11 Weeks

Wow, I can't believe that I'm already at 11 weeks today. This first trimester is almost over! I'm still feeling tired, but I don't think I'm as tired as I was before. I haven't had any intestinal issues in over a week now either. Woohoo! I did go to see a nutritionist yesterday and unfortunately it turned out to be a complete waste of time and money. She wasn't able to tell me anything that I didn't already know. Oh well. The highlight of my day yesterday was having my LAST PIO shot. Woohoo!!!! I can't even tell you how excited I am to be done with those shots. :-) The only other change I've noticed is that the last 3-4 nights in a row I've had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom three times instead of just one. Sometimes I think I'm walking to the bathroom and back to bed with my eyes closed. I'm convinced that I'm still half asleep when I'm getting up.

Chris' surgery went really well last Friday. Thank you for all the sweet comments and prayers! When the nurse came to get me after his surgery the first thing she told me was that he was really loopy! That was quite an understatement. He was so drugged up and goofy. It was really funny. I went to stand beside the bed and he reached his hand out from under the blanket to hold my hand. After a few minutes he started reaching his hand out in the air towards me and when I asked him what he needed he said "babies...where are the babies?". I told him they were right there in my tummy and he reached his hand over and started rubbing my tummy. So sweet! :-) He's going to be such a great dad.

That's about all I have for now. It's getting close to bedtime and I need to go have my evening snack. Before I go, I will leave you with something I've been promising for weeks...the bump picture! Please excuse the poor quality of the picture. The batteries died in my camera and we had to use Chris' phone.

10 Weeks, but no ultrasound :-(

I'm 10 weeks today, but unfortunately this is our first week without an ultrasound. We won't have another one for two weeks. We really were spoiled at the RE's office by getting one every week! I pray for these babies daily and I thank God for them every morning. Now I just need to sit back and be calm. I need to remember that He is in control and that He is holding these babies in His hands and growing them and protecting them. It's just so hard to give up control!

Chris is having surgery on Friday. I feel so bad for him. They're going to be cleaning out his sinuses, fixing his deviated septum and a few other things. Poor guy. :-( Please keep him in your prayers. I'm praying that he has minimal pain and discomfort and that he heals quickly. So, we'll be having a very low-key weekend. It's a good way to stay on our baby budget, though!

That's about all I have for now. Dinner is almost ready and I am starving! Only two more days until the weekend! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

9 Week Update

Whew! What a week! I feel like such a bad blogger. Chris told me a few nights ago that I better update my blog soon because it had been too long. Sorry for the short hiatus. I've just been exhausted this week. I've been keeping up with everyone else, but I just didn't have enough energy to update mine. I promise to do better moving forward.

We had our first appt with the new OB/GYN yesterday and we really like her. She was very nice and very informative. She did an ultrasound so we got to see our babies again. They are both doing well and still measuring right on track. Baby A had a heart rate of 163 bpm and Baby B had a heart rate of 175 bpm. We could actually see them both moving around on the ultrasound yesterday. It was so neat. Our sweet little ones still look like little snowmen blobs on the ultrasound right now, but we could see the heads bobbing and we could see them moving their arms and legs. Baby B was really groovin' yesterday. Dr. M said that's why "she" has a higher heart rate. She's just more active. Now, I know we don't know the sexes yet, but since the first ultrasound I have felt that Baby A is a boy and Baby B is a girl. This is how I will refer to them until I am proven otherwise! :-)

The bump is definitely growing bigger. I know I owe several of you a bump picture and I promise I will post one. I just want to post a picture where I don't look half asleep and I actually have something on other than my lounge-around-the-house pants. My GI issues have been better this week, thankfully. My doctor did refer me to a nutritionist, though. I will see her next week. I'm still hungry all the time and I never feel full. I now have an aversion to green beans and corn. I've always loved veggies but now I'm starting to not like them as much. Green beans and corn don't make me sick, it's just that I don't have any desire to put them in my mouth. They just don't sound good anymore. My dreams are still crazy too. Gotta love pregnancy hormones!

Chris and I are going to the Bluebonnet Festival in Chapp.el Hill tomorrow and I am so excited! I'm most excited about the funnel cake and lemonade that I will be getting tomorrow. I LOVE funnel cakes and lemonade! Yum! I'm hoping to have a relaxing and productive weekend. The weather is supposed to be really nice. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Baby A (above) Baby B

8 Weeks & A Bitter-Sweet Goodbye

I am 8 weeks today. Woohoo! We had our last ultrasound with Dr. H today. He said that both babies are looking great. Baby A is measuring 16 mm with a heart rate of 150 bpm and Baby B is measuring 16.3 mm with a heart rate of 156 bpm. I just can't get enough of seeing and hearing our babies! Chris and I said our goodbyes to Dr. H and our nurse this morning. It was really bitter-sweet. It's exciting to be graduating to our OB, but at the same time it's sad to be moving on. I just LOVE Dr. H and our nurse. They have been incredible to work with and I was really sad to say goodbye this morning. Our nurse came up and gave us both a big hug and told us to please keep them updated. I can't wait to email her pictures of the twins once they're born!

