UH,OH, Kate COULD be carrying twins!

[CTyankee]

the health/science reporter for our local ABC affiliate just did an interview with a doc at Yale-New Haven Hospital who said that severe morning sickness could mean she was carrying twins...

So who gets the succession to the monarchy?

(Something new and exciting to get worried about, folks!&quot

[Happyhippychick]

1. Whoever is born first. Now if they're conjoined that's a different story!

[CTyankee]

13. And if they do a C-section?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

28. There is still one removed first...

You can be sure the doctors would make sure of that...it need only be a matter of seconds. The real question is 'if there is a boy and a girl, will they be sure to take the boy first now that the rules of succession have changed?'

[CTyankee]

32. I have no idea what the "succession" is in a medical sense with a C-section.

I don't know if they have a real choice with a multiple birth anyway.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

35. Males no longer take precedence...

A lot depends on the position of the babies...but it's probably safe to assume there will be at least 2 obstetricians at the royal delivery....

[derby378]

38. Maybe they flip a coin?

"Edward, we've been through this before - Anne is the heir because she won the coin toss. You're the spare because you're a loser."

[Sekhmets Daughter]

40. Perfect....

[monmouth3]

2. The Mask, Leonardo DeCaprio are all coming to mind..Hahaha..n/r

[qazplm]

3. lol for a second

I thought you were talking about Kate Gosselin.

[dipsydoodle]

4. First one out

regardless of male , female or newt.

[longship]

36. Male, Female, or Newt...

It depends on whether its parents have the proper royal inbreeding.

[graham4anything]

5. Camilla

[rivegauche]

6. I really don't care.

Not even a little bit. In fact, any mention of "royals" bring out my inner Bolshevik. I need to find a way to tolerate the next nine months of CONSTANT FUCKING BABY STORIES about these people. Sigh.

[Flaxbee]

7. go crap in the toilet, not in this thread, please

Or, start your own thread where you can express your disdain.

[rivegauche]

11. who are you to boss people around?

I'll post where I want and without asking your permission.

[Quantess]

49. All you are doing is kicking this royal gossip to the top.

Thanks a lot, buddy. Think about that next time you get the urge to chime in about how little you care about something.

[rivegauche]

50. oh the shame! I've displeased your majesty!

BFD.

[Lightbulb_on]

15. Their bile doesn't count unless...

... they shout it to somebody and attempt to show them how wrong they are.

Double cool word score for using the word "Bolshevik"

[CTyankee]

19. I DO love the word "Bolshevik." Warms my heart!

[Motown_Johnny]

22. This is more of a Lounge topic. Hardly GD worthy.

I mean, who really cares if the figurehead monarchy of England gets two more members or just one?
I know I don't. It is a curiosity, at best.

[CTyankee]

25. Sorry, my bad. I was just thinking about how curious the whole succession thing was...

if it ever were to become a real issue...

[coalition_unwilling]

39. Hello. Who elected them to anything? If I were a Brit, I'd be seriously pissed that

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my taxes were going to support these parasitical anachronisms.

[rivegauche]

46. THANK YOU. I totally agree

Those people (the "royals&quot are a ridiculous useless luxury that GB does not need. The taxpayers pay millions and milions to this already-rich family to do what? Put on frumpy ugly clothing and wave at the plebs? The royalists defend it by saying "it's good for tourism". Really? How many tourists get to have a beer with Wills or Harry when they visit England?

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS.

[JI7]

8. i don't care either, but only because i find the whole thing boring

[trixie]

27. Mom is that you?

You came back from the dead for this?

Seriously, one can not delve into world history without learning about the royal families of the world. Escpecially Queen Victoria and how her ilk spread over the globe.

OK now my mom is inside my head screaming, "Monarchist!"

[AnnieBW]

45. You Can't Expect to Wield Power...

Because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[rivegauche]

47. Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords

is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

[jberryhill]

9. New Advances In Telemedicine

Did the doctor offer an opinion on Merle Haggard's condition?

