16 weeks, 5 days!

Well, we had our prenatal appointment yesterday! Everything seemed to be perfect! I asked the doctor a whole bunch of questions that have been weighing on my mind and now she probably thinks that I am an anxious nut! But at least I got my answers... I feel a little sad that my family is not going to be able to be in the room with my husband and I when I deliver. I guess when you have twins, they automatically put you in the operating room to deliver. It makes sense to me but I really wanted to at least have my mom be there. Oh well, hopefully they can be in the room when I am laboring (if I deliver naturally). My doctor says that I am very healthy. My blood pressure is great... 108/60. That's even lower than when I wasn't pregnant. I have only gained 4 lbs. I was a bit disheartened when my doc said that she only wants me to gain 18-20 lbs the whole pregnancy. I am already a little overweight so that is the goal. That seems impossible. Goodness, I was skinny when I got pregnant with my daughter and I gained 70 lbs... this should be fun. The best part was when we got to hear their heartbeats for the first time... My daughter was with us and I was really happy that my husband and daughter could be there to experience this with me. The doc found both heartbeats right away. One baby is on my far right, a little high, no wonder I feel kicks every once in awhile in my ribs. The other baby is on my far left and a little lower. I felt this baby the other night stretching himself across the bottom of my tummy, pretty uncomfortable but cute anyway. The right baby's heartbeat was in the 160's and the left baby's was in the 150's. My husband is now positive that we are having a boy and a girl because the heartbeats are different. HAHA! We will see in 8 days. They are definitely counting down. I can't wait. It should go by fast since we have a lot to do this week. We are going camping with my husband's family. We are leaving Thursday night right when we get off of work and driving about 2 hours away. We are staying at the campground until Sunday. Monday will be back to work for me and then we just have 3 days until our 9 A.M appointment! YEA!

I have been feeling pretty good the last week or so. I am still tired and getting a lot more ligment pains but other than that I am good. I have been going on walks every night (thanks to my wonderful hubby who makes me!) and hiking on the weekends. That probably contributes to some of my pains but at least I am not sleeping the whole pregnancy away!

I will post next week with the sexes of our babies~

15 weeks, 5 days!

I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. I will be 16 weeks in two days! It is seriously amazing. I have actually been feeling so much better lately. I am still exhausted. Whoever said that tiredness is supposed to go away in the 2nd trimester obviously wasn't preggo with twins. I am pooped everyday when I get home from work. I have been trying to exercise more. My husband has been making me take a walk every night after dinner. I hate him everyday for it but I am sure that it is good for me. Also, my family and I have been going hiking a lot this month. This last weekend we went to a local waterfall. We hiked 3.5 miles. It was worth it when I saw the waterfall but I have to admit that I wanted to die on the way up. I have been trying to eat better as well. It is still hard because everything that is bad for me sounds so good. But I have been forcing myself to have a good breakfast and lunch. Then sometimes for dinner, I splurge. I have only gained about 2 lbs so far... I guess that is pretty good. I was reading some other pregnant mothers weight gains that are as far along as I am and some of them have gained 10-15 lbs with one. That is probably good for them but since I was already overweight to begin with, I am glad that I haven't started gaining weight that rapidly. I know the babies are growing because my stomach is growing at an alarming rate everyday. I look like I am 5-6 months pregnant already! It is crazy. I think that I have been feeling them move. I am not completely sure but every so often I feel a lil' tap-tap. It will go on for a few minutes and then it will be a couple more hours (or the next day) but I feel something else. It is probably just the beginning. I can't wait to feel them all the time. I know that I will want that to be over with when I can't sleep at night but it will make me feel so much better knowing that they are alright in there. I am excited for my prenatal appointment next Monday. My husband and I are going to bring our daughter for the first time. I am hoping that we will be able to hear the heartbeats. Our daughter wants to hear them so bad! Our ultrasound is scheduled for July 9th! I can't wait for that! I want to know what if I am having the two girls that I think I am. My husband thinks that there are two boys and my daughter thinks that there is going to be a boy and a girl but I have felt since the beginning that I am having two girls, I don't know why.

I am just so happy to have made it to this point without any major problems and hope that the coming months are going to be a bunch of the same. I was looking at the majority of the twin mothers have their children around 35-36 weeks, if that is true I have only 20 weeks left! That is so soon. I don't know if I am ready but I want to see their sweet faces!

14 weeks, 0 days

WE MADE IT TO THE 2nd TRIMESTER! Hope the next 26 weeks go as fast... I want to see my babies!

13 weeks, 5 days

I had such a great weekend, spending time with my family. My grandparents came up from California for my brother's high school graduation. It is always so fun when my papa and grandma are here. I spent the whole weekend with them and had a blast.

