Had another doctor's appointment yesterday. Everything looks good. I am 21 weeks and 3 days along. From here on out I will be going to the doctors every week or two, depending on whats going on. Fun! Saw the babies briefly just to check their hearts out and to make sure everything looks good. They were moving around a lot... so cute as usual. My weight and blood pressure is good. Saw Dr B. we briefly discussed birthing options, I said we were pretty sure we were just going to do a planned C-Section, since there are risks no matter how you slice it. Nothing is set in stone yet (though I am pretty much set on it) but if/when I get a C-section they will schedule it for Monday June 25th. So as of now the latest my boys will be born is June 25th. That is providing they stay in my belly and don't decide to show up on their own schedule. Nothing else new to report, I have a sonogram in two weeks at my next check up.

So I am 20 weeks and 1/2 way through my pregnancy... well realistically more the half way through since twins like to come on avaerage 3 weeks early. I have decided I am more than likely getting a c-section since with twins there are tons of risks with natural birth and even if A comes out naturally B may still need a c-section. Plus then I know exactly when I will be delievering and I can prep better for it and parents can get into town, since this is the first (and second) grandchild on both sides. No one who doesn't know me believes that I am carry twins at 20 weeks. I guess I am smaller than they expect me to be. I was pretty skinny to begin with (not thin... but not over weight) and I am 5'11 so I guess I hide it well. The boys are doing well, I feel movements every now and then. They are fairly active.

Sleeping isn't a problem yet. Sometimes it takes a minute to get comfertable and I take my time rolling over because if I turn or bend funny it can get uncomfertable. I have woken up on more than one occassion with pains in my legs (i call them charlie horses.. but i guess some people never heard that term). Morning sickness has been gone for a while. I really didn't do that badly for having twins. Once a day a couple times a week. I was doing well for even one baby. I am getting tired of working. I am ready to just stay home and get ready for the babies and count down the days/weeks till I get to hold them. But I am going to work as long as I can. Though I think I may talk to Chris about stopping work at the beginning/middle of May so I have time to do things and also relax before they get here. That's assuming I am not put on bed rest.

Still working on names. I think we have chosen middle names. The first boy out gets the middle name Schubert, which is Chris's middle name, as well as his dad's, grandfather's and great grandfather's. So its a family name. The other boy gets the middle name Jeffrey. Which is my dad's first name. That way both sides of the family are represented. I am still getting a list together of real contenders for first names.

It's a Boy... and another Boy!!!!

Saw the boys again today. They are doing well. They are roughly 10 inches long an 11 ounces. Their backs are to eachother and head to foot opposite eachother. B decided it would be funny to sit on A's back and kick him in the head. And then he showed off the fact that he is in fact a boy :) A was not in the mood to deal with anyone today. Oh well. Next sonogram is in 3 weeks!!

A&B


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A&B


B

19 week belly shots

Here they are two pics of me and the twins. Find out tomorrow the sexes... hopefully!! Assuming they are identical we only need one to roll over. With my luck they will gang up on their poor mommy and spend the time mooning me and laughing!

we are happy, excited and scared all rolled into one, still in shock but very excited. I have my normal 4 week check up on the 12th, we may find out the sex of our babies, if not we go to the hospital for another sonogram on the 15th and we should know by then. We are oing to be seeing a lot of the babies since I will be getting sonograms and ultra sounds done regularly to make sure both of the babies are sharing the food and nutrients and oxegyn equally. I am 17 weeks and after 34 weeks if I go into labor the doctors wont stop it so I am offically 1/2 way through my pregnancy especailly because twins more often than not come early (by average of 4 weeks early). Here is my belly at 17 weeks

Well I am in complete shock even though it has been many hours since I heard the news. They have to rerun the tests because yes the level of AFP was high for one baby... but we aren't having one baby... we are having IDENTICAL TWINS!!!!So the technician was scanning my belly and after a minute or two paused, looked at my paper work and looked back at the screen. Now I thought I saw two heads... however I am not trained and couldnt tell a head from a butt so I had no idea what I was seeing. The technician than asks me how many babies I thought I was carrying and I responded 1, knowing imediately that wasn't the correct answer anymore. So SURPRISE we are having twins, identical twins. Don't know the gender yet, but from the sonogram everything looks really good. I am sure the test will come back fine the second time around. The babies names are offically right now Baby A and Baby B. Baby B is much more active and was moving around a lot during the sonogram, B waved and turned around and even mooned us. still a little too early to determine gender, so we still have to wait for next month.

