15 Weeks...

Sorry, it's so late. I have had a busy week. I worked a lot and we started cleaning out the babies' room. I can't wait to hear what they are so I know how to decorate it.

So, this week I have been starting to get nervous and scared about having two babies. It's hit me. I hope I don't mess this up:) hehe Don't get me wrong, I am so excited, but overwhelmed with everything we need. We started our registry this week because we wanted to get the stroller on there for his dad to buy. We didn't pick out much, just a few things.

I have discovered my long lost food connection:) I can eat and eat. I went out with my friends last Saturday and it went like something like this: I went shopping before hand, but started getting hungry so I showed up at the restuarant early and ordered an appetizer. I text one of my friends since she lived close and told her to come over. I had the appetizer, I offered her some, but she didn't want any. We got our table and then I ordered steak and shrimp with a baked potato. Well, they got a salad and soup, so I got a soup. After dinner they suggested a dessert, I told them I didn't share dessert. I ordered a hot fudge sundae. MMMMMMMmmmmmm this is my first really big craving. I love them. Anywho, over the next few days here is a convo from my friends facebook page:

My friend updated her status: is it normal to feel scared, nervous, anxious and excited all at one time???

My Husband responded: Nervous that my babies are half my wife, anxious to meet the babies, excited the derby is coming and scared my wife is going to eat me.

My friend: lol.... Aaron, after what I saw over the weekend, I'd be scared too! That girl can E-A-T!

My Husband: Yeah, I heard you were the first on crime scene.

They are so not nice, I would never eat my husband:) I bought a gallon tub of ice cream last Monday and it was gone my Friday. Aaron had one bowl and I had the rest, so yes they are right, but I would never eat them:)

I am still having morning sickness. I wish it would go away. I would love more energy and no morning sickness. I know sooner or later I will feel better.

I was out all day today and now my feet, ankles and hands are swollen. I can't believe I am already going through that. It was the first time we hit 80 degrees this year. I love summer. I am trying to talk my dad into opening the pool early this year. I told him the babies wanted him too.

well, I need to get some sleep so here are the 15 week pictures.... I just want to thank everyone for reading my blog. I really love writing post, it's just hard when I get busy;)

14 weeks!

I had an OB appointment this week. I really don't understand the point of it though. I was suppose to go over the measurements from the ultra sound on Friday. He did none of that. I did not like this OB. I hope I don't see him that often. He just came in congratulated me on the twins, laid me back, poked on my stomach, measured me, and found the heartbeats. Thanks, I'm glad I came all the way in for that. I wanted the doctor's point of view from the ultra sound.

I did meet with the nurse to make the next ultra sound appointment. We will find out the sex of the babies on May 11th! I can't wait! It seems like it's so far away. I can't imagine how big I will be by then.

Not really much to report this week. I am still having morning sickness and feeling hungover all the time. I am still so tired, I can't really do much of anything because all I can think about it getting more sleep. On Monday morning I am thinking about Friday so I can sleep on the weekend. I am anxious for the next burst of energy.

I am feeling flutters like crazy now. It's seriously the coolest thing in the world. I love that they let me know they are in there. It's better than them having me get sick all over the place:) Aaron is very jealous that he can't feel them yet. We still have awhile for that. I am still in shock I can feel it now, 14 weeks is so early.

Here is my 14 week picture. I definitely can see it getting bigger.

I can feel the stretching of stomach. I have been using lots of cocoa butter.

I am very tired in this picture, please forgive the horrible smile:)

Of course the close up shot:)

Mr. Jay congrats on your ultra sound!!!!! I am so happy to hear things are going well! That's aweseome. I can't wait to hear what you and Mrs. Jay are having:)

Telling Aaron's Best Friends...

We wanted a fun way to tell them since they are all way on the other side of the country, so we had shirts made. The front said, "My friend knocked up his wife with twins and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." It also had a picture of a happy little sperm:



The back: "UH DOUBLE UP UH UH!"

