We learned a lot from our twins' pregnancy and birth experience. Here are some tips for anyone going through this:

Delivering at 32 to 33 weeks is OK these days – the technology is incredible and those babies should be fine.

You really do take "one day at a time." Just deal with today. Tomorrow, deal with that day.

There will be A LOT of people at a premature twins delivery – about eight or nine, plus another eight to 10 in the room next door accessing the babies.

The NICU is noisy: Alarms and monitors are very sensitive and frequently go off.

The timing of labor and delivery is totally unknown. I was looking at the days in JUNE I wanted my wife to deliver and her water broke April 30!

Ultrasound weights are estimates and can be plus or minus 25 percent – that's a lot.

Yes, you can do it.

The childbirth movies are gross. But when it's your wife and your children, it is totally different. You will get into it.

Have a small sheet of paper in your wallet with important people's phone numbers, and don't forget your calling card. Most likely, you will be calling a lot of people with news.

Hospitals are not male or family friendly. They are boring. It will take some creativity and work to make a long hospital stay interesting.

Labor is the roughest thing you'll ever see your wife go through. The help you can give her is very important, but limited. You've heard it before, but it is SO worth it. Once things settle down and that little miracle (or two!) looks up at you when you hold it, you won't BELIEVE the feeling.

If your wife has bed rest, especially at a hospital, it is worse for her, but it is tough on you, too. No longer is your role simply holding her hand and saying "breathe" and "push." With your job, possibly other children, the house, errands and running to the hospital, you'll wish YOU had a twin!

Be prepared! Once you get to about 27 weeks, you WILL have a baby, so get everything you need to get done soon after that. We've met people who have spent up to four months at the hospital. Pretend she's in labor and make a practice run. At 1:30 in the morning I (nervous wreck) had to put together a suitcase of stuff of which I had no idea where any of it was!

A couple of final thoughts: Have your pediatrician already picked out. We were going to interview the week Ursula went into the hospital.

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