Next u/s June 4th

I am so nervous. I just hope they are ok. I really wish we could enjoy this pregnancy more but the truth is i am always worried about them. Is there ever a time you stop & think everything will be alright? ugh...

My stomach has definitly popped out. I think everything shifted to my belly button. I'm all belly right now. Sometimes it feels hard like today..hoping those are braxton hicks. Just can't wait until Friday to make sure everything is ok.

Until then......

19 wk belly pic

My husband makes me take pics of my belly every friday. Measure my stomach and weigh myself lol. He loves getting these little texts while he's at work. He think i've def gotten alot bigger since last week. I think he might be right. Only thing is i'm still 34in and still weigh 120. So i'm not sure what happened. Maybe it just all shifted?

We are going to work on the babies room this weekend. DH is mowing the lawn right now before it pours then he's coming in to start moving all the furniture out. This is so exciting! I feel bad that he's got to do it all by himself though.

I still haven't picked the bedding or the wall color yet sigh...i thought we were going to get the PBK turtle bedding but thinking about how much it costs overall is just too much to spend. Here it is:



I do love it but for over $400 i'm just not sure. It's hard to find ones i like though. I am registering at babies r us and target. I don't want to register at PBK as well so i'll have to figure this out.

I hope we have time. I go back to the dr on June 4th after not seeing them for a month! This is the longest i've ever gone. So you never know what could happen when i go. i am praying no bedrest. I've been doing really good actually. I still have indigestion everyday but i can deal with that. It's the back pain that's hard. It's not my lower back it's my upper. Like my organs are getting squeezed in between my ribs lol. Some days it feels like broken ribs.

Well gotta run, start cleaning out the closet!!! Whoohooo!!!!

18 wk belly shot

Thought i'd update my blog with another belly pic. It now measures almost 34in and i weigh about 120 now.

Indigestion is still pretty bad but i can deal. I can feel the babies more and more each day. I guess it's now because i know what to look out for. It still feels weird but comforting all at the same time.

Can't wait for June 4th to see them again!!! Seems like so far away. This will be the longest we've gone without seeing them and i don't like it.

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"