I had asked one of their girlfriends to take a picture as they were opening their "gift". I love this sequence of pictures: (we are still waiting to see if his other friend has pictures to share)

"Oh cool, they remembered my birthday"

"Oh My GOD"

"WTF?"

"Aaron, dude, Uh, I just got something in the mail, we need to talk, call me back"

The Last Easter:)

We were getting into the truck today and I looked at Aaron and said, "Honey, this is going to be our last Easter with just me and you." Next year it's going to be Easter baskets, cute outfits, easter egg dying and easter egg hunts! I am so excited for all the first with the twins! I am in heaven just thinking about.

I am dying to know if they are girls or boys. I keep saying he and then she. These next few months are going to be fun. Everyone in my family and Aaron's family are so excited about the babies. It's so awesome to have everyone so into the pregnancy and babies.

My nephew Drew, is adorable. Last night I was at my brother's house and I was putting his jammies on and he grabs my shirt and looks down at my hoobers and says "Hi Babies". It was so funny. I said, "No Honey, that's not where they are." Then I pointed to my belly. It was sooo cute. He touched my belly and said, "Hi Babies", then he kissed my belly. He is so damn cute! He makes me want boys. He has the best personality.

Aaron's mom and sister have offered to buy both cribs. So generous, I feel so bad accepting, because they are so expensive. She insists though. Aaron's dad has offered to buy whatever stroller I want for the babies and he wants to know after all the showers what I still have left on the registry. I have married into an awesome family. They are so kind to each other. When his sister was going through law school Aaron made sure she had the laptop she needed. His family just backs each other up. It's pretty cool. I love his family and my family share the same values. I got lucky when it comes to the in-laws.

My mom just keeps buying and buying stuff, the woman has gone crazy:)

This has been a great weekend. Friday night I was sitting on the couch watching TV and I felt the babies, it was just a flutter. Today, I had a hot fudge sundae and I could feel the flutters a lot. They must have had a sugar buzz;) I wish Aaron could feel it, but it's going to be long time for him. I can tell he is jealous;)

So here is the last Easter picture with just the two of us!

Stupid wind blowing.....

This is the clan of little ones after the Easter Egg Hunt!

Starting from the top left to right:
Zach and Hannah
Loud mouth Logan
Drew and then my great Nephew Cole
(yes, I said great)

Ultra sound pictures

Well, we had out ultra sound today to measure both babies. They have finally been labeled Baby A and Baby B. I didn't realize the one on the bottom was baby A.

Baby A is measuring right on target. There are no issues and Baby A is very mellow, barely moved and was still for the ultra sound and measurements.

Baby B is measuring 4 days behind. She didn't say that was bad, but it is going to need to be watched due to TTTS. Baby B was very, very active. Baby B would not sit still for the pictures. He/he was moving and shaking. At one point it looked like Baby B elbowed Baby A. I have to admit I am worried about Baby B measuring behind.

It was so cool to see them both looking like babies and not peanuts or gummi bears. Our moms really enjoyed watching the ultra sound too. I didn't realize they have never seen them before. They each had kids (obviously) and never had an ultra sound. They ooooh and awwwww'd watching it. I had fun watching them too. They were cute. Yeah, for grandma's =)

The next ultra sound will be the BIG ultra sound. I can't wait to find out what they are!
As for us having boys names picked out, it's a big fat NO. They are hard, we have one, but can't come up with another.

Here are all the pictures from today.

Baby B is on top and Baby A on the bottom.

Bye Bye First Trimester! 13 Weeks!

Sorry, I have been missing in action. I have been so tired this week. I come home from work and just crash. I also had family come in town over the weekend which kept me busy all weekend. It was fun, but I was so tired.

So, I made it. I am 13 weeks and 3 days pregnant! I am in the 2nd tri! This is so big for me. I never thought I would be here. It's so overwhelming, a good overwhelming. When I pull out the doppler now I am finding the heartbeats so easy. I know exactly where they are hanging out. Looky at me, I am already playing good hide and go seek with the 2 little ones and winning.

