30 week belly pic!!

Well there it is..... my giant 30 week belly!!! I was told that i would regret that belly button ring i had gotten in college... well now it looks sooo gross and i certainly do regret it!!! I'm going to admit all this belly is making moving, sleeping, sitting and laying VERY difficult. I still have 8 weeks of growing to do which is even scarier, but we wan those babies to grow grow grow so i will take the discomfort!!!

We had our first Non stress Test (NST) on Thursday and it went great!!! Baby A was hard to hear at first but she passed right away (w/in 15 min) and Baby B was a bit lazier but finally passed after 25 min. I wasn't having any real contractions just have an "irritated uterus" which means its starting to run out of room but not reacting by causing labor yet!

I was so proud the babies did so great especially when the tech said that babies at 30 weeks (let alone twins) rarely pass the first time. My little guys are beating the odds from day one!!! The are already making mommy and daddy very proud!

Well sitting at the computer is getting harder and harder everyday so i need to get going and lay down for bed!

xoxoxoxo

29 Week Check in...

I cant believe we are already at 29 weeks!! Only 70 +/- days left!!! Mike and I are sooooo excited to finally meet our beautiful babies.

I had to take the 3 hr glucose test last week... can we say BORING!!!!!!! I got to the hospital at 7 am and of course didn't get taken back until 7:45 am. I had to get my blood drawn then drink a small bottle of this flat lemon lime soda. I must have a strong sweet tooth b/c it wasn't as bad as everyone said. Then i was sent back to the waiting room for an hour. After 1 hr I went back and had more blood drawn. I repeated this another 2 times and finally at 10:45 am i had my last blood draw taken. I could FINALLY eat and get back to work.

I had an ob/gyn appointment the following day. Well good news i passed the 3 hr glucose test!! Dr.M answered some questions i had and checked the babies heartbeats. They sounded great and Dr. M was very happy. While listening to the heartbeat Dr. M seemed to have phased out and then finally said "ya know what after doing the math in my head... normally twins are small but these guys are BIG!" He said this was a great thing and that they seem to be growing great! I couldn't be happier! Dr. M measured the size of my belly and it was measuring at 37cm. I think that would typically be a 37 week pregnant woman hahahaha!!! Boy i got a big belly!! :) Dr. M informed me that at 30 weeks i need to start going to the hospital 1x a week for non stress test, where they will put the babies on heart monitors and i think we will also be getting an ultrasound. SO we are scheduled for all the non stress tests and ultra sounds through til 36 weeks!!

We are coming down to the home stretch! I pray everyday these little guys stay in as long as possible! For as uncomfy or tired i might be we have come too far to go early!!

I'm off to do some laundry and lay on the couch like a beached whale hahaha! More updates soon!!!

oxxooxoxoxox

28 week Ultra Sound...

We just had another ultrasound!!! (the pictures got a bit graney when i inserted them.. sorry) Its hard to see what is what but…. the picture on the left is Baby B face shot straight on. He looks kind of weird like a frowning old man hahaha but I think it’s just the angle the tech took the pic at. The picture on the right is a profile of Baby A!!! We were so excited to FINALLY get a glimpse of Baby A’s face. Until this ultra sound she was always facing my spine and no one could ever see her face. It was a sigh of relief to see her adorable little face!!!

The babies are getting big. Baby A is 2 lbs 13 oz and measuring at 28 weeks 1 day gestation and her heart beat is 134 BPM. Baby B is measuring 3 lbs 5 oz and 28 weeks 6 days gestation.. his heart beat is 132 BPM. So I have approximately 6 pounds of baby!!! Both are head down at this point and (im praying that doesn’t change!!!) Baby A is fighting for the first spot to come out!!! Hahaha She is pretty low in my abdomen and her feet are up in my right ribs. Baby B’s head is right above my left hip bone and is laying diagonally with his feet in my right ribs as well! No wonder I only feel kicks on the right!!! And no wonder I am having all the rib pain!!!

We are so glad to see they are both healthy!! I have my 3 hour glucose test tomorrow am please pray i pass!!! We have our next doctors appointment in wed night so we should have more info then!!

xoxoxox

Well I failed that test....

I recieved a call from the ob/gyn today at work (never a good thing!) Apparently i failed the glucose test i took yesterday by 1 point!!!!!!!!!! Normally if i was carrying 1 baby they would let it slide but since i got 2 in there i have to go for the 3 hour glucose test. NO FUN!!! The appointment for the 3 hour test is Sept 1st 2009 at 7 am... the day before my next ob appointment.

Funny thing is during the whole test yesterday i was so impressed with myself b/c i felt 100% normal? i got back to the office that day and told co-workers i had of passed w/ flying colors. APPARENTLY NOT!!! I'm not looking forward to 3 hours of sitting in the waiting room in those super uncomfy chairs! But gotta do what i gotta do!