Baby A waving





Both A and B



Baby B profile

As you all know last week I had some blood test taken for down syndrome and spina bifida. The Down Syndrome test is fine but the SB test came back with a "at higher risk" result. I am going to the hospital tomorrow for an emergancy detailed sonogram to make sure everything is alright. It could be absolutely nothing, there are plenty of things that could cause a higher reading, the AFP (which is what they tested) is higher at the end of the first trimester and it comes down during the second, so it could still be high from that, it could be due to twins (wouldn't that be a fun surprise!). So we are still feeling good about what could happen tomorrow, if there is a spinal issue it could be so small and insignificant or it could be something larger, we won't know till tomorrow morning. The good news is that since they are doing a detailed sonogram with lots of technology stuff, they are looking at the spinal cord and all organs closely, we may find out the sex of the baby tomorrow (lets keep our fingers crossed). So everyone say prayers for a good outcome and I will update you as soon as I can.

Had a doctors appointment today. I have gained a healthy pound and 1/2 since my last check up (4 weeks ago). Haven't had morning sickness is over a week (but I think the last episode was due to stress last weekend). Baby's heartbeat is a nice, steady and strong 160. I had to give up some blood today, only one vile which isn't bad compared to the 8 I had to give up the first time. The blood will be used to run tests for spinabifida and down syndrome. Hopefully everything will come up normal and healthy. We are offically on count down to learn the sex of the baby. My next doctors appointment is Mon Feb 12. Chris and I both get to go in and see the baby again, and hopefully if the baby is facing the right way we will be able to add a pronoun to our vocabulary (He or She!) If you wish to make an offical guess you have till Sunday Feb 11. I am hearing both boy and girl guesses. I have looked at some old wives tales and even took an online test, which says it is 52% likely to be a girl and 47% likely to be a boy (where is the other 1%?). So its almost split down the middle evenly.

Happy 2007!!!

Well its offically 2007. Last night was very uneventful. I was in bed by 10:30. Chris came up right about midnight to give me a kiss. Spent yesterday shopping with my mom for maternity clothes. Bought TONS of clothes, including a black dress I am going to wear Saturday night for Chris' company party. 2007 is going to be a very interesting year, I am going to have our baby THIS year! In 6 more months to be more exact. I am 13 weeks, as of yesterday. Everything going well. Just wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year!

So I am 11 and 1/2 weeks pregnant and I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday. We heard the baby's heart beat!!!! It was so cool. It was really fast too, about 180 bpm, which as our doctor pointed out the old wives tale says a fast heart beat is a girl, and a slower one is a boy... so if 120 is the norm and our little one is 180, it could very well be a girl. But we aren't getting our hopes up. The heart beat was also very strong, the Dr was very happy. I got back in 4 weeks to do test for Down Syndrome and Spina Bifida, and I think a couple other things. Then 4 weeks after that is an ultrasound and we hopefully will find out the sex of our little one... so YAY only 8 more weeks of gender neutral adjetives... hopefully!

On sunday I will be 11 weeks along, Still having fun with morning sickness on random days... like today, today was a morning sickness day. Its not that bad, I throw up once and I am all done. Sometimes its before I eat (which is nasty) and sometimes its right after breakfast, which I prefer. I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday, hopefully will hear the heart beat. Sleeping is always fun. I get up at least once, ususally twice to pee. This week I started sleeping with a cylinder pillow between my legs because when I would get up to pee and climb back into bed my back would be so uncomfertable, but the pillow between my legs helps so much. I am still completely exhusted, working a ton of hours doesn't help. One more week and our holiday season will be over and I get 3 days off in a row to go to West Virginia and see the in-laws. Then I go back to work and the store will be quieter for a little while at least..

