My appt yesterday went well. My cervix has not changed since my last ultrasound and is still measuring 3 and a half.. (Anything over 2 is good)
The heartbeats of the girls are good and strong and both seem to be active. I think Riley is more active then Morgan (it use to be the other way around) but I feel them both, usually not at the same time, unless Riley is kicking her sister to say hello.
I am 21 weeks today and see the doctor in 3 weeks, which means I see the doctor when I am exactly 24 weeks and that is when all hell broke loose with Aiden.. Fingers crossed X !
I also got to pick my C-section date, so you may notice that the counter clock has been changed. We wanted October 1st, it's my little brother's 21st birthday, but since I will be a few days shy of 35 weeks she wanted to bump up the date. She wanted me at least 36 weeks if the girls will hang out that long, so the new date is Oct 11th. I will actually be 37 weeks that day and I'm scheduled for the O.R. at 11:30am. The joke is by noon time I will be a mother of 3.. Ha HA
It's still scary.. Everyone keeps asking me who is going to come stay with us and help for a little while, or if we are going to have a nanny part time or a sitter just to get the everyday things done. Well the answer is, to be honest, as much as family loves us, no one is coming to stay and no one will be here but me and Chuck. My mom will probably come a few days since I will be healing from a c-section, but thats about it.
It's on us, 3 kids in diapers.. Aiden will be exactly 16 months old and we will have two newborns.. Ok now I am really scaring myself again.. LOL but what can ya do. I didn't ask for twins or plan twins, it just happened, and well in it's own way it's a blessing and I welcome my girls with all my heart. I love them both just as much as I love Aiden and although I am far from perfect and I am sure not the best super dooper mom in the world, I will do my best to have patience and love and care for the 3 of them. That's all I can do. Well... Unless someone wants to come stay with us, or pay for a nanny, or I will the lottery.. Hmmm i don't think any of those will happen so as i always say.. SUCK IT UP! ha haha
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
June 16, 2007
I am currently 20 weeks and 2 days, and it's scary.. As I said to someone to day in agreement with a comment they made, pregnancy is now a scary thing and forever will be. It is no longer a exciting happy time. With my history all I can think about is getting past 24 weeks. Then once I say that my brain says even that isn't good enough.. I need to get to 30.. Thirty is the number I need to feel at peace.
I have a doctor appt on Wed and i will be 1 day shy of 21 weeks. So far all "feels" ok and the babies are moving (not as much as I wish they were, i just love the feeling) but I know in time it will be stronger and more intense and I'll probably complain that they move too much in there.
Things so far have progressed along fine. The "pains" I do get are normal pains ie: stretching pains. However a few days ago I think I experienced my first syatic nerve issue. That was NOT nice. It felt like someone kicked me in the butt and the pain just traveled straight down my leg and that someone twisted my knee the wrong way and left it there. OUCH!!!!!
I was limping for a bit cause it hurt to walk. I've also been getting charlie horses. UGH!! They syatic issue was in one leg and the charlie horses (on and off for the past 2 weeks) have been in the other. Lets just say at this point I want to cut the calf portion of my leg off. Some mornings it hurts so much that I sware I can see a bruise from where the muscle was so tight.
I have been trying to drink more water to see if it helps cause I know some days i don't drink enough ( I try I really do) but so far it doesn't seem to do much..
I've also been trying to up the calories I take in. Some days I feel like I eat like a pig and other days i feel like I don't eat enough. My last appt I still didn't gain weight and then the following two weeks I weighed myself and I was up 3. Yeah a whopping 3 lbs. (and that only brought me back to my starting weight cause in the begining I lost weight, i always do) Well I weighed myself today and I was up 10. I drank alot before I got on the scale so I am sure it's off a little, but it still brings me 10 lbs above my starting weight.