As far as everything else... these last week or so has been hard. Thats why i have been MIA. I went to the ob/gyn for an emergency appointment last thursday... i was having so much pain in my back and right rib area that i would litterally walk in circles at my desk not wanting to sit. Turns out i tore a nerve or damaged a nerve on my ribs on my right side. It probibly happened b/c my uterus is the size of a 36 week or more pregnant woman and grew so rapidly. Also could be it seems Baby A wont get her little feet out of my ribs! I took last friday off in an attempt to rest the nerve. Well i have come to find out that a pregnant women never gets rest!!! i felt great all weekend... i was in the office for about 1/2 a day and all the pain was back again!! Ugh! Please pray i can stick it out and work until as close to the end as possible!!

Other than the nerve and apparently the possibility of gestational diabetes... i am in great health and so are the babies as of my last ob appointment!! My BP is great, urine samples are great, weight gain is right on track! Not to much to worry about. We go for another ultra sound on saturday which i always look forward too i love seeing the babies!!

I should have more news next week after the doctors appointment/glucose test/ultrasound.

xoxoxoxo

Nursery soooo far....

As i said in the blog a little why back.. my mom came out and painted the nursery. And Mike and i were VERY blessed to have gotten 2 hand me down cribs and a changing table (thanks Mom, Dad, Chris & Chuck). The cribs dont match but thats ok.. since we are having a boy and girl.

both cribs and changing table....

changing table.. full of cloths that need to be put away...

these were also hand me downs (thanks Nicki)

Our son's crib...

Our daughters crib...

As far as furniture goes we have most of it. We are really lucky that this room has 2 GIANT closets so the need for multiple dressers wont be needed until they get much bigger. We have a "dresser" its more like plastic shelves w/ a wood frame that we got from Ikea a year or so ago. That should work for linens and other items. I would like to eventually get a glider and another low book shelves. I also would like to get some shelves to go over the changing table to hold somethings like diapers and other essentials.

Now the fun stuff!!! Mom painted to room a light green. I needed to pick a neutral color so the bedding sets corrdinate. I was extremely pumped to find a bedding set for our daughter that i was in love with and was on clearance!!! Mom was awsome and bought that matching mobile which was also on clearance!!! Here is what the set looks like.....

image off the package....

the bumper....

amazingly soft blanket that mom bought..

thanks mom & dad!!!

the matching mobile....(thanks again mom & dad)As far as our son's bedding set we picked the "MiGi Splash" set and put it on the registry but i am sad to see that the mobile is on back order and im afraid the bedding set will end up on back order as well?? I might splurge and buy that one for myself also.

I plan on buying fuzzy rugs possibly circles. I;m thinking about getting one that is pink and one that is green or blue (which ever matched the MiGi set better). Then both bedding sets come with valances which we dont need so i plan on using them to make some wall art!! I also plan on hanging on the wall the diaper holders that come with each of the sets. I can fill them with toys or something else this will also add color to the wall. I can NOT wait to get the bedding sets in the room and decorations on the walls!!! I want to start now but i'm too paranoid to do that!!! I would feel better waiting to do that til after the showers and the babies are a little further along.

Only 3 more months and the room wont only be full of decorations and essentials but two beautiful babies!!! i am so excited!

xoxoxoxoox

First Baby Craft hahaha!!!

With the baby showers coming up i have received the invitations and i want to cherish every moments of my babies even the showers!!! So i thought it would be fun to make a memory box. Here it is....

I spent 3 hours in Michael's trying to find the perfect embellishments.... well 3 hours later and 2 very swollen feet i settled!!!! I'm not 100% happy with the final product but it works! I never thought finding gender neutral decorations would be so hard not to mention finding embellishments that say Baby Shower or heck just the word baby!!! I wanted something clean/modern and not bottles and bibs... well there are no bottles and bibs but its not the look i was going for?!?!? The whole project took less than an hour to get together, so for that i am thankful! I think the colors go great in the nursery... so thats a plus. I can always go back and update it if i get the energy and time! But for my first dabble in arts and crafts since college i am proud of myself.

What do you think??

We got our Stroller and Car seats!!!

Mike and I are so blessed that my brothers were able to purchase our stroller/car seat combo!!! We wanted to go with a Graco Duo Glider Stroller and the matching Snugride car seats to make traveling as a family as easy as possible. Its a big load off our shoulders to know at least we have one big item!!! Now its time to put it all together.....

It was fun spending a little time together doing baby stuff. The stroller took no time to put together and rides GREAT (well at least around the house hahahah)!!!! Check out the final product.....

Stroller w/o car seats.....

Stroller w/ car seats...

Car seats w/o stroller...

Now we just need the babies and we have a complete package!!! Im so excited for my showers and i cant wait to fill the house full of fun baby stuff!

xoxoxox

P.S THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO much Chris and Greg!!!

24 week check in.....

We're 24 weeks... almost done w/ the 2nd trimester!!!

I feel like my belly has been growing so fast! Very quickly day to day tasks have gotten more difficult but I'm not complaining. Guess its time to slow down??? The last week has been very difficult and scary.