As for my week in pregnancy, it has been different than lately. I haven't really been feeling sick just EXHAUSTED! I feel like I want to sleep constantly. Earlier last week I was feeling like the morning sickness came back but it has settled again. I just want to sleep. Give me a bed and a pillow and I am good. My tummy is getting gigantic. I can't wait until I can really feel the little ones. The biggest change is that my colustrum came in this week. I didn't expect that so early. With my daughter I don't think it came in until I was 5 or so months along. My husband and I noticed the other day. I have also noticed that I am extremely cranky. I feel like biting people's heads off. Haha! My appetite has come back and I am afraid that the weight that I kept off for the first 3 months has come! UGH!

Anyways, here's looking to week 14!

12 weeks, 5 days

UGH! The morning sickness has returned with a vengeance. I thought that it had gone away for good but since yesterday, it is back! What is up with that? I thought that it might be gone now since I hit the 12 week mark. HAHA! Yea right! I am feeling nausea again and I am exhausted! There was a week or two that I didn't feel exhausted, I could stay up after I got home from work. But, no! That is back as well. I have also noticed (as I am sure that my poor husband has noticed, as well) that I am so hormonal and emotional. It is especially when I am really tired, I just cry about the stupidest things. I really am not complaining (that much!). I am happy that I can still feel pregnant. At least I know that they are still in there (kicking up a storm, hopefully). But hopefully when I can feel them start moving, the sickness will go away! PLEASE COME 2nd TRIMESTER!

One more thing, my stomach is gigantic! I never imagined that I would be this big so early! Everyone at work can tell that I am showing! I will try to post a pic again!

My grandparents are coming on Thursday! YEA! I'll write more next week!

12 weeks, 1 day!

All I have to say is THANK GOD! My babies are ok. We went two days ago to the doctor's office for our 2nd prenatal appointment. I was so nervous and scared! I thought for sure that something would be wrong... vanishing twin syndrome... no heartbeat! I thought of every bad possible thing! My husband kept telling me, "it's going to be ok, honey." But I did not believe him for a second. The appointment setter said that we were going to be listening to the heartbeats today, so I just kept thinking... "Please, God!" When the appointment finally started (it felt like it took an eternity) I expected the doctor to pull out the doppler and listen to my babies but instead she pulled out the ultrasound machine! She said that it would be a lot easier to tell if they were ok by looking at them. The second that camera was on my stomach was the second I started bawling my eyes out! There they BOTH were, kicking and punching and moving around like crazy kids. I was so overwhelmed with feelings! I swear that I can feel them sometimes, I know that it is probably just gas but when I saw them moving like that, I realized that I could seriously be feeling them. They were so big! They looked like real little alien babies! I am so in love and can't wait to see them again, JULY 9th! Supposely we will find out if they are boys or girls at this ultrasound. Our daughter gets to come also and she is very excited! I am finally halfway convinced that everything is going to turn out alright. We are already pretty much past the miscarriage stage and as a long as I don't go into extreme pre-term labor, my babies are going to come out perfect!
This is going to be a busy week! My brother is graduating from high school so my grandparents are coming up from California. We only get to see them once a year or longer so I am going to spend as much time with them as possible! This is also the last full week of school for my big girl! I can't believe that after the summer she will be in 3rd grade! Time flies! My husband graduates with his master's degree in less than two weeks as well. I am so proud of my smart hubby! Life is going great right now! I am very excited to start our next chapter.

Here's a tummy pic! Well, actually right now it is not letting me upload the pic! I will try later...

10 weeks, 6 days

I can't believe how fast time is passing. It seems like just yesterday I was taking a pregnancy test to find out if I was pregnant or not. Now I am going to be 11 weeks pregnant with twins. It is crazy. I am not having so much morning sickness which is nice. But I am having a lot of indigestion, bloating, and exhaustion. I am really scared for my 2nd prenatal appointment next week. I am just hoping that everything is going well, both of my babies are doing well and that we get to hear both of their heartbeats. The doctor says that there is practically no chance of me having a miscarriage because they saw such great heartbeats but I don't really believe it until I see my little ones. 1 more week...

Everything else is going well. My husband is going to graduate with his master's degree in 3 weeks. That is going to be great! My daughter only has a couple weeks left of school also. I can't believe that she is going to be in 3rd grade! Time just flies. We are going on our first official camping trip of the season this weekend. My whole family is coming and we are going up to Mt. Hood. I am excited for that. We did go camping just Josh and I for 1 night last weekend and I really enjoyed that. I am looking forward to this summer when we have a lot of family time. My grandparents are coming into town for my brother's high school graduation on June 5th! I am so excited!