I hope the babies don't have my need for winning though. It can be scary. I quit games when I am losing. I hate it:) Aaron and I were playing Skip-bo once and I was losing bad and I pushed all the cards and quit the game. I am such a baby. I am the worst loser ever and the worse winner because I rub it in and gloat.

Updates on the morning sickness. It seems to have started all over again. I woke up yesterday morning and couldn't get out of the bathroom. I just felt sick all day. I made myself eat mash potatoes for lunch and I drank sprite all day. At about 2:00, I ran to the bathroom at work. I got sick for about 20 minutes. I ended up with puke on my pants and sweater. I ended up leaving work and finishing out the day at home. It was so gross. At 5:00, I signed off and passed out. I slept until a stupid telemarketer called and woke me up at 7:15, what a bunch of buttholes!

I did have a really big craving yesterday, I wanted a hot fudge sunday sooooo bad. I called Aaron on his way home from work to bring me one. The first bite was heaven. It was the scratch to my itch. So good!

I woke up this morning feeling just as bad, but didn't get sick. I managed to keep all food down today. However, it is 7:00 and I am about ready to go to bed. I am so pathetic when it comes to staying awake. I had the windows down and the radio turned up really loud on the way home. My eyes were very heavy.

I have my first growth scan ultra sound tomorrow! I am so excited to see them again. It feels like it has been forever since I have seen the little ones. I wish it was to find out the sex. I was talking to Aaron tonight and I called them little girls, which is what I truly believe they are. When I look for their heartbeats I refer to them as boys. I really do think they are girls though. My little Savannah and Callista. My mother-in-law and mom will be joining us at the ultra sound. My MIL is a cryer, I plan on taking tissues for the occasion.

Last night I made the big facebook annoucement:) That was fun. I love telling people!

Here are the 13 week pictures!

I am so not funny, but I try:)

This is my "I am tired smile"




The close up. My hoobers are getting huge.



My hubby came across his footbal state rings from High School and it makes me laugh.
I think it hilarious how big these suckers are.
I went to a high school that sucked at sports though so I don't get it.
His High school was our rival school, darn Cake Eaters:) hehe

12 weeks

I had another OB appointment today. I talked a lot to the OB today, I met a new one in the practice and just loved him. He has the best bedside manner of any doctor I have ever had. He must truly love his job. I hope that either him or my original OB deliver the twins. I hope I like all the doctors this much. I really like the high risk nurse too, the first nurse I met with was completely useless and should not be doing that job.

The news I got at the visit today, I passed my 1 hour glucose test. I was at 116 and they want it below 130! I was happy to hear that. I do not want to watch what I eat. They lab messed up the TSH and T4 test so I had to have more blood drawn today, which was fine. I am used to needles. After IVF no needles scare me.

The Ob gave me an RX for prenatals finally. I also have to take an extra 1 gram of Folic Acid and then add 2 grams of calcium. They want to make sure there is enough for both babies to get what they need.

I have my first ultra sound with the OB next Friday on the 10th. I am looking forward to this. I will also have monthly growth ultra sounds. At week 16 I will start the weekly cervical length checks. They will make sure I am growing as I should. So that's weekly checks of seeing the babies:) You can't beat that!

I am not sure when I will see the peri again. I was hoping to see them regularly, but as of right now I am not sure.

I am not allowed to workout, I got the okay to walk, just no exercising. It's all about taking it nice and easy. I am okay with that for now since I can barely keep my eyes open. I am so ready for a nap all the time now. I am yawning as I type :O

Of course no OB appointment is over until you get to hear the heartbeats:) It's such a wonderful sound. I could listen to it all day. It's amazing that 2 little humans are growing inside of me right now. It's powerful stuff. He said they were about 160, but it's hard to really tell because you can hear both of them at the same time. Of course you can also hear mine. I guess it's going to take longer to get a true heartbeat reading.

I feel like I popped a little more overnight. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It's so surreal. Today was the first day I had strangers ask me when I was due:) I think they go into shock when I tell them in October.

Well here are the weekly pictures.

Here I am at 12 weeks, still in work clothes.

Does it look bigger?

And the blurry close up.

These are all the pills I take in one day now.

WE HAVE HEARTBEATS!

