"Do twins run in your family?"

At work, with the ever-growing belly, customers have started to notice that I am expecting. Some are even brave enough to ask if I am pregnant. One kid, and when I say kid I mean just graduated from high school, said, "Now I know this is a loaded question. But are you pregnant?" It was very cute. You can tell he grew up with sisters and has possibly asked a non-pregnant woman when they were due.

Now other customers on the other hand just stare at my belly. It can actually get a little awkward at times. Usually when that happens I lean back a little in my chair and rub my belly. Its not always so they can see it is actually a baby belly but more to rub a sore spot from all the stretching. At that point, 9 times out of 10, they say something.

I don't mind talking about being pregnant. I love it actually. I even love seeing their reactions when I tell them that I am having twins. I am able to answer most questions. There is just one that I am never sure how to answer.

"Do twins run in your family?"

There are so many ways to go about answering this. I could say that they run in my husbands family, because they do. I could say that I was adopted so I have no idea what runs in my biological family. Or I could tell them that we used fertility treatments to get these little miracles.

There were a handful of customers, my favorites, that knew we were having problems getting pregnant and that we were trying different fertility treatments. It is amazing how many couples have gone through the same thing Jake and I have. Several customers have been very open with their problems and what they had to go thorough. I even had a customer who asked if we did fertility treatments. We spent almost a half an hour talking about her experiences 15 years ago and how things have changed. It is really cool to be able to talk to those customers.

Now the other customers...I never know how to respond. Customers almost become extended family. But some of them, you just don't care to tell them what is going on, how it happened, if it runs in the family or not.

So needless to say, at almost 19 weeks, I still have no idea how to respond to this question. Pretty sure that question is only going to get asked more and more. I might as well get used to it.