My past 13 weeks - part 3

Symptoms and high risk .  .  .

 

Weeks 6-10 were full of major food aversions, dry heaving, throwing up once and just feeling awful. BUT I promised I wouldn't complain if God let me keep this amazing pregnancy.

My aversions consisted of: all meats (which is tough for me because I love turkey and chicken), veggies, mac and cheese, peanut butter, anything sweet (besides fruit).

But the things I did eat were: salads, fruit, pizza and junk.

 

This was all really hard for me. For those of you who regularly follow, I eat pretty clean, and love my protein. And these four weeks, I ate like a 3 year old. Since then I've gradually started adding things back to my diet. Chicken is still sometimes tough for me. My first meat was a 5 Guys burger (what?!?!) and then hubbs made me buffalo turkey burgers that were out of this world, and I've had those once a weeks since because I just crave them. I'm hoping in a few weeks, I'll be back to eating anything, fingers crossed.

 

Our pregnancy is very high risk. Women's bodies aren't meant/built to carry two babies at one time, so when multiple pregnancies happen, you must see a Perinatologist. We got very lucky with ours! His name is Dr. Kalter, he is super thorough, great at explaining everything and happens to be right upstairs from my OB.

Our first appointment with Dr. Kalter was at 12 weeks and we went in for our initial consult and NT testing. The staff at this office was amazing and we loved being in an ultrasound and seeing our babies for almost an entire hour:) They would wiggle when they weren't supposed to and lay still when she needed them to move. Ha! Stubborn?! our kids?! nothing like their parents *wink*

 

here is the US we got from that visit

 

 

they were so funny to watch! As I'm writing this, the rest of my blood work came back and my nurse says it all looks "beautiful", no issues. So now all I have to do is concentrate on cooking these littles.

 

This past weekend I experienced some pain and pressure that scared me. So the doctor on call at my practice told me to go ahead into triage at our hospital and get checked out to be safe. So we went. This all felt too familiar to me. I was terrified driving to the hospital.

However, when I got there, my nerves were calmed a little. I was at a different hospital than the last time. This triage unit was just for pregnant women, it wasn't just a hospital ER. The nurses were so great and my on call doctor ended up coming in to see me. Much different experience than the prior.

During the ultra sound, the tech said the babies looked great, my cervix looked great and their fluid looked great. The only concern was that now my sonogram is showing that I have Placenta Previa.

Placenta Previa is when part of the placenta covers the cervix. This isn't too much to worry about unless it stays like this. In that case I will 100% have to have a c-section. (which I bet I will have anyway). But for now, I have to stay off my feet as much as possible, no exercise, no high activity, no lifting as Previa can casue major bleeding. So, now we hope this issue ends up correcting itself, which since I am so early, should.

again, fingers crossed!

 

Thanks for following along with our story!

tomorrow I will start my week updates, and then will continue those once a week.

 

tomorrow is friday! yay yay!

-b

 



My past 13 weeks - Part 2

 

Our first appointment .  .  .

 

Our first appointment was at 7 weeks. I was terrified to say the very least. I knew going into this appointment exactly what to expect, if the doctor pushed my due date back two weeks, I would know what that now meant too. I cried and cried for an hour before my appointment.

*Rewind to the week before... I woke up one morning and told A that I had a dream we were having twins. He looked at me and replied "don't ever say that again" ha! *

 

We went to our appointment with me almost trembling. We saw the new NP at the office, and I loved her. We went over tons of information, most of the things I knew from before, but she added a few things here and there.

Then came time for my ultrasound. I think I had prepared myself for everything. Baby measuring small, no heartbeat, no baby, etc.... It wasn't until my tech, Monique, put the paddle on my belly did I realize in fact, I hadn't prepared myself for everything. I saw 2 little circles on the screen and started laughing. Adam flipped his head to me and whispered "what are you laughing at" and then Monique started laughing, and after A asked a few more times what we were laughing at, Monique said " I see two babies." Adams elbows immediately went to his knees and he held his head in his hands. Smiling, but in shock.

Both babies measured perfectly and had great heart beats. Stats were as follows:

Baby A:  HR :128 :: 6w 6d

Baby B: HR: 128 :: 6w 5d

 

it's normal for the babies to be a few days off from me and each other since there are two of them. We also learned our babies are in the same "house" but they have different "rooms." So since they are in the same house, they are identical twins, even more fun!
 

A few fun facts about identical twins:

-they are not hereditary, this type does not "run in families"

-identical twins are a scientific phenomenon

-they are either both boys or both girls (can't be one of each)

-since they started out as one baby and then became two, they share the same DNA, but have different fingerprints.

-There are three types of identical twins, my type is the least risky of the three but we are still very high risk.
-the odds of having identical twins are 3 in 1000
 

 

We left this appointment SO excited, I think we were still in shock, but the more we talked about it the more excited we got!

 

 

 

 

That picture above is exactly what I saw and started laughing at.

