Week 12 photos

They look like aliens to me at this point, but I still love them!

Jared and I just spent a lovely weekend at the Apple Festival in Biglerville, PA. My parents came out and we enjoyed a nice short weekend together! My belly is finally starting to pop and stay there. So when I get around to it I will post some pictures and keep them coming. Currently we're in week 13 and have our next doctors appointment next week. We will be finding out the sex in about 3-5 weeks. I should have a good idea of my "prognosis" at that time (risk, defects, bedrest, etc).

We're still waiting for Jared to get the time/energy to post an entry! I'll be back after the visit or when something else cool happens!
So Baby B is crazy! He/she is just a ball of energy and didn't want to stop moving until it's pictures was being taken! Here are our two little angels!

Oh husband!

So my lovely husband... God bless his soul... wished to write the next blog entery! I gave him time and told him to do it ASAP or I'll write it first. WELL WELL WELL! Who doesn't make time for it??? hehe

So. I want to say it was Friday evening I had a craving for pickles. Jared was kind enough earlier in the week to have bought said pickles, so he didn't have to go very far! Well at first it made my face turn (like when I drink soda whoever watches!) But I proceeded to eat half the jar! The next day we went to the gym and did water aerobics. When we got home we had BLTs and then I finished the jar of pickles. Less than... 24 hours my first jar of pickles was gone (Jared shed a tear or two because he didn't have any). I offered him the juice inside, but he still cried :(.

So since this weekend I believe I have been trying to fight a cold. I have felt like my heart is racing, just really tired and icky. I think it all began on Saturday at water aerobics when I had pretty bad anxiety since it was the first time I did it. I got over it pretty well, but I was still worked up. So Monday I called the doctor and asked if I could come in to get my vitals checked. We're going away on Friday and I thought it best to get it checked ASAP. They told me to come in the next day.

I get there and wait for an hour and go in. I am maintaining weight and my vitals are stable and great for me. So, because I am driving 8 1/2 hours to PA on Friday they wanted to just "make sure" (put me at ease) and give me an ultra sound. (I love having twins and getting ultra sounds every other week!) So this is the first time they used the regular on on my belly with the mounds of gel.

If you know about positioning and labels, cool. If not here we go. So Baby A is the one that is set to come out first, Baby B is furthest away. Baby A was there, chill, stretching, and waving from time to time. (I'm 12 weeks along now... beginning the 4th month). BABY B on the other hand... had a mountain dew that morning. He/she was bouncing off the walls of my uterus, flipping, and enjoying their new freedom. So I decided that child will be Jared's and I will take the calm one! But we did get pictures, and as soon as I can they will get posted. They are starting to look like babies now which is amazing.

This weekend we will be in Pennsylvania for the Apple Festival! I am sooooo excited. It'll just be me, Jared and my parents. YAY!

Hopefully Jared will post something soon, so I'm not monopolizing the screen! :-P

Thanks Kathy! Babies are up!

So here are the pictures of our peanuts!

The first three are at 6 (4) weeks and the bottom two are at 8 (6) weeks. At 8 weeks we found out they are going to be identical!

As my belly continues to grow I will take pictures to prove to everyone that "it can be done!"

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Thanks everyone for the prayers and help through the first trimester!

We've made it to the second trimester!!!

Thud Thud Thud

So my papa bear came out here on Monday to help with our rental property. After the first day we determined to hire out the work, so Papa spent time with us! It's so nice to have family out here, so comfortable to know when I come home I'll see him :).

So, an update since my face met the bathroom floor. I have not been eating as much as I should... big surprise! hehe I just cannot get into the habit of eating ALL the time! As long as I eat I feel okay... but if I go a long time (2-3 hours) I will feel horrible... unexplainably horrible. But I need to eat between those 2-3 hours to avoid feeling bad at all. It's so hard!

We went to the doctors this morning and my dad came along. That was nice... now if you know us, keeping it quiet, appropriate, and focused is not our strong suite. So we decided that I had both these men with me to do a paternity test... and the rest of the guys are on the way! We got a few laughs. All my sats are good and we got to hear the heart beats. Both are at least 150 b/m. So anything between 120-160 is great! I will meet at this office one more time and then go to the fetal medicine place at the hospital for the rest of the time. They have better technology, but I will keep my regular doctor and visit her in-between visits as needed.

So Papa Bear got to hear his grandchildren's heart beats! They are positioned kind of one on top of the other. Once I get around to it, and figure out how I will put the pictures of ultra sounds up.

I have lost weight... just about a pound or half a pound, but still at 10 weeks I should be gaining some weight! I hope I get this appetite and eat like it's going out of style!

