10 Weeks

Only 2 weeks left of the first trimester.

Sorry I'm a little late in getting this posted. We had quite a week last week. I started bleeding and loosing tissue on Tuesday. Very scary, I thought I had actually lost one of the twins. After 6 hours of stress and worry, an ultrasound revealed two very healthy and now, very active babies.

Mommy on the other hand has a subchorionic hemorrhage, which is a tear in my uterine lining behind the placenta. This one happens to be adjacent to both sacks. Luckily, most of the time, they heal on their own and there isn't any more problems. Sometimes they stop bleeding but don't heal and others, they keep on bleeding causing too much blood to get between the uterine lining and the placenta. That makes the placenta detach which then causes a miscarriage. So, some pretty scary stuff.

Right now I am on full pelvic rest. No bending, squatting, stooping, lifting or standing for long periods of time. All until my next dr appt on April 9th. We're not taking any chances. So I've pretty much been a bump on a log this past week. Just laying in the bed or on the couch.

We did take a 10 week picture, and I will try to get it up as soon as I get the chance.

9 weeks

Whew.... what a fast week this was. I'm glad too, I really needed a week to go by fast.

Not only have I out grown all my pants, but now I have out grown all my fitted shirts. The only non-maternity shirts I can wear now are long flowing empire waisted shirts. Luckily I have a few, but the ones that have a more fitted top, don't fit any more either. I have gotten quite a few maternity clothes on loan from friends, and some form my sister and my mom. I have some that fit now, and some that are still too big. Most of the shirts fall in the still too big column. The ones that fit now though, probably won't fit for more than a couple of months. Its amazing to me how my body can change so much and yet I still haven't gained any weight. Not that I'm complaining about that, by any means.

My biggest struggle this week has been making sure I consume 2,700 calories. I got some good suggestions from some friends, and I'm now at the point where I need to count them up to see how good I'm doing. Its just difficult to eat 1,000 more calories than I normally do in a day and avoid things that will counter act with my diabetic medication and upset my stomach. The past two or three days have been especially challenging because I am starting to get hungry more often (when my stomach isn't upset), but all my snacks are relatively low calorie.

I had my first appointment with my new OB on Wednesday. Taylor was in town looking at the UofA Law School, so she came with me. I had another ultrasound. They babies are definitely growing they are now measuring a couple of days ahead of where I actually am. The doctor is pretty confident that I will have a cesarean, which really doesn't bother me. I've always figured I would. Now I'm anxious for the 18 week ultra sound so we can find out the sex of the babies. But that is still another 9 weeks away!!

Craig and Skyler are both hoping for 2 boys. I don't thing Craig would know what to do with girls and Skyler wants us to even out the grand kids for him. I told them both that I think its going to be two girls. As expected, they were both disappointed by that. Craig even asked if that's what I wanted, two girls. I told him it didn't really matter to me, I just think that's what they are going to be. He still refuses to get serious about names. He thinks we should wait until the 18 week ultrasound. But, I'm a planner so I really have this need to have it narrowed down before then. I guess now is as good a time as any to start learning to compromise on how we deal with our children. I just wish it wasn't me having to do the compromising. Ha, ha, ha.

8 weeks

We took our 8 week picture, so we now have 3. The first is 5 weeks, the second is 6 weeks and the last one is 8 weeks.

I'm feeling good most of the time. Just a little bit of morning sickness every now and then, always in the evenings. The other thing is that I just don't have as much energy as I used to. It takes me longer to get everything done, and I just can't get as much done in a day. Those days that I push myself, I am completely worn out by 7pm and falling asleep on the couch.

My doctor appointment on Friday went well. It was just a come in, meet the staff and go over your medical history appointment. I go back on Wednesday to see the doctor.

I am officially in maternity clothes. I can still wear many of my shirts, just not my pants. Luckily I've been able to receive some maternity clothes from friends and now have quite a few extra pants to wear. Some of which are still a little too big, which is good, because I will need the extra room to grow these babies.

Piper had to be taken to the vet this week, too. I thought she had an ear infection, but it turns out she actually has allergies. So we now have two dogs on allergy medication.

And the verdict is..... TWINS

Our Ultra Sound was today and we're having TWINS!!!!!!

The dr gave us two sets of pictures, one for us and one for the OB. Daddy had to take the dr's set back to work with him to show them off.

Twin A measured at 10mm and had a heart rate of 139. Twin B measured 11mm and had a heart rate of 145. The dr was very pleased with their sizes and said everything look great!