I heard on the radio he wasn't doing very well. Maybe he has twins too!

[onecent]

10. How stupid rumors fly. I had the same thing with the severe morning sickness with my first

son and...
THEN 2 years later I was pregnant with twins -- NO morning sickness.

EVERYONE is different...Trust me....no 2 pregnancies can ever predict in the tenth week what
the baby is going to be...people are so gullible.

And it's NOTHING I would worry about anyway....

[CTyankee]

12. Well, when you have a doc from Yale-New Haven Hospital you have some edge...just sayin'

[laundry_queen]

41. Statistically

women with more severe morning sickness are more likely to be carrying multiples (that doesn't mean it's guaranteed though). But I agree with you - every pregnancy is different. I had 4 singletons - all girls. Every pregnancy was totally different. Morning sickness for 5 months with one, none with the next, sick for 9 months with the next, sick for 2 months with the 4th....one was born on her due date, 2 were exactly 2 weeks early and 1 was exactly 2 weeks late. You can't fucking predict anything for sure with a pregnancy.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. "Calling Sen. Bill Frist, calling Sen. Bill Frist" We need an expert diagnosis.

[CTyankee]

18. I think the Yale doc was talking some stats...he didn't say it WOULD be twins...

just that that was in the mix of reasons why she had the bad morning sickness....probably a little bit of exaggeration on his part but I was thinking of the implications of that situation...if I were a twin in line for the crown i wouldn't accept no "which one was first down the birth canal." I would say "hey, we were both conceived at the same time and incubated in the same womb and only one could emerge at a time, so it's not fair that he/she gets dibs on the crown."

It kinda gets silly at that point and the U.K. looks silly too...

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Royal family feud before either sees the light of day?....a Brit first.

Disclaimer: It wasn't me that did the deed.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

16. Congratulations to the expecting welfare mother-to-be. n/t

[CTyankee]

21. Har de har har...do I LOVE the word "welfare"!

I swear, I don't know how the general public in the U.K. keeps loving and supporting the royalty!

[HiPointDem]

17. for a minute i thought kate gosselin was pregnant again....

[JaneyVee]

23. -_-

[CTyankee]

24. You are right. I do think it is on the level you say it is.

Just having fun with it...

[JaneyVee]

37. Me too.

[LynneSin]

44. I'd move that meter over to the right just a bit...

since clearly you gave enough of a fuck to even bother posting in this thread.

Truly those who do not give a fuck probably didn't even click on this thread!

[HereSince1628]

26. Or. or. or. SEPTUPLETS!!!!! What COULD be is just EXTRAORDINARY!

I hope she gets hydrated and feels better.

As it is this is, it just seems like the fulfillment of a contract obligation with THE COMPANY

[CTyankee]

31. I just wonder what brought this on. I know it isn't just her being very thin because it can

happen to very normal sized women. Also, I wouldn't wish constant nausea wished on anyone.

[HereSince1628]

34. From what I've read and experienced, the endocrine variations affect women differently

To my knowledge the mother of my children never got morning sick.

On the otherhand my second wife who got pregnant with her boss's sperm prior to our divorce, had a lot of morning sickness.
Her morning sickness went away withing days of her aborting that pregnancy.

IMO, endocrinology can be just or unjust.

[are_you_serious_1234]

29. Who gets succession in the event of schizophrenia?

[Warpy]

30. First one to hit the air is the first born.

However, I doubt she's anything but pregnant and I really don't want to know more thanks.

[Rain Mcloud]

33. Mozzletov! n/t

[AnnieBW]

42. Do It Like They Did In Ye Olde Times

Broadsword duel! Or, better yet, see which one of them can pull a sword out of a stone.

[LynneSin]

43. whomever pops out first gets the crown

Of course Queen Elizabeth looks to be outliving them all

[msanthrope]

48. An heir and a spare? nt

[joeybee12]

51. One more thing to fill up the numerous papers of a dying empire...

I hope everything turns out ok, but series-ly, royalty in this day and age?