We'll keep updating as I keep growing. So we're at the end of 10 weeks, my doctor feels I should stop driving (I drive around 100 miles/day for work) around 28 weeks (last week of January), and will probably deliver around 36 weeks (March 22nd). So I'm willing to accept bets on when these two will make their appearance! Wish us luck!

Bumps and Bruises

So Saturday morning I woke up like usual for my millionth bathroom break from sleep. Apparently my body had other ideas and my face met the bathroom tile floor. I passed out and got a nice lump on my forehead and banged up my nose pretty badly. I called the doctor and she told me to up my fluids and as long as I felt hot before I passed out I should be okay. She told me when to call back, if this and this happen... but I never had to! So I will begin to take pictures of my growing belly soon because today is the first day I feel my skin actually stretching... it's so weird and awkward feeling!

Who's who?

So I've been thinking... maybe I'm suffering from "not hearing the heartbeats and thinking they're gone" syndrome. But thankfully I am not there yet! I have been blessed with having two ultrasounds by my 8th week. The babies are 6 weeks old and growing at a healthy rate! My pregnancy is 8 weeks along and we have 8 more weeks until we get another ultrasound! AHAHAHA what will we do?!?!?!

So today was our second more detailed ultrasound. It was amazing. Thank God Jared was there to experience it with me. This was internal, just like the first, but the picture is more detailed than the last. We were able to see the babies and the sacks they are living in. And so it began. Very easily we saw two babies, a dark line in between them and two separate sacks. So that means that they share a placenta, and are thus IDENTICAL!

Now I find this to be ironic... seeing how I grew up with nearly 10 sets of twins around me... some more similar than others but none that I know of were actually "Identical". I STILL COULDN'T TELL THE SAME SEX APART! (Yea, I added the same sex in there... since some were boy/girl lol). So now God is giving me the chance to not be dumb anymore. lol...

Continuing... we had two healthy heartbeats, Baby A rang in at 179 beats/min and Baby B rang in at 181 beats/min. (I think this is how it's stated). As we were looking at everything and going through the boring, "ovaries and other stuff is healthy routine" I noticed something moving. Now the babies we're moving at all... that I could tell at least. But their hearts were (duh, there was a heart beat!). But it was amazing to see. I remember one time when I was in high school I had a friend who was born with a "hole in his chest" and you could see his heart beating... it was freaky/creepy/ and amazing at the same time. We just stared mesmerized at the images watching their little hearts beating away! I wish we could have gotten video of it.

So here we are. 8 weeks pregnant and have 8 weeks to go until we see a doctor again (fingers crossed). We are so blessed to have everyone's prayers and good wishes throughout this process. Jared and I never thought we would have twins... a funny thing to think about, but an amazing this to plan for!

Stay tuned as we update this with pictures, sound clips (if allowed), and other stuff relevant to our process of the process!

-Love Momma x 2

Double the fun

So on August 10th I took a pregnancy test and it came up... PREGNANT!

And so began... we only told a couple people. But during the week when it began hard to talk to my parents about anything without spilling the beans I decided it was time. I bought Smokey and Ninners (dog & cat) shirts and painted on the "Big Brother" "Big Sister". We took a picture and emailed it to my parents, Jared's parents, and my brother. We got immediate responses and everyone was thrilled (It's now Friday 14th).

So this entire week I felt kinda icky... kinda depressed... and just off. Well the next week we went away to upstate Michigan (Glen Lake) for Jared's cousins wedding. The weather stunk for most of the time, but thankfully we "got away". Unfortunately, the entire time I was experiencing morning/day sickness. I would wake up in the morning... feel like poo... want to puke... eat... then go to sleep. Wake up around 4pm and feel OK. This lasted nearly the entire time we were away 19-26. After that I had on and off ickness feeling.

On the 27th we had our first doctors appointment. At this point I was only 6 1/2 weeks along. Since it took forever Jared had to get back to work (I told him to go). Well the doctor took me in and began the ultrasound/sonogram type thing (apparently this is early). Well it wasn't hard to find the peanut. This peanut had a strong heart beat and was appropriately sized for his/her age... Well... the doctor decided to look around inside there to make sure everything looked okay. LOW-N-BEHOLD what did she find??? Another peanut!!!!

So here I am, alone in the office with the doctor and seeing the biggest surprise of my life, another baby. Now if any of you grew up with me you would know that I have always said I was going to have twins first... well apparently I was right! AHAHAHA. So I took sound and the doctor printed off pictures of the babies... People have told me that they waited 3 months to tell anyone they were pregnant, and others didn't get an ultrasound until 22 weeks.

So next week Tuesday we will be getting another ultrasound to determine the risk level of this pregnancy. We feel blessed and loved from everyone's support that this may just be the best surprise I will ever experience! Stay tuned for more updates as they arise. Jared and I are obviously not good at sharing, so God is blessing us with two!