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!