25 Weeks

We saw the specialist again yesterday to check up on the twins and see how much lil bit has grown. She is growing at a normal rate for her gestational age but she is still 4 weeks behind her sister! They are both doing really well and despite her two vessel cord she has good blood flow. The cyst on her placenta has not grown which is good. They are both head down now which explains all the high kicks! We go back in 3 weeks for another ultrasound and are praying they continue to grow and develop! We are still trying to decide on names for these two girls but it's proving to be much more difficult than I thought!

Amniocentesis

We had quite the scare after seeing the specialist November 10th. We were advised to see her since one of the twins was so much smaller. They did an ultrasound and got lots of measurements of her and found that she has a 2 vessel cord and small cyst on her placenta. With these findings she strongly suggested we have an amnio done to rule out any chromosome disorders. It was a very hard decision for us to make since the procedure has a risk of miscarriage, but in the end we decided that it was best for both the babies if we allowed the doctors to gain as much knowledge as they could. The procedure was very painful and scary but I made it through. The worst part was waiting the 10 days for the test results to come back. Our prayers were answered and the tests came back normal for both babies. I had my 24 week check up with my OBGYN last week and everything looks good but still going to see the specialist again this week to check on their growth. Thank you to all who kept our baby girls in your prayers!

Girls Girls Girls!!!!

Well we had our 20 week ultrasound and it's two sweet baby girls!!! We are very excited and cant wait to meet them! Although they both seem to be healthy baby A is much smaller and that is a concern so we are seeing a specialist at St. Lukes Hospital next thursday. Please pray that both our little girls are healthy! 

 It's GIRLS!!!!

Mom and I already went shopping for them!

Happy Halloween 2011

We went to my parents for their Halloween block party. We had yummy chili and of course lots of candy! The kids were so cute in all their costumes and I got to wear the cute shirt I found online! We are so excited that we go back to the doctor this Friday for our 20 week check up and gender ultra sound! We are praying they cooperate so we know what they are and that everything is right on track for both babies.

Presley even had his costume on!

Popcorn in the Belly

We are now at 18 weeks!!! I have really started feeling the babies in the last few weeks which is so amazing! I wasn't sure at first if it was them but now I am positive that they are making those movements. It feels a lot like popcorn popping and sometimes when they make complete turns it feels like butterflies in my belly! The baby on the right moves a lot more than the baby on the left. They have got a lot stronger this past week and Cole was actually able to feel the little thumps while I was laying down. He got very excited and tries to feel them all the time now. Only 3 more weeks and we will hopefully find out what these two sweet babies are! Here is a belly pic, not the best pic but it will do. More pics to come!

16 weeks

Hide and Seek

Well we went for our 16 week appointment on Friday and were supposed to find out the gender of the babies. I guess they decided to play a game of hide and seek and we were not able to 100% identify their genders. We will have to wait 4 more weeks to find out what these two are! We are very happy that they are healthy though. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary over the weekend by working on some house projects and buying new light fixtures! Next project is the kitchen!!! Hopefully we can get all of the things on our to do list done before the babies are here!

12 Weeks

We had our check up at 12 weeks on Friday along with some blood work. Cole was not able to go so my mom was thrilled to be able to go with me this time! We both enjoyed getting to see how much the babies have changed and how much they are moving! Baby B had the hicups which was so neat to see and since baby B is sitting on baby A he/she was moving all over and kicking and waving their arms. The doctor thinks baby A is a boy but we won't know for sure until October 7th! We couldn't get a good look at baby B since they had their legs curled up most of the time.

 Baby A with a leg up!

Baby B

 

Size of babies: Two little plums!

Weight gain: Lost 5-6 pounds until about 10 weeks and now I have gained 4-5 pounds. Gaining weight for these two is much harder of a task than I imagined! I am hoping in the 2nd trimester I am able to gain more weight since our goal is for 2 chubby and healthy twins!

Cravings: Homemade cookies, fruit, cereal, chocolate milk, and cheetos (all the healthy stuff ha!). Still a little nauseous in the evenings which makes eating dinner tricky. I am ready for the nausea and food aversions to go away!