We have a really good book all about twins, triplets and quads, and it talks about everything. It is written by a doctor and a co author or twins who have a clinic and deal with just people having multiples now. Although the midwife I saw (for one and only one appt) said I should only gain 10 to 14 lbs for the entire time, the book said at least 45 to 50 being at my current hight and weight. My doctor herself has not given me a number this time around, and so to be honest I am going by the book. I can't see only gaining 14 pounds and having two babies at a really good weight and being healthy. That just doesn't sound right to me. If I got both babies to 5 pounds each, that would give me 10 lbs right there, not to mention the fluid, placenta, and other stuff. To be honest, i think the midwife was a bit off.. No actually a lot off.
As long as there healthy and growing I'm not overly worried about it. but in the mean time for the first time in my life I am actually working at trying to gain weight. This is an odd thing for me considering I use to be over 320 pounds and lost 125 a few yrs ago. To try and gain seems like a game now, but it's fun at times. i don't feel guilty eating what ever I want (as long as it doesn't make me sick) and YES people at 20 weeks I still get queezy and toss my cookies from foods I eat or things I smell.. I thought by now it would be smooth sailing with that, but boy was I wrong.
I'll let you all know wed what the doc says..
"Deep Breath" "one day at a time" Right...
I have a doctor appt on Wed and i will be 1 day shy of 21 weeks. So far all "feels" ok and the babies are moving (not as much as I wish they were, i just love the feeling) but I know in time it will be stronger and more intense and I'll probably complain that they move too much in there.
Things so far have progressed along fine. The "pains" I do get are normal pains ie: stretching pains. However a few days ago I think I experienced my first syatic nerve issue. That was NOT nice. It felt like someone kicked me in the butt and the pain just traveled straight down my leg and that someone twisted my knee the wrong way and left it there. OUCH!!!!!
I was limping for a bit cause it hurt to walk. I've also been getting charlie horses. UGH!! They syatic issue was in one leg and the charlie horses (on and off for the past 2 weeks) have been in the other. Lets just say at this point I want to cut the calf portion of my leg off. Some mornings it hurts so much that I sware I can see a bruise from where the muscle was so tight.
I have been trying to drink more water to see if it helps cause I know some days i don't drink enough ( I try I really do) but so far it doesn't seem to do much..
I've also been trying to up the calories I take in. Some days I feel like I eat like a pig and other days i feel like I don't eat enough. My last appt I still didn't gain weight and then the following two weeks I weighed myself and I was up 3. Yeah a whopping 3 lbs. (and that only brought me back to my starting weight cause in the begining I lost weight, i always do) Well I weighed myself today and I was up 10. I drank alot before I got on the scale so I am sure it's off a little, but it still brings me 10 lbs above my starting weight.
We have a really good book all about twins, triplets and quads, and it talks about everything. It is written by a doctor and a co author or twins who have a clinic and deal with just people having multiples now. Although the midwife I saw (for one and only one appt) said I should only gain 10 to 14 lbs for the entire time, the book said at least 45 to 50 being at my current hight and weight. My doctor herself has not given me a number this time around, and so to be honest I am going by the book. I can't see only gaining 14 pounds and having two babies at a really good weight and being healthy. That just doesn't sound right to me. If I got both babies to 5 pounds each, that would give me 10 lbs right there, not to mention the fluid, placenta, and other stuff. To be honest, i think the midwife was a bit off.. No actually a lot off.
As long as there healthy and growing I'm not overly worried about it. but in the mean time for the first time in my life I am actually working at trying to gain weight. This is an odd thing for me considering I use to be over 320 pounds and lost 125 a few yrs ago. To try and gain seems like a game now, but it's fun at times. i don't feel guilty eating what ever I want (as long as it doesn't make me sick) and YES people at 20 weeks I still get queezy and toss my cookies from foods I eat or things I smell.. I thought by now it would be smooth sailing with that, but boy was I wrong.
I'll let you all know wed what the doc says..
"Deep Breath" "one day at a time" Right...
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
June 5, 2007
Everything went well today at the ultrasound.. We found out we are having two girls... We almost didn't fine out the sex of one because she was being so so stubborn. Yes that would be my child! But last minute at the last attempt she uncrossed her legs for a second and let us see, then crossed them again as to say now bug off.
They also checked the length of my cervix and the measurements were really good the doctor said. That made me happy!!
All in all it has been a good day... and i got two little girls to boot..
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