Award-winning science fiction writer (and SF Scope contributor) Michael A. Burstein and wife Nomi Burstein welcomed two twin children, their first, to their family today.
The twins are fraternal, and both are girls. The first baby was born at 9:20AM, weighed 5 pounds 8 ounces, and is 17″ long. The second baby was born at 9:21AM, weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces, and is 19″ long. The twins were delivered by C-section at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. The attending physician was Dr. Rafik Mansour. The delivery was originally scheduled for this Thursday, but was moved up for medical reasons.
As befits a science-fiction couple, the Bursteins are banking the babies’ cord blood for the blood’s stem cells.
Per Modern Orthodox Jewish custom, the babies will not be named until the parents attend a Torah service at their synagogue, Kadimah-Toras Moshe in Brighton, which is currently planned for Saturday 25 July.
Mother and babies are recovering in the hospital.
Congratulations, Bursteins!
Edited a week late to note that, following the baby naming ceremony, Michael writes to tell us of his children’s names:
Elisheva Meira Burstein
Yael Batya Burstein
“Elisheva Meira is named for my great grandmother Elizabeth and Nomi’s great grandfather Meir. Yael Batya is named for my father Joel and our friend David’s father Julius or Yehuda (who died the Saturday night before the girls were born) and for Nomi’s grandmother Betty.”
Mazel tov! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you. May you have a lot of nachat!
Congratulations to the Bursteins!
And welcome to the world little babies!
Who has Ursula and Octavia in the betting pool?
Mazel Tov! I wish you, Nomi, and the babies long lives filled with health and happiness!
mazal tov! I’m looking forward to seeing Michael try to track all their firsts on his PDA
Today the NESFA Business Meeting officially named the twins: Bunny and Noveletta Burstein. Congratulations all!
Congratulations to the four of you, it is very exciting news. Good Luck.
Mazol Tov. Wishing you and your little ones long lives filled with health, happiness, love, and laughter.
Oh. My. Stars!
SO CUTE!
Oh! I think my ovaries are quivering in desperate desire to have some of my own! YIKES!
BEAUTIFUL BABIES! Just wonderful! Congrats! ^_^
Blessings on you all, Mom and Dad! Welcome to the real Sense of Wonder….
Mazel tov! Wonderful news! Now someone remind Michael that telling a joke or funny story to a woman who has just had a C-section is SO not funny! My congratulations and best wishes to Mom, Dad, and their daughters. I am sure they will be such a blessing to their parents.
Congratulations to the Bursteins! And the little ones look so beautiful!
Given the timing, I’m figuring something like:
Selena and Diana
Buzz and Neil
Columbia and Eagle
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations, Nomi and Michael, on your two beautiful little girls!
Mazel tov, Nomi and Michael, it’s wonderful! May they and the whole family live long and prosper!
Dear Michael and Nomi, Now, if we multiply the number of Fractional babies by two do we have one perfect little girl or two perfect little Fractional girls? This is beginning to have a sci-fi problem quality. Congratulations and love to all, Claire, the Fractional Friedland
Mazel Tov!
Wow!!!! Congratulations, Mazel Tov! May you all have a very happy and joyful life together!!! Yay!! Lots of love from Gami, Seth, Siena and Oren!!!
Mazel Tov! What wonderful news!
much love,
linda
Mazel tov and much naches.
Mazel tov. I hope they bring you much nachas. I’m so happy for you.
Hi Michael and Nomi,
Mazel tov, Mazel tov, Mazel tov, Mazel tov, (that is two for each baby 🙂 ). may they bring you much nachas.
Havah (formerly Leslie) Hope
Wow! 3 beauties. May the present be full of humor, love, good health and wonder. The future will be the resulting blossoms.
Love you all.
Dear Nomi and Michael
Mazel Tov. Two girls to bring lots of love, laughter and joy.
Love, Phyllis and all the Herdas.
Nomi,
Francesco sent us the link. How beautiful you all look! I’m so happy for you!
Many blessings,
Melissa Hess
Nomi, my dear friend who hears from me so very rarely, your daughters are beautiful. I wish you both much joy with them!
Love,
Rachel
Mazel Tov
Oh, thank you for sharing such wonderful news with me. Ellie would have been so happy. May they have all the wonderful qualities of Ellie, Joel and Miriam. I remember them all with great affection. All the best wishes to all four of you. Great seeing a picture of your wife too!
Congratulations Nomi and Michael!
It’s been a while, Nomi, hope everything is well with the babies and everything.
I found this page while looking for you on Facebook, which linked to your home page, Michael’s Wikipedia page and to here.
Yes, I’m writing this, Nomi, as ‘though you may read it, but if that is unlikely then I apologize to the members of this forum.
I’ll try to email soon.
Ciao,
Bill