What to read while waiting for the twins to be delivered

I recently asked a Twins forum what I should take in my bag to the hospital while waiting for the birth of the twins and I got an outstanding and very helpful response. What surprised me however, was how many people recommended taking books as there could be a lot of waiting around.

So I thought about it and remembered what I did before Monty was born (apart from driving up to Watford, delivering a presentation to a client, and then driving back to the hospital to assist with the delivery of our son).

I did nothing, as I recall. Because I really couldn’t concentrate and I thought it would be a bit unfair of me to start reading books while Charlotte was having contractions. I didn’t think it would go down too well if, while she was heaving away in pain, I occasionally looked up from a thumping good novel to say “Shhh, hun, can you pipe down a little? I’ve just got to a really good bit.”

So I asked on the forum who had actually read any of the books they had taken - an almost unanimous response confirmed what I suspected - i.e. that virtually nobody had been able to read them at all. Charlotte and I have therefore agreed that Hello, OK and other magazines will be fine - the more pictures the better.

And I’ll take a couple of running magazines and a copy of Men’s Fitness just to make me feel at home. And maybe even a copy of Empire so I can read the movie reviews - after all, if labour really looks like it’s taking a while I might just nip out and catch a movie…

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