I finally found the heartbeats tonight with my home doppler. It's so cool;)

Heartbeats found at 11 weeks and 4 days at home, who says you have to wait until week 12?

Sorry for the quality of the videos it's the first time we have used the flip camera. Please ignore any mess you see in the background... aka my bras are in the background:)

You will have some static in a few parts, sorry. And for those that don't like belly shots, you can see my belly in the second one. You have been warned:)

Twin 1's Heartbeat!

Twin 2's heartbeat:

11 weeks!

Well, I had this all typed out and I lost everything, so here I go again =(

TWO MORE WEEKS in the first trimester! How exciting is that? I am so anxious to get through it. I will finally breathe a sigh of relief once I hit 13 weeks and 3 days!!! I know I am not out of the woods and more stuff can come up, but the the first trimester is a worry period. I am ready to hit that milestone.

I still can't believe I am pregnant with twins. It's so much fun to say and I love talking about it. I went shopping after my blood work appointment and it was fun talking to the cashiers. I went to Kohls and there was this cute little old lady. She talked about all the maternity clothes I was buying, she asked if this was my first one and I said, "no, it's my first 2." I smiled as I said it. It really is sooooo awesome and cool. She talked to me a lot and asked if I had a coupon and of course I didn't so she hooked me up with one on the down low. She saved me about $30. She told me it was a gift from Kohls:) Then I went to old navy and the cashier was chatting away with me about being pregnant and I just said "It's twins". I think it's funny to watch the expressions on people's faces when you tell them it's 2.

I did have my first one hour glucose test today and the thyroid check. I should get the results at my OB appointment on Tuesday. Is it sad I wish it was Tuesday and not Friday? I am anxious to hear a heartbeat or heartbeats. I would love to hear them both. I am also wanting to hear the pregnancy plan. I had the perinatologist consult last week and I am anxious to hear what they are going to use in the plan. I would love to keep seeing that group. The perinatal doctors are the ones that will deliver me before 34 weeks, so I would really like to continue to see them throughout the pregnancy. Can you tell I am anxious/excited/nervous? I wish I could feel like a normal pregnant person and just be happy:) I guess that's what the badge of infertility does to you. You spend all this time getting pregnant and then when it happens you just worry about staying that way. Who wants to go through shots, probes, and disappointment again? Not me!

My nieces just started reading and following my blog so I am going to say

HI ANDIE AND JESSIE!!!

Jessie just turned 7 yesterday. Why do they grow up so fast???

Here is week 11 belly shot! Black is definitely slimming. I may have to add more to my wardrobe.

I look happy don't I?

The close up blurry shot:)

OB nurse called today

So Friday I go in for the 1 hour glucose test. I have to fast for 4 hours. I am planning on working in the morning and going in the afternoon for the test. So, I will be starving for this appointment! I forgot to ask if I can have water. They are also going to test my TSH and T4, I have thyroid issues in my family so they wanted to be safe than sorry.

I also started asking the nurse a lot of questions and of course she said, "if you have this many questions you should see the doctor." So, she gave me the last High Risk doctor appointment available on Tuesday morning. I was so happy she made this appointment for me. I have been kind of freaking out lately. I was having really bad morning sickness and then I would have days like today where I wouldn't feel anything. I don't have any morning sickness, I have gagged a few times, but no throwing up. I feel like my bloat is going down a little bit and of course since I can't find the heartbeats on the dobbler it freaks me out. (I know I said I wouldn't freak out, but I am only human) I can't wait for the doctor appointment next week. I hope the OB lets me hear the heartbeat(s) again. I know 2 would be hard to find. I will still have my ultra sound on April 10th and then another High Risk OB appointment on April 14th.

I know, I am crazy. I can't just let myself be happy and enjoy everything. It's hard. I worked so hard for this and now all I do is worry. I just want both little babies healthy.

I haven't had much of an appetite lately, which also worries me, even when I was getting sick non-stop I was hungry. Oh well, I just have to think I only have 2 weeks left in the first tri and then I am one step closer to the "safety zone". I know it's not 100% safe, but anything is better than being in the first tri. I can't wait until I am at the point I can feel them moving. It's going to be sooooo cool.

