17 wk belly pic

Still quite small but i'm definitly getting bigger each day. I'm probably a whole inch bigger from this photo taken a few days ago! My waist at this time measured 32" and i now weigh 119. This is huge for me. I lost so much weight due to morning sickness that i was down to 104. Not good! I am 5'5". I should weigh this much without being pregnant.

Ok i'll post another one in a few weeks!!!

Wife of a redhead!!

How are you? I don't see you on the boards anymore and it's been a long time since you updated your blog. I am guilty of that too but i am trying to get better with it. Please let me know how you are doing. Are the genders of your babies so far been boy/girl? I went to a peri so i got the confirmation at a little over 16wks. I am going at 20wks too but 4 different people have told us boy/girl so i'm pretty sure that's what we have. So exciting :)

Can't wait to hear from you!!!

17 wks

So the babies are definitly boy/girl!! We are so excited. My weight is now 119 which i am happy about but it's all belly. I feel like i'm stretched to the max right now.

I had my Peri appt on Monday and the babies are looking great. They were measuring a little over 17wks then and weigh 6oz which is the perfect weight for a singleton. They also have long femurs so they have long legs just like their momma.

I passed the 1st 1hr glucose test which was done at 16wks 4 days. It'll be repeated at 28wks.

We are going to start on the nursery this weekend. Getting all the furniture out of the room and picking out paint colors. I want to start doing this now as i'm sure i won't be feeling up to it in a month or so.

I still have acid reflux so my OB said to try pepcid for 2wks so i am trying it and hoping it will help. If not i'll have to go see an eye, nose and throat dr to make sure all my throwing up didn't damage my throat. I really hope that is not the case.

Think that's it for now. The next appt is 20wks exactly for the gender scan. DH's parents will come to that one. They are so very excited. I am excited to have them come as well. Scared because i hope all will be ok but i'm going to be positive and hope for the best. So far so good so i'm hoping for the best.

Until then! Hope all is well with all of you ladies!

16 wks

Had a little scare on Thursday. On my way to work i started getting cramps. They didn't feel like constipation cramps but more like menstrual cramps. Then my lower back started to hurt. I decided to wait a few hours to see if they subsided...they didn't so i called my dr and they had me come in. Thankfully all checked out well. They took my urine and will send to the lab just in case i have another uti. It's funny i've never had a uti and now i might be facing my 2nd one! The babies looked good but i hated the u/s tech. She made me so worried. It was like her first day on the job or something. She acted like she had no clue what she was doing. I didn't know which heartbeat was which or if i was hearing the same one. I didn't see the screen. I just laid there and held my breath hoping my babies were still ok. Thankfully they were. She left the room and came back with my regular u/s tech. i was so relieved to have her come in. She said the other one found something and wanted her to look at it. It turns out it is just a placental lake. Quite common. The radiologist didn't see it as a big deal and neither did the good tech. I of course googled it and turns out it's really not a big deal but if it gets bigger it can be. So they'll keep an eye on it.

I am starting to show now!!! My dh is in love with my ever growing belly. I am gaining the weight back and measuring my stomach each week. I take pic on my phone each friday, weigh myself and measure and text it to my dh. He loves it. One of these days i'll post them on here so you can see the progression. At 16wks i am just about where the rest of the world might just realize i'm pregnant. It's exciting!

I go to my first peri appt on monday so i'm looking fwd to that scan. We will either videotape it or they will hopefully. I'll be so pissed if they won't do either. I called ahead to see and they weren't sure what the tech was going to say so we'll see.

I think sometimes i feel these little babies. It feels like someone is poking my stomach. I'm really not sure if it's them or not but i choose to think it is :)

I started my pregnancy journal today. I bought the Anne Geddes one. It's actually 3 books. One for Pregnancy, one for motherhood and one for the 1st 5 years. I'm so excited to write it all down and pass it on to them someday. I really want them to know about the struggles we went through to have them and how much they were wanted. In case they ever go through what we did they'll find hope in it.

They still think boy/girl. We have come up with some names so far. We have always loved loved loved Maisy for a girl and Brody for the boy. We also like Brooklyn, Kylie and peyton and Braiden, Chase and Colton for a boy. But we'll have to meet them first. We'll have several favorites in mind and once we see them and get to know them a little we'll name them.

I have to buy a new car and so does DH. I'm thinking a Dodge grand caravan for me/family and DH wants a dodge dakota with the ext cab. I really want to get this over and done with. They are 2 big purchases but they are totally necessary at this point.

Well going to bed as i am sooooo tired. I did get the 2nd tri energy boost but still get very tired at times. I have to remember i am pregnant sometimes and with twins!! I do forget. But with the belly getting bigger it'll be hard to forget after a while.

