27 Weeks

27 weeks. Fun things like heartburn, lack of sleep, hip pain, back pain, burps, farts and emotional meltdowns. I wouldn't trade them for my own private beach. I love having them with me 24/7 right now but I'm super excited to snuggle them once they arrive too. In some ways it still doesn't seem real, it almost feels like I am playing pregnant.

As you know I had an impromptu ultrasound this week because of no movement on the right side.. Baby B caused quite a scare! My glucose test was today. My doctor had me fast from 10 o'clock last night until the test at 9 this morning. Both me and the babies were starving!! I drank the lovely orange drink of love after they took my blood and then I waited an hour (20 min sleeping in my car) then they took my blood again. At that point I drove to Wendy's for breakfast. I was so shaky from fasting and then chugging sugar, it took a good couple of hours for me to level back out.

I will have my next ultrasound in two weeks, then another two weeks after that. Then I will have a weekly stress test at the hospital every Tuesday and an ultrasound every Thursday with my OB. Needless to say I will be missing a lot of work and seeing a lot of doctors until the boys get here. My doctor is super cautious and wants to monitor me as much as possible. I'm 100% fine with that! My bump page has been updated

I continue to read all of your blogs but I have sucked at commenting. Please know that I am  praying and cheering for all of my sisters that are still in the trenches! And I'm not just saying that.. I really do.

Baby B - - UPDATE

Today I am 27 weeks. I haven't felt baby B move very much if any the last few days. I am praying that he has shifted over more to baby A's side and I am just feeling both of them over there. My glucose test and next OB appointment is tomorrow but I have a friend bringing her stethoscope to work this morning so that I can check for two heartbeats. If I struggle to find two I am going to call the doctor this morning to see if they can squeeze me in. I am trying to stay calm and trust in God.

UPDATE: Baby A is still breach, Baby B is transverse so his feet are over by Baby A's head and hands. B's body is curved so only his head is toward the bottom right side. Now that would explain all of the crazy activity on the left side and nothing on the right. The doctor said I did the right thing by coming in. My next U/S is in two weeks! Thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. These boys are already giving me grey hairs. :)

25 Weeks

Well here I am sitting at 25 weeks. We are having a barbecue with my husbands extended family on Saturday.. And then my next shower is May 10th. I am feeling extremely blessed and extremely stressed. My husband has become detached from so much because of the stress of money. The financial aspect of twins is scary, along with an almost 15 year old going to college in four years. My income is going away, or at least getting cut way back as well. I understand why he is acting the way he is but in a selfish way it has been very hard on me. He has no interest in feeling my stomach when the boys start kicking, he asks if everything is okay after appointments but that is the extent. He has no excitement to get the nursery ready so I have been trying to do things on my own. I have to do my glucose test in a couple of weeks and he asked me how much it was going to cost, and did I really have to have it done. My deductible has been met so it will be 20%, but all blood work has been covered up to now. So I called the OB's office to get the medical codes and diagnostic code and will be calling my insurance today to make sure I know what the bill is ( I do billing for a living). All of the sonograms have been covered with my OB so I didn't think to call and check with the specialist. The two ultrasounds there were over $1,500 each. Needless to say we got a bill for $800 last week that made our current situation even better and he was very upset with me for not checking before hand (but it met my deductible). The babies will be covered under my insurance for 30 days but have their own deductible and then they switch to their own insurance and will get another deductible.  I am praying that they stay put until 37 weeks and there is no NICU stay. Diapers.. 20ish a day $$$.. hopefully I can nurse to save money on formula $$$. Clothes.. well they are babies and it is summer so if we don't get a lot at the showers they can live in onsies for a while. I really don't know how we are going to do it. I cry a lot lately. I am stressed a lot. My husband feels like I don't do enough and the doctor feels like I am doing too much. I can't win. Prayers, good thoughts... whatever you have to send would be greatly appreciated.

My bump picture has been updated. The picture was taken three hours after a tearful fight about finances so I had to Photoshop out some puffiness and redness.

25 weeks - Two rutabagas!

The high point of my week was getting some maternity pictures taken by a friend of mine, and I got a gift card from Holly a friend of mine through blogging. I am going to use the gift card to buy their baby books today. Thank Holly you have been a great friend!

I got two sneak peeks of my images. Of course I removed my face. Maybe I should just stop being private?

25 weeks with twins

25 weeks with twins

24 Weeks

Today I am 24 weeks 1 day. At this point our little boys would have a 50% chance of survival so they need to keep cooking for a while! The contractions have slowed down but I was once again told that they weren't affecting my cervix so I am letting go and trusting in God. Bump picture updated in tab.

How far along? 24 weeks!!

Total weight gain: Around 32lbs since pregnant and 42lbs since before IVF medication

Maternity clothes: Everything is maternity except for a couple bigger shirts, but I have to wear a maternity tank under them. Some of the maternity clothing is actually getting too small.

Stretch Marks: Not yet

Sleep: Still waking up about 5-10 times during the evening to roll over or go to the bathroom

Best moment of the week: Hitting viability and seeing the babies during the last u/s. I wish that we would have seen both of them in 3d but that's okay I still know they are perfect! And having my first baby shower with family. It was so nice to see everyone, and the more diapers the better!

Miss anything: Sharing a bed with my husband, but he will come back after the babies are here. :)

Belly button in or out: Still in but super stretched

Looking forward to: My upcoming OB appointment next week and my baby shower with friends coming up on May 10th.



24 weeks with fraternal twins

23 Weeks

I am 23 weeks and 2 days as of today. We went for our last appointment with MFM. As long as the pregnancy stays healthy and on track I will just continue with my OB every two weeks. The boys are measuring in the 56% for a singleton so I am growing them big! Baby A is 1lb 5oz and Baby B is 1lb 6oz. Both babies are now breech so that explains the extra kicks to my nether regions. My cervix is measuring 3.9 and staying strong. The hospital where our MFM is located doesn't switch to 3D because of liabilities but at the end of our appointment she switched over but told us not to tell. Unfortunately Baby A had flipped around and we couldn't get a shot of his face. Baby B cooperated and as soon as I saw his face on the screen the tears started to flow. I have a lot of updating to do in the ultrasound tab so I am going to post the pictures on this blog post. If you aren't in a good place please don't scroll down. The bump picture is updated in the tab. I am going to skip updates this week but I promise to pick up next week. :)

 

 

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Baby A

Baby B