Squirmy McSquirmingston

Today we went in for our NT (nuchal translucency) scan at 12W3D. We were given a lesson in patience. It took them an hour to get us into the room. Anyone who knows me knows I hate to wait. And by hate I mean loathe, makes my skin crawl, and apparently according to G I sigh alot (which he also informs me is both annoying and embarrassing, I blamed it on the babies taking to much room and making my lung not fully inflate; pretty good off the top of my head!) While we were waiting these two woman who knew each other were talking and they stated they were both around 20 weeks. Apparently my eyes bugged out of my head when I was ease dropping and noticed neither one of them looked pregnant and I was significantly plumper in the abdominal region. G just cracked up. I didn't even know I did it. He said my eyes were going back and forth between the two at a hyper speed. I guess that's what I get for eavesdropping. When we got in there all was forgiven soon as we saw those little hearts beating away. The babies didn't waste any time movin and grovin. Right now Baby A is on below his/her brother/sister. Poor little one is being squished. Baby B is above and they are smelling each others feet. Neither one was cooperating with the poor u/s tech. Soon as she would get close to where she needs to be they'd move. Baby B was obsessed with showing us his hand. He/she was waving away, throwing baby gang signs I guess :) Baby A was all crunched up. Can ya blame him/her! We did get better head pictures of A then B and better arms pics of B. The hold time I was stifling tears and giggles. It is just the coolest things to see our babies, now looking more and more like humans, moving around in my belly. Seeing how much they are moving has me convinced the "weird" feelings I've been having just might be them moving around. They also discovered that I have placenta previa from baby A. Basically the placenta covers the cervix. Which explains the spotting I've been having (sorry if that's tmi) fortunately, it doesn't completely cover the cervix so it may move over back against the uterine wall soon. If it doesn't I will have to get a c-section. After watching you-tube I'm not totally upset about this either! G was so cute watching the screen. He kept making comments about how they were like me when they weren't cooperating and how they were like him when they were just chilling out. Thinks he's funny.
Now my first maternal intuition/guess on what we are having...... Me thinks it's a boy/girl. Now to explain my weird thoughts. I've heard if the heart rates are higher it’s a girl, and lower it's a boy. A's hr was 160 B was 149. The only thing holding me back from saying this is definitely my guess is with my second IVF I had the most amazing and vivid dream that I had twin girls. They were dressed up for Easter and both had a red bow in their hair. When I woke up I had to really think twice about whether I really had babies or not. So I guess when they are born we will see!!!! G thinks 5 months will fly by, me not so much.

Without further adieu!!!!

And my favorite! Baby A getting squished by Baby B throwing baby gang signs. I think I'm in love :) :)

11 weeks

I sit here, eating a pickle, wondering how slow yet fast time has gone. I feel like I've been preggers forever but at the same time it feels like 5 weeks was just yesterday. Weird! This week draws the end of my first trimester (Thank ya Jesus!!) Hopefully the all day sickness senses it's cue to exit as well. This is a big mile stone for us. While we have plenty more, our chances of miscarriage are greatly decreased by the closing of the first tri. Our next goal is 24 weeks, V-day. V-day or viability day is when if our babies are born then they have a fighting chance to survive. I of course will force these children in as long as I can, but V-day is an important day. I think we are starting to settle into the idea of twins. We have been just us for so long it will be weird to have two other breathing humans in our house. G said tonight, while Boston who thinks he can talk was barking away, "I can't wait for the babies to come so we can actually communicate!" I wonder if he knows they don't talk when they come out?

Not much to tell you all this week. Same ol' eat, sleep, try not to puke, belly getting rounder. Same as last week. But I tell ya, these little buggers grow fast. My belly seems more baby than pizza and pickles by the day. Sleeping has become interesting to say the least. My dreams get weirder by the night. G and I were Mr. and Mrs. Smith the other day. I mean I know I'm the spitting image of Angelina Jolie and everything but I couldn't be an assassin.

Here's the what's on the mcnoogets this week
"Starting with this week, the baby is now called a fetus. The most critical part of the baby's development is over. This is a period of rapid growth, and the baby is about an inch or so in length at the beginning of the week and will be about 2 inches by the end of the week. The baby's head is about half its length. The eyelids will fuse shut, and the irises will begin to develop. Sometime during this week or the next week, blood will begin to circulate between the baby and uterus and the placenta starts to function."

And they look a little like this.....

And this my friends is a taste of what is to come (now you know why I'm a little freaked!)

There are only 2 words to describe this .....H-O-L-Y H-E-L-L!!! I fully acknowledge every one's body is different but I swear on my life I haven't seen a "small" or "average" sized twin baby belly. I laughed and I cried at the same time when I googled twin baby bellies. You will find me perched on the couch when this happens. HOLY HELL

A Premonition

Before we knew about the fertility issues we were facing, I had made a trip to Maine by myself for I can't even remember what, I made a stop at a walmart in New Hampshire. I love the walmarts in the North East, they always have a huge selection of red sox stuff. I was picking t-shirts out for G and I came across these adorable onesies. I bought 2 thinking this would be a great way to tell G he is going to be a dad when we get pregnant. I obviously didn't get an opportunity to get a surprise, we're pregnant moment.  But these little buggers would show up in the most random ways, as to say don't give up hope just yet. They had a mind of their own. They'd show up in the wash, in a dresser drawer, and today G found them in the trunk of a car we didn't even own when I bought them. I think it's pretty ironic I bought two of them. At the time I figured mine as well have one if we have a girl and one for if we have a boy. I of course didn't think well what if we have twins. If they come out a boy/girl that will be definitely ironic. I can't wait to put the babies in this (I should probably invest in another boy and another girl one just in case.) It was a nice reminder of where we've been and where we are going. It may seem weird for most that we have already bought a crib and I'm so obsessive over getting everything prepared, but when you have waited for 4 and a half years to just get pregnant you are very ready to prepare for their coming. At just 10 weeks this pregnancy already feels like I've been pregnant for a decade. I wish I could say I'm enjoying being pregnant but pregnancy is a means to end. I just want to see their faces and know they are ok. Hopefully once I am not nauseous 97% of the day and we get past some milestones, I'll settle in and enjoy this miracle.

We don't get to see the babies until February 14th. Happy Valentines day to us!! I'll be honest I'm happy for the little break from the doctors. We saw them every week until this week, so of course I worry. But the constant nausea and growing belly keeps me thinking everything is fine. Believe it or not my anxieties are getting a little better.

Since we don't have a picture of our babies I thought I'd share a really cool picture of what a 10 week old baby looks like in utero. It is really amazing how they grow so fast. This week they...."We're Swimming! The baby has begun moving inside the womb although it's too small for mom to notice. Most of the joints are formed now - elbow, wrist, knee, shoulder, and ankle as well as the hands, fingers, feet and toes."