is so uncomfortable as well.

[Cathy]

That's some serious fatigue sister. Hang in there and don't cave to the call of a Starbucks venti-quad-shot-latte. I have to refrain from grabbing stangers' cups some days. And I dream in green and white.

I like Baylor, Ryker, River... Jace, Landon and Jake to name a few.

[Elizabeth]

We named our second Liam. We have 5 children, and he is the one about whom everyone oooohs and ahhhs over his name. "What a beautiful name!" follows him like a shadow.

Top Picks we had w/ Liam were Michael and Tristan. As they get older I see simpler is better.
Best of luck!

It is a fact that a pregnant woman's brain weighs less than a non-pregnant woman's brain. So, you're cool losing, dropping, stuttering and sleeping. Function mostly comes back. Eventually. Except for the part that you leave with your kid(s).

In Irish:
Eamon means "man who gives away all his goods to become wealthy"

Brendan means "little fiery one"

[Ciara]

I think the key is to choose names that will suit your boys as they grow into men - and that you won't hate saying 400+ times a day!

.. And make the decision now whether you like the idea of shortening them or having obvious nick-names. Some boys names don't last in their full form, because their shortened version is easier & more popular. Just something to think about!

I've always liked Thomas (Tom or Tommy), Jeremy (Jem), Riley and Finn.

[Sanorah]

How long until you can quit work for a while and stay home to watch Jon and sleep?

Someone else mentioned it but I love the name DRAKE for a boy, but my husband doesn't like unusual names and he would never go for it.
I also like GUY, ADAM and ROSS.

I'm sorry you’re so tired, but I’m very glad you and the babies are doing well.
Hang in there!
~Sanorah

[Sierra]

Keenan

Its the only one I can think of that isn't already here.

[Kris]

I am kind of partial to the name Trei (tray) it is our middle sons name and I like the name Tate for a boy as well.

I have Irish neighbors that have 2 boys, Cabot and Leighton. I've never heard either before they named their boys that. I like Keegan and I like Sean.

Sorry you're exhausted. Sorry about your boots!

[Cath]

Just wanted to say hope the tiredness get better. I was knackered during my PG and i was only having one. Have you seen the doc about the fluid retention, might be able to give you something for it.
As for forgetting stuff, sure i know you're tired, but did anyone mention that being pregnant seriously depletes your brain cells? And believe me they don't come back afterwards!! LOL

[Molly]

First-time poster!

A dear friend of mine (who also has an Irish last name) named her son Cael (pronounced "Kale"). That's a great Celtic name.

[heidi]

Well, as a mom of 4 boys I can tell you the names we used...
Alex (alexander)
Tyler
Dylan
Zach (zachary) - which you already mentioned you don't like.
I wanted to name zach - Miller (my maiden name) but hubby vetoed it (and I got the house I wanted - he hated)
I love Keegan, Davis, Finn is adorable too.
Good luck! Sorry about the tired but glad the babies are doing well.