20 weeks!

We had our 20 week US and appt today.  It went great!  The babies are healthy and doing awesome!  They both weigh approx. 12 ounces!!  Such big girls;)!  Everything is going great!  I am starting to have some aches and pains but nothing I can't handle right now.  Rob and I have been working on naming our little princesses and are narrowing it down, but per Rob's request we aren't telling the names until they are born.  I am always so impatient when people do this, but it is kinda fun to have something to announce the day they arrive!:)  Praise God for blessing us with healthy babies and a healthy pregnancy so far!  We are so thankful!!

you can't tell very well in this pic but my innie is almost no longer an innie;)

How far along? 20 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: + ~10lbs (since I am halfway through the pregnancy this means that I should only gain about 20lbs, right?!?....I know that isn't quite how it works....my OB said it would probably be around 50!!  Yikes!)

Maternity clothes? Yes...a couple of my shirts are already getting a little short!

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: It's ok...I've been having a lot of back pain lately.  I went to a chiropractor who works specifically with pregnant women, today and got adjusted.  She said my pelvis was very "off".  One leg was shorter than the other because of it...No wonder it hurt!:)

Best moment this week: Getting to see our babies again and seeing their perfect little bodies that God created!  Praise God they are healthy and doing great!  (and so is my cervix!)

Movement: Yes, for sure!!  It is mainly just little tickles but it is starting to feel a little different.  Baby B is laying transverse..... up practically in my rib cage so when I am sitting I can feel her telling me to stop squishing her;).

Food cravings: No real cravings right now

Gender: Two Girls!!!  

Labor Signs: No! And there better not be for a long time!  Hoping for 38 weeks!:)

Belly Button in or out? Just barely in...it is getting pretty flat

What I am looking forward to: Seeing the girls again on my birthday!  My 24 week US is that day!:)

Weekly Wisdom: Just Trust God and don't worry!  Give it all to Him!

Milestones: We're over half way there!!

P.S.  My sister is pregnant too!  She is 8 weeks behind me!  It is so exciting!  We always hoped our kids would be close in age!!  I can't wait to find out what she is having!

For the Grandmas(and whoever else:))

Just click on this Baby Video and it will take you to our US video from today.  I knew not everyone would be interested in watching, but I am sure the grandmas are.  The US tech types stuff on the screen sometimes to tell you which baby it is and to show you the "girl parts" and the rest is just fun little peaks of them!  Enjoy!!  I keep watching it over and over!:)


PS when the video is shaking, it is the tech jiggling my tummy trying to make Baby A turnover...she is still the stubborn one!:)..just like her Aunt Jenny I tell ya!

18 weeks

A couple of fun things

First of all, I got the cutest/funniest card in the mail this weekend.    It is kinda a big deal in my family that I have boobs now because that has never been the case:).  My mom and sister were the ones with those...and my sister-in-law too!  Even my 12 year old nephew when he was about 2 or 3 asked me why I had little boobies!!  Also my now 8 year old nephew, Will, saw a pic of me when I was starting to show.  My mom was showing him on the computer.  He looked at it and asked her, "when you're pregnant and your belly grows, do other things grow too?(while kinda pointing to his chest)"  Mom said, "yea, they do."  He said, "I thought so."  LOL  So there are a lot of conversations about these things these days...mainly because I have been so proud!;)  So anyway, here is the card I got in the mail from my mom.  She said she just had to get this card when she saw it.:)

Love it!

Also I went shopping at an outlet mall this weekend.  My goal was to buy clearanced winter clothes for next winter for the girls.  I had lots of fun and didn't buy tons, but was proud of myself for the deals I got....and I didn't buy everything pink or exactly the same.  We figure sometimes we will dress them alike...sometimes in coordinating colors....and sometimes in totally different outfits...  Here are the things I bought

And these were the first things I bought when I found out they were girls.  Our babies at work love these pacifiers(s.oothies) and usually once they've had these they won't take anything else.  And I found these cute lil stuffed animals attached to them and their called w.ubanubs.  Now they each have their own little animals..

I will be 18 weeks tomorrow!!  I won't do a survey since I just did my 17 week one and there isn't anything new this week.  I am maybe feeling movement but what I feel, feels like gas and I have a lot of that so it's hard to differentiate;).  I will try to post a new belly pic in the next couple of days.  Probably thursday since I work tomorrow.  Hope everyone is doing great!

