Some stuff -- much of it pregnancy related

• Just wanted to make clear that the Kardashians make me nuts, too.  I've never seen their show (shows?) and for the life of me I can't understand what the fascination is with them. Actually, what I can't figure out is why they had a show in the first place.
• Speaking of which, my DH and I were talking about that the other day when some new reality show was advertised and we were trying to figure out how on earth they found yet another random family business in some random city to feature.  We found a website, http://www.realitywanted.com/calls, where you can scroll through and find all the different reality shows that are casting in your area.  In addition, some are vague and say things like "is your family business interesting?"  So, I guess that's how you do it.  Anyone up for a show about two college professors in a small midwestern town raising twins post-infertility?
• We have our first official OB appointment on Tuesday!  I'll be 11 weeks and we're going to be seeing a maternal fetal medicine specialist initially.  Our IVF nurse helped set it up.  We're hoping to work with him to help us find a local OB (since he's across the street from my RE -- so still 90 miles from here) we can work with most of the time and then have him and his practice available if we turn out to be more "high risk" and/or have to deliver early.  I keep going back and forth in my head about whether I should be considered high risk -- maybe medium risk -- so it will be nice to have someone officially tell us one way or the other.  Regardless, I know that all sorts of issues are possible and we've already dealt with some of them.  We'll be doing our NT scan then (how on earth is it already time for that??) as well.  So, yay for some great detailed pictures of the ticks! 
• My DH is chomping at the bit to tell people.  Which is funny because he was the one who a few weeks ago said "maybe we'll wait until 20 weeks to tell my parents."  I think watching them move on Tuesday made it more real for him.  He's feeling nervous about the NT scan, but I think after that he feels like he wants to scream it from the rooftops.  Which I find adorable.  Personally, while I'm feeling much more confident about it all (note the tone of this post!), I still want to wait a little while.  (Part of me wants to tell no one ever.)   I have one more week of classes and then a week of finals.  I think I can hide my growing belly for at least those last two weeks (I've still got one pair of pants that fits, sort of, and belly bands holding up the rest and lots of big sweaters).  I'll plan on telling my department chair during finals week because he needs to know for scheduling purposes for the fall and for "just in case" purposes for the spring.  Other than that, I want to wait until the spring semester to tell the rest of work.  I'll be about 16 weeks, then, so time for my press release.  :)  And, I'll probably not be able to hide it at that point with twins.  We have some friends that we'll plan on telling locally during finals week, too, probably.  But, all of our local friends also work here, so it's a bit of a delicate situation. 
• Still not sure exactly when my DH will tell his parents.  Although, he's all excited about how he plans to tell his mother.  We've been looking at double strollers, etc. on Amazon (because he feels all confident and stuff and I'm trying to stay zen about it and let his confidence inspire me).  He's making a "wishlist" and is planning on sending it to his mom when she asks him what we want for Christmas.  I'm assuming the "double snap'n'go" stroller and two infant car seats will clue her in and we'll get a phone call REAL fast.
• We've also been talking about names.  Mostly in a joking manner of "what fun combos can we use for twins" that we would never actually use.  But, some more serious which is both freaking me out and making me immensely happy all at the same time.
• I'm still having a lot of lower abdomen tenderness and pain but it has gotten better. I assume it's everything stretching and responding to hormones -- I've always had a lot of uterine/ovarian pain at ovulation and AF, so I guess I'm just sensitive that way.  It still worries me (of course it does) so I'll be checking with the doc on Tuesday about it.  I've already gotten checked for a UTI (negative) and talked to the RE and he didn't have much to say about it.  So, hopefully all is OK.  Oh, and I'm afraid to say it but I seem to be only barely, barely spotting brown, finally! 
• My cousin's triplets are doing well.  All are off the respirators!  One needs to have some surgery next week so things are still uncertain, but everything is looking good.  Which is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing.