Mommybloggers: Your blog name is great. I assume your "goon squad" refers to your kids. How did the name come about?

Sarah: Gabe started calling the kids "The Goon Squad" in utero. It just stuck. Then one day I had to pick a blog name, I didn't really give it much thought. I never really planned on blogging, I just needed to sign up with blogspot so that I could comment on Bridgette's site (Live From the Wang of America) and so I picked "Sarah and the Goon Squad". After my first post I got addicted.

Mommybloggers: What were your first thoughts when you found out that you were expecting twins?

Sarah: I thought that it couldn't be possible. Only people on TV had twins. I felt like I was lying when I told people that there were two babies.

Mommybloggers: Having lost a baby to miscarriage before, did it amplify your fears with this pregnancy? Just the fact that you were having twins made you more high risk.

Sarah: Oh sure, but my miscarriage was very early (somewhere between 7 and 8 weeks) so once I got past about 10 weeks with the twins, I got a whole new set of fears.

Mommybloggers: You were put in the hospital for early labor. How early were you put in and how long did you have to stay until the kids were born?

Sarah: I started going into labor at 28 weeks. At first my contractions were very mild, but since they were causing dilation and my cervix to thin the doctors knew that I could go into hard labor at any time. I went to a doctors appointment for my "Braxton-Hicks" contractions and he sent me straight to the hospital. I lived there for five weeks until they couldn't stop the labor anymore. Ian and Claudia were born at 34 1/2 weeks gestation, which isn't too bad for twins. All said, I was in the hospital for 41 days.

Mommybloggers: What did the doctors tell you about your prognosis when you were in the hospital?

Sarah: When we first got to the hospital they told us that if the children were born right then there was a 95% chance that if even one of them were to live they would have severe problems. They told me that every day they could keep the twins from coming out would improve there chance of survival. It was terrifying.

Mommybloggers: Having twins, what is the biggest pet peeve you encounter when it comes to other people's comments or questions?

Sarah: The thing that pisses me off the most is when people say "Oh, you did it the easy way." I'm not sure what they think the hard way is!

Mommybloggers: You know we have to ask...are you planning on having anymore children?

Sarah: No. Hell no. We've had it "taken care of".

Mommybloggers: Okay, so let's talk sports. You are the editor at BlogHer for their sports section. What is your favorite sport to watch? What about to play? Do you play sports?

Sarah: I love football. I really love football. In fact, my favorite sport to play is fantasy football. In real life I am a lazy ass and don't get nearly as much physical activity as I should. I'm not very athletic.

Mommybloggers: Are you jealous that Jenn had tickets to the NHL All Stars Game? (She said we have to ask.)

Sarah: You know I am.

Mommybloggers: A little birdie told us that you were in a sorority. Seriously? You have to confess now that we know. What sorority?

Sarah: It is true. I was/am a Delta Gamma.

Mommybloggers: Do you see yourself as a sorority girl still?

Sarah: I don't think I thought of myself as a sorority girl even in college. I was very active, but I don't think I was ever what you think of when you think about sorority girls.

Mommybloggers: We loved hearing that you are a trained opera singer. Would you belt out some opera if we asked you to?

Sarah: If I was drunk enough... or really prepared.

Mommybloggers: Do you sing to your children and more importantly, do you like it?

Sarah: Constantly. I love it. There is very little I would rather do. Of course, the kids tell me to be quiet a lot.

Mommybloggers: So do you listen to opera a lot? What are your favorite types of music to listen to?

Sarah: Sometimes. Not as much since Squad has been able to express their opinions verbally. We listen to a lot of punk rock around here because all four of us like it. Honestly, i try to play them everything. I don't want them to be limited. We listen to classical, metal, old jazz standards, reggae, 80's, classic rock - really almost everything... except country and top 40.

Mommybloggers: What is one thing about you that people don't know that may shock or surprise us?

Sarah: Besides the sorority thing? I am scared of Harry Connick Jr.

Mommybloggers: Now, you know there has to be a follow-up to that one. Harry Connick Jr.??

Sarah: Uhhhhh....yeah, that one is going to need an explanation.
Hasn't anyone else seen that movie "Copycat". Scary. I'm scared of him AND public restrooms. I hope he's happy.