3 Posts in 1

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  It's been a busy week.  First of all I was at work on Monday and started feeling quite a bit vaginal/pelvic pressure.  I tried to contact my Dr.'s office but they were taking a while to get back to me and I was of course looking at stuff on the internet and finding the worst case scenarios of what this could mean.  I decided I would just email Dr. J and ask him if it was anything to worry about, hoping he would say no.  Well I got a response back from him right away and he said that I needed to be seen and that he would see me since I was having trouble getting a hold of my OB's office.  So I left work and met Rob there.   Dr. J checked my cervix and said he thought it felt a little soft and maybe a little short, so he decided to contact my OB's office because he wanted them to see me, since pregnant womens' cervix's really aren't his specialty;).  So he finally got a hold of the OB on call and he wanted me to come to OB triage.  So we saw him there.  He actually thought my cervix felt ok, but he wanted to see me in the office the next day just to make sure.  So the next day I had a vaginal ultrasound to measure my cervix and it was perfect at 4.6.  We were so thankful Dr. J was so willing to see me and then to take the time to get ahold of someone in the OB's office for us.  He is just such an awesome Dr. and SO caring.  He told us that he hadn't checked a cervix for a long time and hoped that he was wrong, but said that he never ignores someone with pelvic pressure!  So it turned out I am probably going to have pelvic pressure as everything becomes bigger and heavier in there and that I don't need to worry unless it accompanied  by bleeding and/or contractions.

So part 2 of this post is about our ultrasound that day.  The tech was so sweet and after she did the vaginal US asked us if we knew what we were having yet...of course we didn't but really wanted to!  So she said she didn't have much time but she would take a quick look.  She did and abd US and took a look at our sweet little babies for us.  Baby A is still a wild one!  Always upside down and kicking up a storm on US!

Baby A with head down

Baby A kicking it's feet

And baby A is a............................................................................

GIRL!!!!!

Then she took at look at baby B.  We got a really good profile pic and then it started sucking it's thumb....it was so cute!  And calm;).

Baby B's sweet little profile

Baby B sucking it's thumb.  It is a lot clearer on the original Us pic

And baby B is a.............................................

GIRL!!!!!

TWO GIRLS!!  WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!

There will be so much pink, bows, tutus, etc in this house!!!  Yay!!!  So much fun!!!!

And part 3....I guess I should do a 17 week post:)

How far along? 17 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: + 3.7lbs total

Maternity clothes? Yes...all the time pretty much...at least pants anyway

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: I don't sleep  well, still having vivid dreams and waking up a lot.

Best moment this week: finding out the genders of our babies!!

Movement: Maybe, but I can't be sure.....I can't wait to be sure!

Food cravings: Not really any cravings or aversions....still loving fruit!

Gender: Two Girls!!!  Now we must try to agree on names....of course we had agreed on two boy names:)

Labor Signs: No! And there better not be for a long time!  That pressure thing scared me!

Belly Button in or out? In, but it is getting flatter for sure

What I am looking forward to: our next ultrasound at 20 weeks just to make sure our girls haven't grown any parts that we couldn't see;)...and to make sure they are healthy!

Weekly Wisdom: Don't worry about what anyone else is going to think...if something worries you get checked out for your own peace of mind!

Milestones: Maybe finding out the genders....I don't know if that's a milestone or not:)

No picture this week....not much different.  I'll post one next week!

16 Weeks!

These are all pictures taken in the evening.  I am not quite that big in the morning, but this bump is definitely growing!

My mom thought we should watch the butterfly grow:)

How far along? 16 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss? 4.1 lbs

Maternity clothes? Yep!

Stretch marks? None yet

Sleep? Still dreaming all night long and my dreams are really weird and have totally random people in them

Best moment this week?  Nothing new...still excited to be pregnant!

Movement?  I can't wait!  I am getting kinda impatient;)

Food cravings/aversions?  I don't think I have really had any cravings or aversions.  I really like fruit right now, so maybe I'm craving that

Gender?  I am dying to know!!!

Symptoms?  I haven't really had any lately....

What I am looking forward to? Finding out the genders!

Weekly Wisdom?  I am kinda boring this week...I don't think I have any

Milestones?  Babies went on their first flight this past week;)

14/15 week post

Almost 15 weeks(in the evening)

I look so big in these pics.  I think the babies are really starting to grow!

Faith and Hope in our God is what got us here!!

How far along? 14 weeks 5 days!

Total weight gain/loss? 2.6 lbs

Maternity clothes? I bought some and I love them!  I need more but I am having trouble finding ones I like and can afford

Stretch marks? None yet...but I feel things really stretching so I got some Palmers Cocoa Butter for my tummy

Sleep? Still dreaming all night long and my dreams are really weird and have totally random people in them

Best moment this week?  Nothing new...still excited to be pregnant!

Movement?  I can't wait!  I've had lots of people tell me it will probably be within the next couple weeks!

Food cravings/aversions?  Swiss cake rolls!!...but I haven't actually eaten any, I've just really wanted to;)...No aversions.  I think the sickness has left for now!

Gender?  I have no idea, but I just need to know soon because I am impatient!

Symptoms?  aches/pains in my lower back and stomach....I think things are really starting to grow and stretch:).  A VERY slow digestive system!!

What I am looking forward to? Finding out the genders!

Weekly Wisdom?  When you are pregnant pooping becomes like a once a week occurrence!

Milestones?  15 weeks!