Symptoms are indigestion or acid reflux. I'm really not sure which is it is. I'll have to talk to my dr about it. I have a constant lump in my throat and down my into my chest at times. I'll def have to talk to her about this. It's very annoying.

Just for my records - 16 wks, weight 116, belly measurement is 31.5"

15 wks today

These days i am feeling alot better. Still can't eat meat but i get to eat most of everything else. I still have a food adversion to eggs, meat and peanut butter. I also get sick if i eat an apple which i love but the babies just don't seem to. It's so weird. I still get sick every few days but the nausea is pretty much gone and after i get sick i usually feel much better.

We had our 14wk scan last week and everything seems fine with the babies after going off lovenox. One thing that i'm not sure has anything to do with anything but i when i sleep at night i have to move from left to right side as my arms go numb. I'm sure its the way i'm sleeping but of course i think it's blood flow and the lovenox was helping this. I'm sure it was but i still don't think i need it for the babies to survive.

They are 90% sure i am carrying a boy & girl. Two different techs looked and one actually said them in like 2 secs of looking at their privates. We even got to see the boys private part!! So i know for sure there is a boy in there and my dh is thrilled. Of course it's still iffy about baby B. I won't believe it until i see it at the anatomy scan. Or the 16wk Peri appt. They may tell me the same thing and at that point i'll believe it.

Not showing too much yet. I'll post a photo of todays shot. i send one to my dh every week and he loves it. He can't wait until i'm showing. I think then he can show the world that we are having a baby. Many people won't know it's twins until later or if they ask.

We are going to start getting the nursery set up to paint. We have chosen a yellow for the walls. The carpet in there is a sage green. The bedding is another story. How the heck do you decorate a nursery for boy/girl? I was thinking pink/brown for girl and blue/brown for boy. I could set the cribs on opposite sides of the room. Oh this is so exciting. I feel so incredibly blessed to be even thinking about this for real. I have dreamed about it but now it's for real!

Ahhhh..well i have to get out of bed and get ready for work ugh. How the heck am i going to go to work every day when i'm bigger when i don't want to go now!! lol....

Have a good day ladies! Hope all is well with everyone~

Oh and i wanted to shout out to J one of my bloggers who just had a miracle happen! Her baby was born without the birth defect Omphalocele that the dr's originally said he had. It must have corrected itself. An absolute miracle and I am so happy for her and her DH. What a true miracle & Blessing. Congrats to you both!!!

Thank you god!

Well i think my morning/noon/night sickness is finally disapating. I am able to eat more than i was before and my nausea isn't all day anymore if at all. I feel incredibly lucky to be feeling better and my spirits are lifting as well.

More good news is that i was able to go off the lovenox. I did test positive for 1 copy of the mutation for MTHFR but apparently all i need is extra folic acid. I am so happy that this shot is done but i also am scared that something will happen to the babies. I went off it because i was being told by 3-4 drs that i didn't need it and it would be bad to be on it due to the risk of bleeding especially when i don't have a clotting disorder. So i am trusting these dr's to be right. Sigh...i will just have to say extra little prayers everyday until we see them on thursday. The OB gave us an u/s to check on them to ease our minds. I so hope it does. It'll have been 2wks since we saw them last.

Speaking of seeing them we had the NT scan and the babies necks measured 1. something so the tech said all looks great but we have to wait for the blood test to come back. Then we have to do another blood test at 16wks that will give an even higher accuracy. It was amazing seeing the babies. Baby A who is the bottom baby was kicking baby B and baby B was elbowing Baby B lol...it was comical to watch. At that point i said baby A is a boy and baby B is a girl. Just like i have always thought. The tech then scanned baby A and it did in fact look like a boy! She was 90% sure of that. She was pretty sure she saw a scrotum and a little penis. Then she scanned baby B and sure enough she said that was probably a girl. We saw 3 lines and apparently that usually means a girl. BUT we do have to wait until prob the 16wk scan to make sure. Then once it's confirmed let the buying & decorating begin! This is what we've been looking fwd to.

I think that's about it for now. Going to get up and clean a bit. Will post after thursday scan. Please say a little prayer that they are both still ok. Thanks!

Quickie post - 13 wks

Actually 13 wks tomorrow. Had the NT scan all looks well just waiting for the bloodwork to come back. It was the most awesome ultra-sound ever! The tech is pretty sure baby A is a boy and Baby b is a girl. So that's pretty exciting.

Peri appt set up for 16 wks May 10th so i'm sure we'll find out for sure then.

Maybe able to go off lovenox...keeping fingers crossed. This shot sucks.

Still very sick...hoping it'll start to subside some so i can eat. Boy do i miss food.

Think that's it for now. Will post more when i am feeling better. Please say some extra prayers that this morning/noon/night sickness goes away!!!

HOpe all is well with everyone!! I miss you ladies so much :(