My mother came out last weekend to help my hubby paint the nursery and help me answer some final registry questions i had. We had so much fun but I may have pushed myself a little. I felt pretty good again by Tuesday night. On Wed night Mike was off so we ran some errands and got some diner. When i got home my ankles were GONE!!! When i went in the bedroom to change i saw my feet for the first time all day. My feet were so swollen they felt like they would explode. I ran/waddled (hahaha) into the room that Mike was in and just pointed to my legs. He dragged me down stairs and told me to get on the couch and not move. He put ice packs on my ankles, propped them up as high as i could comfortably get them and he proceeded to rub them trying to get the fluid back up my leg. While i drank bottle after bottle of water. I proceeded to be up 1/2 the night in the bathroom, but by the am the swelling had gone down a little. I was exhausted and felt like a truck had hit me. My feet were killing me, i was tired, my head ached and my eyes were swollen from all the crying i had been doing for 1/2 the night as well! But i had a deadline at work and against Mikes wishes went in anyway. When i got home that night the first thing Mike did was look at my feet/ankles. They were still pretty swollen so again he planted me on the couch with water in hand, ice on my legs and he rubbed away! Friday my ankles were much better but still swollen. I got through the work day and came home and just layed on the couch for the rest of Friday and spent all day Sunday 1/2 asleep on the couch. I am MUCH better today thank God!!!! A few days of rest was exactly what the babies and i needed.

I have realized that carrying twins can be much more stressful on my body than i originally thought. I need to start taking things slower and delegate more work when i am in the office b/c if i keep pushing myself i will end up on bed rest which is the last thing Mike or i want.

But good news... my mom and Mike did a ton of work and the nursery is ready to be filled. We were very blessed to get 2 hand me down cribs and a changing table so we just need to add the fun stuff! While my mom was in town we bought Baby A's bedding on clearance!!! Its perfect and the best part is my mom is so creative she came up with a great way to use the valance which we wont be using as well as how to turn the diaper holder into something creative for the wall. Now i just need to get Baby B's bedding. I cant wait to get the nursery together after the shower to take pics for everyone!

We had our 2nd ultra sound yesterday it was sooooo nice to see the babies again. I will scan the pics at work tomorrow and post them ASAP. Both babies according to the tech are doing great! I am looking forward to my next appointment on Wed. to hear the good news from the doctor.

More later in the week after the doctors visit!!! Off to eat some ice cream and cuddle with the pups!

xoxoxoxox

22 week check in...

Its already been 22 weeks!!!! The babies seem to be doing great and mom is growing quickly!!!

The last ob/gyn visit was exciting hearing the news from the doc and all he had to discuss. We talked about everything from the birthing options to nutrition. Seems i am anemic and this is common with multiples. I was put on iron supplements and told to eat more. My water intake was increased as well. If i thought eating and drinking for 1 baby was hard... eating for 2 babies is even harder. I was never a small girl and never was told that i am not eating enough... hahaha I kind of like this.

As of right now Dr.M says the babies look great and are both (at the time of the ultra sound) 10oz. There is only a 10% difference between baby A and baby B which is very good and very normal! They both had really good heartbeats at he doc visit and we finally got to hear both heartbeats... it was so amazing! i can not wait to see them again in a week and a half! Due to the fact that we are having twins our appointments are now closer and i will be receiving more ultrasounds. As our due date gets closer the appointments will increase and so will the ultra sounds. Then starting 30 weeks we will have to go to the hospital to have their hearts monitored. Lots of tests and lots of doctors visits but its all worth it to ensure our babies are doing great!

I'm off to go pick a paint color for the babies room!!! its so exciting to start decorating!

xoxoxoxox

Pictures... FINALLY!!

The bigger picture on top is the first shot we saw.. its both of their heads. They are facing one another and Baby A (girl) is back by my spine and Baby B (boy) is more towards the front. I love this shot even thought you cant see their little faces. Knowing they are facing each other makes me think they are in there playing "patty cake" or some game... haha or just punching each other in the face hahaha! Either way I love them both and CAN NOT wait to give them kisses!

The images of the 4 pics together are a series of shots the tech was able to get... but she admitted it was hard to get a good shot of either of them b/c of how close they were to each other and how they were facing each other. The upper left corner of the series of pictures is what i think is a profile of Baby A's face and arm (she has her hand by her face maybe she is getting ready to suck her thumb or bop her brother on top of the head?) The picture in the upper right is the same as the enlarged picture to the right. The bottom left picture is our NOT shy Baby B. This is the shot where he showed us all what we can finally call him hahaha! (for those of you that still don't see it hahaha... its a butt shot... see his two legs and hinney? And yes that's his pee pee in the middle) The final picture lower right is a front view of Baby B. you can see his eyes, nose and mouth.

We hope next ultra sound we can get some nice pictures of Baby A since her brother hogged the lime light! I cant believe after seeing them how much i love them BOTH already! I thought i loved my baby before i saw the ultra sound but watching them wiggle and move and kick and seeing each of their little bodies has brought me so much closer to them!!! I cant imagine the feeling i will have when i get so see them for the first time!

WOw still in shock... but we are actually mommy and daddy to TWO babies!!!