Mama knows her babies!

We had our 16 week ultrasound and OB appointment yesterday. They were able to confirm that we are most definitely having a boy and a girl!! We are so excited!! God is definitely blessing us more than we deserve. The ultrasound took a little over 30 minutes yesterday and we just had so much fun watching our sweet babies. They were able to get really good shots of the babies' anatomy and their measurements yesterday. Our OB was very pleased with how well they're doing so far and she was also pleased with my weight gain so far as well. Woohoo! It was so reassuring to hear that that they're both growing well and that I'm gaining enough weight for them right now.

I've developed a few new pregnancy-related ailments over the last few weeks. I'm experiencing restless legs a lot and my back has really started to hurt. The heating pad has become my new BFF! We're going to buy me a Snoogle this weekend. It's a body pillow that wraps around you to support your belly and back. I can't wait to try it out! Even though it's not fun having restless legs or a sore back, I just keep thinking that as long as these babies are healthy and growing then I can get through whatever this pregnancy throws at me. It still seems unreal to me at times that we have these two, precious miracles growing inside me. I thank God for them everyday.

We didn't really get any great profile shots of the babies this time, but I'll see if I have any cute pics on the CD they gave us. I need to post another belly pic so I'll try to do that this weekend as well. I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Pictures - 13 1/2 weeks

Here are the pictures from our ultrasound at 13 1/2 weeks last Friday. I know not everyone is interested in seeing these, but our families read this blog and I wanted to add them since I'm using this as a means to document the pregnancy. Enjoy!

This is the tushy shot. You can see in this pic why they think Baby A (on the right) and Baby B (on the left) are a boy and girl! :-)

This is the profile of our little boy! We think he looks like Chris.

Here's our little girl! She was turned a little so we didn't get a very good profile shot. I still think she's pretty stinkin' cute, though. :-)

Better late than never...again.

I just cannot seem to keep up with blogging lately despite all my great intentions. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get back into the swing of things now that I have a little of my energy back. I am so happy and relieved to be in my second trimester! Woohoo! I feel like I've hit a major milestone with this pregnancy. We are still taking it day by day and enjoying every minute of this special time!

I had to make an unexpected trip to my OB last Friday. For a few days I had been feeling some dull pressure around my tailbone area and it would occasionally radiate to other parts down there as well. I was also having a lot of discomfort in my lower back and some mild cramping. I had a feeling that this was all just part of my body adjusting and stretching to accomodate these two growing babies but I called the nurse just to make sure. She talked to one of the doctors in the office that morning (my OB was busy delivering babies) and they decided that they wanted me to come in. Needless to say this sent me into an instant state of panic. I knew that they were just wanting to be cautious and check everything out, but I still couldn't shake the fear that maybe something might be wrong afterall.

Chris met me at the OB's office and once we were taken back the nurse immediately pulled out the doppler to find the heartbeats. Thankfully we were able to hear both heartbeats and they were nice and strong. The doctor decided that she wanted me to have an ultrasound to check my cervix instead of having a physical exam. Thankfully everything came back fine there too. She said that my cervix looked perfect. Whew! So, they decided that it was indeed just "growing pains" and that the babies and my cervix were just as they should be. This was such a relief!

After the sonographer checked my cervix she did an abdominal ultrasound to check the babies. Chris was able to see Baby A kicking at Baby B! She was able to get some really great profile shots of both babies and then we got quite a surprise. She was able to show us what they are! This isn't 100%, but she's pretty sure that Baby A is a boy and Baby B is a girl!!!! She printed out the still pictures of their little tushies and it's pretty apparent that Baby A has plumbing that Baby B does not have. :-) We were both SO excited! This unexpected trip to the OB that had caused us panic and fear turned into an appointment full of joy and excitement.

I'll have to update and post the pictures tonight because I'm writing this from work. Shame on me! The bump has definitely gotten bigger and other things are growing out of control too. :-) I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Better late than never

First, I want to apologize for being such a horrible blog slacker! I'm finally starting to feel better so hopefully I'll be able to get back on track with the blogging. My family flew in Wednesday night so we've been spending lots of time together and just hanging out. I've been such a slacker that I even missed my one year blogging anniversary on April 19th. Oops! I have got to get it together! :-)

This past Wednesday we had our 12 week appointment. I can't believe that in only 4 more days I will already be in my second trimester. Wow. This is going by fast! Our appointment went well. Both babies were doing really well and had good heartbeats. It was so neat to finally see them looking like babies! We could see the profile of their little noses, mouths and chins. Both babies waved at us on the ultrasound and thankfully I counted five fingers on each hand. They were also kicking their feet alot. It was so cute to watch them. I could have layed there forever.

We did find out that both babies are sharing one placenta. We don't know if their placentas fused into one or if they just have always had one. That was rather alarming. Our doctor said that we don't have to be too worried just yet, but that they will have to keep a really close check on me and the babies. They'll have to make sure that both babies are gaining weight as equally as possible. My OB said that if it comes down to it she might have to take them early. Once they're past the viability point, of course. We really don't want this to happen so I just have to make sure that I'm getting as close as I can to the 2400 calorie mark each day. Unfortunately this is all I can do to help keep them growing inside me as long as possible. I just hope these little ones learn to share soon!

Due to the twins only having one placenta, there is the possibility that they could be identical. Dr. M said that if they end up being the same gender we won't know until they're born whether they're fraternal or identical. How crazy is that?! We're really going to have our work cut out for us if they're identical! They will probably get away with SO much! It makes me tired just thinking about it. :-)

That about sums up what's been going on lately. We'll have our next appointment on May 25th at our 16 week mark. I really, really hope we get a sneak peek at what their genders are! I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend! I'm off to rest for a little bit. Before I go, I'll leave you with a picture of our precious little ones. Baby A is on the left and Baby B is on the right. I'm also posting a new picture of the bump! This one is just for you Jess! :-)