Wednesday, June 13, 2012

4 Weeks and Counting...


32.5 weeks...

With twins they usually come between 36 and 38 weeks. I am trying hard to keep them in the oven until full term (37 weeks).
Yesterday I had my first Non Stress Test (NST) done. They hook up heart beat monitors to each babies heart beat, flip you uncomfortably on your left side and record what their hearts do for about a half an hour. The test itself wasn't so bad. But the doctor put me on my back after to do a quick ultrasound to check their fluid. I don't handle laying on my back so well. It makes me hot and sick. I had to sit up or throw up all over the doctor. Thank heaven I didn't. That would have been very embarrassing.
It's hard to explain what it's like to be pregnant with twins. With McKay I loved being pregnant after morning sickness was gone. With my girls its been nothing but uncomfortable, uncomfortable, sick sick from about day one. I may not look super big, but I sure feel like it. My poor tummy can't hardly stretch anymore, and I can feel it. If heartburn doesn't kill me, I'm not sure what will. And sleeping had been a joke for the last few months. I just can't wait for my girls to be in my arms safe and sound, and to not be pregnant anymore! I think only those with twins can truly understand what I am talking about.
Thankfully I haven't needed to be on bed rest, (and I hope I can keep it that way), but I have been restricted on what I can and can't do.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

My blog is screaming UPDATE ME NOW!!

Wow! It has been a long time. So much has changed.
For instance, we are pregnant! With TWINS!!! Twin girls. Wow oh wow. And this whole time we thought it would be funny. Now look who's laughing. I am almost 29 weeks. And huge! We didn't have an unltrasound until week 19 with this pregnancy, so we didn't find out it was twins until then.
Many people ask if they run in our family. They do now! Just kidding. But yes, they do. On my Dad's side; his sister had (identical) twin girls. Her daughter had (faternal) twin boys. On my Mom's side; her great-grandma had two sets of twins. One was faternal (boy and girl), but I don't know about the other set, which were girls.
We are very excited to be partents of twins, but also very overwhelmed. Its a lot to take in. Most days I wonder how I'll handle a two year old and two babies. But as Colby likes to remind me, Heavenly Father wouldn't have sent them to us unless he knew we could handle it. I just have to keep thinking positive and remember that he is right.