I also woke up this morning with my neck covered in blood. I don't know what I did. It was coming from a mole. I usually don't scratch in my sleep, but who knows. I was very freaky to see. I asked the OB nurse about it, but she told me to call my primary doctor. Of course I was so busy with work today I didn't have time. I will have to do that tomorrow.

I haven't take the belly picture yet this week. I will try to do that tomorrow. I think it went down a little. Aaron doesn't agree.

I know I need to chill, keep the twins in your thoughts and prayers. I want these little guys or gals:)

Hugs and Kisses babies, Mommy loves you!

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She has a very cute maternity picture and is in a competition with some other woman. Can you take a few moments to vote for her?

She is blonde wearing a green shirt with the pretty blue background! She looks so cute!

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Perinatal Consult Today

Overall I think it went well. She had a lot of recommendations for me and for my OB. I wasn't exactly sure what was going to happen today, but it was just as it sounds a consult. My OB wanted her to meet with me and go over my medical history. He wants her recommendations for my pregnancy.

First, she wants to have my thyroid tested again. It goes from normal to borderline high. She also wants me to do the 1 hour glucose test in the first trimester and repeat every trimester after that.

At 16 weeks, she thinks I should have a complete scan of the babies via ultrasound and then ever two weeks after that. In the second trimester she recommends that I take an extra 4-6 hours of laying down a day, this does not include sleeping. It has something to do with the placenta.

She also thinks every two week I should have a visit with the "dildo cam" starting at 16 weeks to make sure my cervix and uterus is growing enough for the babies. She is worried that since this is my first pregnancy and it's twins I may have issues. It's just cautionary.

The more she kept recommending ultra sounds the happier I got:) I love seeing the babies.

She also recommended that I continue to see her, which was music to my ears. I just want the best possible care for these two little guys or gals. I just want them healthy.

She also suggested taking extra folic acid so both babies get enough and extra calcium.

Okay, the warning about TTTS- twin to twin Transfer syndrome. This is when babies share the same placenta and have separate amniotic sacs. One twin can get more of the fluids, blood and nutrients than the other. This can cause death to one or both twins. I think my heart broke when I heard about this. The silver lining, Cincinnati has a specialized division for the care of TTTS. So, if something was to happen I would be close to as much help as I can get.

As you can see I have a lot of info thrown at me in just 3 days. I am praying every minute for these babies. I love them and look forward to seeing them in 7 months.

Too top it off, she would like to see me gain 60 pounds!!!! 11 down, 49 more to go!!!

10 weeks and OB appointment

Well, today was my first OB appointment. I am a bit overwhelmed after it too. I knew having twins wasn't going to be a walk in the park, but I didn't expect so many concerns carrying 2 . My OB just kept talking and I just kept listening. There was so much to discuss.

I will be a high risk patient, which I kind of knew would happen anyways. I will start seeing a perinatologist this Friday. This is to figure out how I will be cared for. My Ob thinks I will be on bed rest at 28 weeks at the latest. I don't care if I have to lay in bed for 6 months as long as the babies are healthy.

I will have more ultra sounds to make sure the babies are growing at the same rate. They are sharing a placenta so they have to be watched that one isn't "hogging" the supply. I just have to make sure I keep eating and making sure I am getting everything we need. Speaking of eating I have gained 6.5 pounds in 2 weeks. Holy cow, but the OB thinks I am doing great. My uterus was measuring at a 16 -17 week singleton pregnancy. So, yes I have really popped. I can't believe 10 weeks pregnant and I have a baby belly. I wasn't expecting it so soon.

I was able to hear one of the heartbeats today. OMG, this is the most amazing thing you will EVER hear! I was smiling and fighting tears:) It was so cool. He could only find one, but told me not to worry. The other was probably just hiding or one was being a spotlight stealer. He said the heartbeat was about 160 bpm. Again, this is the coolest thing ever. I am really hoping that we can hear it again on Friday. Aaron didn't get to do today. When I told him I heard the heartbeat you could tell he was so jealous. He said, "That's not fair, you are so lucky". I really want him to hear it. I really think it will bring tears to his eyes too. He's a little on the sensitive side.

