20 Weeks

Not much new here this week. The babies and I are still doing great, although we did have a little scare last Tuesday. It was snowing and my brakes locked up on my car and I slid into another vehicle. All of us are fine; no injuries, not even a little jarred. I wish I could say the same for my car!! I wrecked the 2 passenger side doors. Easy enough for Kory to fix. It could have been a lot worse!

I have been hearing a lot back from all of you on how much you are enjoying the blog. I just wanted to say Thank You to all of you who are following along. It means so much to both of us that we have such support and love from our family and friends! I have to say an extra special Thank You to Uncle Hal, who suggested very strongly that I start one when I told him we were expecting! This has really been fun for me to do, and I hope to keep it up even after the twins arrive. It's a great way to stay connected.

Thank You All!! Merry Christmas!!

19 Weeks

We have officially hit the half way mark!!! As we were discussing delivery options, Dr. White told us that they usually deliver twins between the 37th and 38th weeks, depending on development,(If they haven't already decided to come sooner, that is!) SO, that means I have even less time than I thought to get ready!

The family room in the basement is full of furniture right now as we are tearing out all the old flooring and preparing to lay tile. Our friend J. lays flooring for a living and he said that he would get us some really good floor leveler and sealer to prep the floor. Then Kory can get the tile in. Once the tile is in, Kory can move all of his things from the bedroom upstairs and start on the nursery. There really isn't a whole lot to be done in there other than painting, so that shouldn't take too long. The problem is finding the time to actually do the work. Once all of the messy work is done, then I can decorate the nursery and clean the rest of the house. Hopefully we will be able to have everything done by mid-February. We'll see.

18 Weeks

Today we had our first appointment with our new doctor, Dr. White. We both really liked her. She's a whirlwind of activity and very outgoing, optomistic, and energetic. I think we will do well with her. We started to talk a little about the delivery; just the different options and how they determine which one they have to do. It is almost all based on the position of Twin A, the one closest to the cervix. Hopefully it will all work out so that I don't have to have a c-section, but I am preparing myself for that possibility, however. Again we got to hear the heartbeats. They were kind of hard to find, as the babies keep moving around ALOT!!

We had the big ultrasound today also. It was the anatomy ultrasound, where they checked and measured all the arms and legs, the brain, the head, the spine, and looked at all of the internal organs that are visible at this time; we saw the stomach, the kidneys, the bladder, and the heart. We saw the heartbeats again and both were really strong. Both of the twins are growing great! They now measure between 12.5 and 13 centimeters. Twin B weighs 9 oz and Twin A weighs 8 oz. Twin B still wouldn't hold still for the pictures or the measurements. I'm not sure that that one sleeps at all. Twin A on the other hand was more active than ever before. He/she kept rolling over and making it hard for the tech to take the needed measurements.

So far everything has gone exceptionally well. I have had a textbook pregnancy, and, knock on wood, it has been really boring. I really hope that things continue just as they have been!!

Twin B's Profile

You can see Twin B's foot in the picture above!

Twin A's feet are right by Twin B's head. I wonder how many times A has kicked B.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Twin A is a thumb sucker!

16 weeks

It's hard to believe that we are at 16 weeks already. We're almost half-way to baby time!! Things are going really well. No more morning sickness at all. I am still really tired all the time, but unless I overdo it, I feel great! Mom came over again last Saturday and we did some more organizing. The house is really coming along, and we may actually be ready for the twins when they come!

Here are the latest ultrasound pictures that were taken on the 13th of November. You can really see how much they have grown.

This is probably one of the last pictures that will show all of both of them in the same picture! They are a little over 4 inches long each.

This one (Twin B) is our mover and shaker! He/She refused to sit still for these pictures. The ultrasound tech had to measure him/her 4 times before getting an accurate measurement.

This is my favorite picture of Twin A. It is a great shot of the profile!

15 Weeks

We are now in the 15th week and officially into the second trimester. I am feeling really good now. No more morning sickness; not as tired anymore.


We met with my doctor for the final time last Wednesday. Everything went good. We even got to hear the heartbeats for the first time! That was exciting. She also looked up the results from the last ultrasound, and found that they determined it was too early to tell. They were looking to see if the twins shared a placenta or if there were 2. So, she ordered another ultrasound for us at the first available time. Well, that turned out to be Thursday afternoon. It was too short of notice for Kory to get off work, so, at Kory's suggestion, I asked my mom to go with. She had a great time! Man have those kids grown!! (Pictures coming soon!!) They are now between 8 and 9 cm long each, where a month ago they were between 3 and 4 cm. Twin A was still content to just kick and wave a little, but Twin B was stretched out as far as he/she could and would not sit still. The ultrasound technician had to measure him 3 or 4 times to get an accurate reading! Our next appointment is December 9th. We have an anatomy ultrasound scheduled where they will check and measure all of the babies limbs and organs. Then we have our first meeting with the OB. We'll see how it goes.

14 Weeks - 11-11-08

I have officially hit 14 weeks and am almost out of the first trimester. The last couple of weeks have been really different. Week 11 was the worst for my morning sickness. I felt sick all of the time. Week 12 hit and that was the best week that I have had so far. I didn't feel sick or tired at all. It was great! Week 13 went by with only a little morning sickness, but really bad headaches all of the time. I am hoping that the headaches will go away. I have an appointment tomorrow and I am going to ask her opinion on them.

I didn't have to work last Friday, so mom came over to help me work on getting the house organized and get some things moved around to make room for the impending arrival. I want to get as much done now as possible in case I am ordered to bed rest later. She came back on Sunday too. We got a lot done in the house, even though you really can't tell. It's still a huge mess, but at least now it's a more manageable mess!

10 Weeks

Hello~

We are now in week 10, so I need to catch you up on the previous weeks. September 2nd was the first blood test that came back with numbers that were out of the ballpark! The nurse told me that any number over 50 was considered a positive result. My number came in at 315! That was our first clue that it was possibly twins. The first ultrasound was taken on September 29th (see picture!) and The Twins were confirmed!

So far I can't complain about how I've been feeling. I've had a couple of bad days; sick, tired, nauseous, etc... But the good days WAY outnumber the bad!

We had our first appointment with my regular gynecologist on October 13th. It was both good and bad. We found out that she will only be my doctor up to 20 weeks and then I have to see someone else. That was a little disappointing as I really like my doctor. On the other hand, she wanted some more information than the last ultrasound had on it, so she ordered another ultrasound for me. So, Kory and I went in on October 16th for the new ultrasound. WOW!!! What an experience! It was amazing how much they had grown in just a few weeks. What was the most exciting though was to watch them move!! One of them, Twin A (in the pictures below), was content to lay back and just kick his/her arms and legs around a little. At one point it looked like he/she waved at us. But the other, Twin B (the one on top), was moving so much it was amazing that the technician was able to get any pictures at all! It looked like he/she was doing jumping jacks in there! I just wanted to sit there and watch them for the rest of the day.

In case you can't read it, Twin B is the one on top, while Twin A is the one on the bottom.

This is my favorite picture of the two of them. It shows both really well.