My bump outed me at work today. Apparently I can't hide it anymore! Our office manager came up to me this afternoon and pointed at my stomach and kinda smiled. I told her yes, I'm pregnant and it's twins! She was very excited for us. She said that she had noticed some changes in me over the last week and thought that maybe the medications I was on were causing the changes, but today she was convinced that it was a baby bump and she was right. :-) At least it's looking more like a baby bump and not just extra bloat!

We'll be seeing our OB for the first time next week. I'm excited to see our babies again and we'll hopefully be viewing them on a more high-tech ultrasound machine. I can't wait! I'm SO ready for this three day weekend. I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Food...A Love Hate Relationship

These little ones have been making themselves known lately. The extra hormones being dumped into my body and the IBS that I've had for years are NOT a good combination. I haven't had any nausea yet, but these hormones have definitely been making my tummy feel very unsettled. I've had a few episodes here and there over the last couple of weeks. However, Friday morning at about 3:00 it hit with a vengeance. From 3:00 AM Friday until about 7:30 last night the only thing that my tummy would allow me to eat were bananas and saltine crackers. These were the only foods that wouldn't run right through me. Today has been much better, though. I've had breakfast, lunch, some snacks and dinner and they have all been fine on my tummy. Yay! Oh food, I missed you the last few days! I am NOT complaining, though. I'm just so grateful to be able to eat again...at least for today. :-)

I've had one pair of jeans that I've been able to wear with a Bella.Band over the last two weeks, but this weekend those jeans became pretty snug. I had them completely unbuttoned and completely unzipped yesterday and today and they were still pretty tight. Looks like we'll be making our first trip to a maternity store this weekend! I'm excited! Bring on the bump!

Our next and probably last ultrasound with our RE is on Wednesday. I'm so ready to see our babies and hear their heartbeats again! I'm really going to miss these weekly ultrasounds. I'm hoping that since I'll be 8 weeks on Wednesday that the babies will look a little bit more like babies on the ultrasound. I can't wait to see all their little parts!

I'm SO glad that it's a four day work week. I hope everyone has a great week!

7 Weeks

We had another ultrasound this afternoon. Thankfully the babies are still growing and the nurse said that everything looked great! Both babies had more than doubled in size from last week. They were both measuring at 8.6mm today. We also got to hear the heartbeats again, which I LOVE!! Babay was at 117 bpm and Baby B was at 121 bpm. Both heartbeats were so strong today. I didn't even have to hold my breath for us to hear them! It's amazing how much changes in just one week.

We get to go in for another ultrasound next Wednesday and we'll either be released that day or the following week. Our u/s next week is with our doctor, Dr. H. I'm so glad that he'll be doing our last u/s. We saw our nurse today on the way out and she came up and gave both of us a big hug and told us how excited she is for us. I just love her! Dr. H also walked up while we were talking to our nurse and I really just wanted to run up, tackle him and give him a great big hug! Ha! We hadn't seen him since we found out we were pregnant. He told us congratulations and shook our hands. He was so excited for us too. It's going to be bittersweet to leave their clinic. My first appt with the OB/GYN is on April 8th. I'm switching to a new OB/GYN so I really hope I like her! I've heard good things about her, though, so hopefully it will be fine. Her nurse does sound really nice and that is a definite plus in my book. :-)

I hope everyone has a great rest of the week! The weekend is almost here!!

I feel like a traitor

This is how I feel lately. I feel like such a traitor. We are finally on the other side of this journey, but so many of you are still struggling. I feel like I've jumped ship and left all of you behind. I want you all to be in my new ship. I wish I could just snap my fingers and make that a reality for each of you. I've seen a few other girls post about this pregnancy guilt too. Please know that I continue to pray for all of you daily and I promise to never take this amazing blessing for granted. I hope each of you get to experience your own miracle very soon.

So far I'm still feeling pretty good. I'm still super tired and I have now begun to have some lower and mid back pain during the day. My nurse said this is due to my ligaments stretching. I haven't experienced any nausea yet (thank goodness) but I do go back and forth with not having an appetite for a few days and then for a few days I'm incredibly hungry all the time. My trips to the bathroom have begun to increase too. These little ones are definitely making their presence known! Our next ultrasound is scheduled for 1:00 on Wednesday afternoon. I can't wait to see our babies again and get to hear their heartbeats! That's all for now. I hope you all have a great week!