Everything else checked out good too, my pulse is very strong. I can hear it when I am trying to go to sleep it is so loud, but he said that was great. My body is working extra hard to take care of those babies. I'm okay with that. I just need to make sure I am getting enough sleep and food.

The OB would love me to make it to 36 weeks, but really doesn't think I will. However, he will schedule me for a c-section at 38 weeks if there are no babies yet. I will have a c-section, it will not be a vaginal deliver. He said that usually the second baby doesn't have a good apgar score.

I can't wait for Friday to see the peri doctor. I would really love to have an ultra sound, but I won't get my hopes up. I want to see them again.

So, 10 weeks is a great week the babies are no longer embryos, they are officially fetuses!!! This is so exciting. 3 more weeks and I will kiss the first tri BYE-BYE!!

I am going to start my weekly pictures, so here is week 10. I feel okay about the bump now that I have validation from the OB:)

This is my bad attempt at being silly.

I just need to move the camera down a little:)

A blurry close up...

And the award for best husband goes too.....

Aaron, My Husband!!!!

I can't even tell you how awesome and great he is. So, as you all know morning sickness is still kicking my butt. The zofran helps, but not all the time. Yesterday, I went through my clothes and tried to put away all the clothes that don't fit. Well, that wore me out. He let me climb into bed early and watch my lifetime movies. He will get me anything I need and always makes sure I have what I need. He is a a sweetie pie.

I woke up this morning and the laundry was done with the exception of 2 loads of towels. We had about 10 loads yesterday. He folded all the laundry and he cleaned the kitchen last night. He stayed up late watching basketball and doing all the chores. He is a sweetheart.

Aaron also went to the track the other night and won $300 and then he gave me $100 to go shopping for new clothes. He is such a keeper.

I've said this a 100 times, I have won the husband lottery!!!

How do not love this man??? So damn cute!!!!

I love old pictures:) Isn't he cute as Austin Powers?

9 weeks and ultra sound day!

Well, today was a great day. We had our last RE appointment. I am sad we "graduated" from them, but I am happy everything is going great and we could graduate. I absolutely love our RE, he is amazing and his staff is just as awesome! If you are in the Cincy area and need an RE let me know. I will give you their info.

We had an ultra sound today and it just gets cooler every time. We could see them wiggle and dance. You know when people get on TV and they always wave and say "Hi MOM!". I know that's what my babies were doing today. It was so freaking cool! They are definitely in the gummi bear stage:) I could just look at them all day. I can't believe how much they have grown in 2 weeks. They both have their own amniotic sac now, which is great news. It means they won't get tangled up in each other. If you look in the first picture you can see a little white line below the babies. That is the lining of their sac. Cool huh?

This is them waving "HI MOM"

I love you babies!!!!

We couldn't let the RE's office go with out some type of gift and what's better than food? My friend Vicki from NY, her blog is Center Stage Sweets, made the cookies. I highly recommend her if you need cookies. She made them and shipped them to me in no time. The cookies are as delicious as they are awesome cookies. The nurses went crazy over the cookies. They just couldn't get over that a friend of mine made them. In addition to the cookies we also had Servati's make them a muffin tray, this was also a big hit! It was fun giving them something since they gave me two perfect little somethings:)

Here are the cookies: Aren't they adorable?

She is so talented!

Here is the presentation of the cookies:

These speak for themselves:)

These are my favorite. Again, isn't she awesome?

The cute little baby bottles!


And last but not least the pitter patter of little feet!




Okay and the final picture of the post. My 9 week half baby belly and half baby bloat.
I can't fit into any of my pre-pregnancy pants now=(
I am going to be huge.




I ended up doing some shopping today so I have clothes to wear to work. I found some great stuff at Motherhood. That's going to be my new favorite store. Did you know Old Navy is going to stop carrying maternity clothes in the store? That just sucks!