Growing Boys

Today was our 25 week (4 day) check up with the specialist. Ultrasound went great! I was very pleased that the awesome tech was back from her maternity leave. She was wonderful...explained everything she was doing and looking at to my husband, which was very nice. Baby A which is Logan is head down, already very low in the pelvis..no wonder I feel like I have to use the bathroom all the time..lol Logan weighs 1lb 10ozs at this point and his heart rate was 142. Baby B which is Mason is still breech and curled up into a ball. He weighed 1lb 9ozs and his heart rate was 161. According to the specialist both boys are doing really well and are growing exactly where they should be for 25 weekers! Both of them were moving all around during the ultrasound which was nice to see. I feel Logan move all the time now. He is constantly moving or kicking or punching..especially when it's time to sleep. Now Mason on the other hand..I hardly feel him move about much..but I guess that's because he's all curled up in there. I still feel tired all the time, which is normal...the nausea has subsided for the most part and I'm trying to make myself take it easy and not do the stuff I'm not supposed to do.. It's hard but I do catch myself and have to take a step back and remember it's for them...It's all for them! I can't believe how much I already love these boys and I haven't even met them yet. I can't wait to hold them..see what they look like and just cuddle and smell their little heads. I did get some pictures this time so I will try to post them soon.

Boys!

Our boys...Logan Michael and Mason Patrick will make their debut in early 2010! Sorry no pictures yet to post..once again we got the crappy ultrasound tech that doesn't apparently do pictures..she's really bad at it..even if you ask her before hand for some pictures. We told her and the secretary told her that we got screwed last time with no pictures and that we really really wanted some this time...she still said she was only able to get one...shes horrible. Our next ultrasound is scheduled for November 19th and the other girl should be back from her maternity leave by then so I'm crossing my fingers that we will finally get some pictures of our boys. On another note, the boys are both doing great. Both are measuring as they should and their weights are good...all organs appear normal. That's good news for mommy and daddy. We just went shopping and decided on a theme for the nursery this past weekend. It is the tree top collection from carter's. The room is green with accents of brown. Once it is put together I will try to remember to take some pictures and post them..lol We will be going to the doctor more often now that I am at 22 weeks so I should have more stuff to update more often..lol or should I say..Ill try to! Oh and we registered for some of the things that we would like to have or will need this past weekend as well...at Babies R' Us...Info on baby shower to follow!

I know, I know

It's been forever...just haven't had much to say. Since my last post I think I've had maybe 2 doctor's appointments and so far all seems to be going well. We seen the specialist for the first time..both babies were doing good, both weighed and measured what they were supposed to. The dumb ultrasound tech didn't give us any pictures of the babies at that appointment so we don't have any to show except for the very first ones when we found out it was twins...how disappointing! Due to my Arnold-Chiari the specialist has referred me to neurologist for a consult to find out what type of anesthesia I can have for the labor and delivery. He's not sure if I can have an epidural..he thinks I may have to have general anesthesia....I don't thinks so! They better figure something out because I am not going to be put to sleep and not remember or "be there" for the birth of my babies. Especially since these are probably all we will ever have. We have our next appointment with the specialist on Oct 8th. Hopefully on that day we will find out what our little ones are! I see the neurologist this Friday..so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We are both on vacation this week so our goal is to complete the babies nursery. We have finished the new closet...new carpet and closet system and I even have it filled with stuff already..now this week Shawn and his dad are going to work on fixing the walls, priming the woodwork and painting...hopefully it will get done this week. I'm anxious..I just want it complete and believe me..if I was allowed to paint..I'd be in there and have it already done. So my job this week is to get rid of a bunch of stuff that I don't really need and make room in the rest of the house for the babies. Watching that new show on TV called Hoarders..has changed my life completely..lol I don't care what it is..if I haven't used it in the last year..it's gone! Already tossed 3 bags of trash and donated a truck full of stuff to the goodwill and friends/family. On the big question that everyone is always asking...How you feeling? Do you know how much I dislike this question now....lol I wanna say...How do you think! But I'm too nice..I'm not feeling all that bad. Still tired most of the time, still have a horrible gag reflex to smells, pills and brushing my teeth and now I get heartburn most everyday. My stomach feels like it's going to explode sometimes from all the stretching pains I get...my back hurts when I'm on my feet too long and my feet and ankles already swell a little when I'm on them too long...sooooo How do you think I feel? LOL Just kidding...it's great :)

TWINS!!

Yhea I don't believe it either. We just found out yesterday with our first ultrasound that their were two little ones in there...not just one. WOW what a shock. First feeling that came over me was scared. I'm scared to death and don't know what to do with two. It's starting to sink in. I know that it will take time, but thank God that we have a wonderful support system with both of our families and great friends. My cousin whom also has twins and my best friend that is having twins in September both assure me that the feelings i am having are normal. They both went through the same shock and awl. I just can't believe it yet.
The ultrasound went very well besides finding two..lol Their heartbeats were both good at 154 and 156. Baby B we could actually see the spine which was kindof neat. Now with twins I am considered high-risk and will be seeing a maternal fetal specialist. So we will get lots of ultrasounds and lots of pictures of the babies. I do have their first pics and I will try to post them later.
Yesterday I also had to do the 1 hour Glucola test (sugar test). Normally you do not have that test till you are about 24 weeks but because both of my grandfathers are diabetics they wanted to check me early. Well I got a call early this morning that I failed it and had to go in today for the long 3 hour test. Let me tell you...that stuff is gross! Today's was double the sugar and 4 blood work pokes later..when I got home I checked my sugar because I wasn't feeling well and it was only 54...no wonder I was dizzy and shaky. I don't want to ever feel that way again. So we will see what the results are probably next week and we have another appt at the dr's in 2 weeks. I'll try to update as much as I can!

July 16th

That's the day of our very first ultrasound! That day will also be my first pre-natal check up (technically). They have drawn blood from me about every 3 days to check my HCG levels and they have gone from 151 to 460 to 1783 so keep your fingers crossed that God has only given us what we can handle...lol!

Due Date

Official Due Date is Feb. 28th, 2010

Great News!

If you read my last post you would have noticed that I hinted of a miracle that my great-aunt had given me this past friday....
Friday June 19, 2009 My husband and I found out that we are expecting our first child! We are ecstatic and overjoyed. However we still do not believe it! This has been a big hurdle for us to get over...We had been trying for awhile now with no results...after many painful and uncomfortable tests we found out that I did not ovulate, so I was put on medication to help. Low and behold the very first cycle of Clomid we got pregnant! Since we just found out friday we do not know the exact dates and everything but with my calculations I should be due around Feb. 27th, 2010. I really don't think that it will hit us until we have our first ultrasound or until I feel it move. Luckily I get to have an ultrasound here pretty soon because with that medication there is always a chance of multiples so they want to check to see what's going on in there...lol...Not sure I could handle more than one but at this point I will take whatever God has given us! I'll update more when we know more...I promise!