After a few days, we got over the initial shock and fear, and couldn't stop smiling about getting two babies at one time. We are so thankful.

 

tomorrow I will fill you in on how I've been feeling and our trip to the high risk doctor....

 

see you tomorrow for part three!

-b

 



My past 13 weeks - Part 1



how we got here .  .  .

The past 13 weeks have been a WHIRLWIND, and I'm not sure that word does it justice. For those of you that are new here, my pregnancy journey didn't start off so hot. You can read here to catch up.

In January, I was a week late. But auntie flow ended up rearing her ugly head. This however made me nervous as I have always been regular, and never been late or missed. So I scheduled an appt with my doctor. When I went in and explained what happened, my doctors response was "Oh, that just means you didn't ovulate." ummmm...what? We then went into a conversation about us starting to "try" again. She told me to get a few of the ovulation tests at the pharmacy, start monitoring myself, and report back to her. Well, that didn't last because 3 weeks later I was pregnant:)
One night hubbs did something, I can't remember what, and I flipped out on him. If you remember from the first time, and me throwing a remote control across the room, this was a weird thing for me. The next day, I couldn't stop thinking about my outburst. I kept thinking how weird it was. So a thought popped into my head to take a pregnancy test. I wasn't supposed to get my period until the weekend, and its monday, so the test probably wouldn't work anyway. WRONG! In about 10 seconds that sucker said 'Pregnant'.

I was elated! I had to wait all day for A to get home for me to tell him, but I was so good about keeping a secret all day and this is what he came home to.....

 

 

 

November? Yes, I was so prepped/terrified to get pushed back a week or so, because of last time, but after our first appointment I learned October was in fact correct . . . .oh yes and that "Baby Laws" would become "Laws Babies" . . .

 

see you tomorrow for part two.

-b

Our Nest

 

 

We officially announced this weekend that our little nest will be doubling in size in October! A and I are so over the moon excited to be welcoming identical twins this fall!

Here is our little announcement from the weekend!

 

 

I will do a few posts on my updates coming up this week! Just wanted to quickly share the good news on the blog!

happy happy monday!

 

-b

 

*Linking up with Sami's Shenanigan's for Weekend Update



Friday's Letters

hubbs : so glad you had a great 30th birthday. You're the only person in the world I would let buy himself a car on his 30th. Its hard to say no to you:) Can't wait for our little getaway in a few weeks. I love you. P.s fist bump and a high five ;)

 

 

City of Boston: I can't imagine the terror and fear you've been living through this past week. As I watch this chase unfold on CNN, my thoughts are glued to you.

 

Boston officials, police and National officials: Thank you for your hard work and long hours to catch these cowards. I've thought of your families all week, and how much worrying they must do every day when you leave for work. God Bless each and everyone one of you.

 

Boston Police and TSA: Thank you for making the Boston Airport feel safe on Tuesday as I flew out. You all had a strategy and logistics down pat. Your actions made for an easy and seamless departure. Thank you.

 

Weekend: I am so excited you are here and even more excited to be seeing you the next 5 weeks in a row. I plan to relax a lot and get this house in order.

 

Leah: my thoughts have been with you and D the past 2 days. I can't imagine how heart wrenching the decision you both had to make was yesterday. You two are great parents and doggy parents, and made the right decision for Jax. love you both ( and AG obvi)

 

spend time with your families this weekend, call the one's that aren't near you and soak up every minute of life that you can.

 

xoxo

-b

 

*linking up with Ashley for Friday's Letters*





bloglovin'

 

So since Google reader went away, I never used it, but I know a lot of people did. I wanted to share what I use to follow all my blogs, and how amazing it is!

 

*also quick side note for all my blogger friends, our "followers" counter will be going away soon, so if you have a favorite reader, let your followers know*

 

 

I have been using bloglovin' for a while now and i love love love it.

I can easily look at all my blogs in one place AND they have app, so I can pull up my blog and see new posts right on my phone. Its amazing!

 

I've tested out a few other readers and none have done it for me the way this one has!

 

Are you on bloglovin' yet? If so click the bloglovin' buttom on the right side of this screen, or if you're not on bloglovin' yet and would like to be, that button will also get you to the registration page.

 

 

-b

 



My Main Man turns 30 !!!!

 

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My sweet sweet husband,

where has the time gone? I feel as though it was just yesterday that we met at the mere age of 23. The past (almost) 7 years have been the best of my life. I have learned a lot about myself by loving you and being your wife. You have helped mold me into the woman I want to be and the woman I've always wanted to be. To think about how our paths crossed in life is mind boggling. The things that had to happen in both of our lives to get us to where we are today are multiple. Moves across this country in your family, divorces that happened in my family, schools we went to, jobs we took and the friends we made that all led us here. It makes all the hard times earlier in life, worth it. The statement above is truer than true. Your birthday is the happiest day of my life. For without you, I would not be me. I would not be fulfilled.

 

I love you more than words.

-b