update and pic

Well I am 9 weeks today. I have been sick all week too, not terrible... but not the best. Morning sickness hasn't been around at all, which has been nice. However I threw up in the middle of the night this week, dont know if that was from sickness or baby. This morning I woke up and going through the motions of throwing up but nothing came up, again dont know if it is baby related or from being sick. 2 more weeks till my next doctors appointment. Seeing a new doctor. I have been seeing Dr. B the last few tims but since there are like 7 women doctor in the practice and you never know who will be on call when you go into labor you see everyone so you get to know everyone... which is nice... like me new shirt?

sonorgam

My head is on the right. The black area on my cheast is my heart. right below it is a white squiggle which is my embilical cord and I appear to be raising an arm bud to say "hello". Doc appointment went well today, everything looks really good. The Doc saw the heart beating which is a great sign. My offical due date is July 8, 2007 (Which I had said before). So excited!

more morning sickness

i finally got morning sickness to the point of throwing up on thursday... unfortunatly i was on my way into work and had to make an emergancy stop at a chik-fil-a... but i felt awesome afterwards. this morning wasnt bad but i didnt eat anything till all the naseau passes.. yesterday all that came up was the gingerale and saltines i ate trying to settle my stomac. tomorrow we drive up in the morning to NJ for my uncles' adoption party for megan. packing extra plastic bags.. just in case. its only 3.5 hours to where they live from here... so not bad. well i gotta go pack and sleep. doctors appointment is on Tuesday.. probably wont have anything to post till then. have a great weekend!

morning sickness

Morning sickness is kicking in. I am roughly at 6 weeks along. I get to go in in a nother week and get a nother sonogram and get an offical due date. So i havent actually thrown up.. however i wake up and i feel like i could at any second, yesterday was the worst. we flew back from toronto and our flight was delayed so we didn't take off from chicago till 11:40 and we didnt land in baltimore till 2:15, not getting home till 3:30. So i got 5 hours of sleep before i had to get up for work and i was so dehydrated from flying. it was awful. But i made it without spewing and i went from completely naseuous to seriously starving, so i had a quarter pounder and a milkshake and felt much better. woke up not so good again this morning but i had chris bring me my saltines and gingerale which i snacked on in bed till i felt better. but morning sickness/nausea is a good sign, so i dont mind.. it means things are looking good. my breast are getting sore, and i think they got a little bit bigger. thats it for now. i am getting hungry and need to eat breakfast.

I saw it!

Had my doc appointment. everything looks good. Actually got to see the baby... or what will be a baby. all I really saw was a circle with something hanging out in the corner (circle = sac/placenta, thing hanging in corner = baby/fetus). Luckily the baby isn't in my fallopian tubes.. its nicely positioned in my uterus.. so that is good. I am going back in for another sonogram in 2 weeks to get a better estimaed due date, currently the doctor thinks i am between 4 1/2 - 5 weeks along and due end of june beginning of july. She will get a better reading next appointment. gave a lot of blood, but had a different nurse who was cracking jokes with me, so it was faster and less painful.

update

I know, I haven't updated since I announced my pregnancy. Everyone now knows and is so excited. I haven't had morning sickness yet, a few times randomly where I felt a little nausea, but it passed. I have been increadibly exhusted and find that I need a nap a day to make it to the end of the night. Also I have been craving calcium like there is no tomorrow. so tons of string cheese, milk and yogurt for me... but cant complain its healthyMy first Dr. appointment is tomorrow moring at 11. I will try to update tomorrow night or Wed. about what is going on. Chris is coming with me. I am excited. Nothing really esle to report. Oh I bought my first pair of materinity pants. I dont have any nice pants that fit (since i have gain a little bit of weight since last year). And this weekend Chris and I are going to Toronto with his parents and are going to see Pippin and go out to a nice dinner and the following weekend is my uncle's big party for my cousin's adoption, so i bought a pair of pants from Gap Maternity that will last me all throughout my pregnancy and afterwards. Thats it.. we are doing fine so far!

Guess What????

I'M PREGNANT!!!!

I found out on Thursday and I had to make sure some family members knew before I posted it here. I am 4 weeks and 3 days (4w3d). I am currently due July 8, 2007. I have my first doctor's appointment next Tuesday where I will get my offical due date. So july is officially our month, we met, got engaged, got married and will be having a baby in July! :)