Mini Vacation

So we left for a mini holiday to the Coast on Saturday and well it started off with me meeting the porcelin toilet. :-(

Other than that...feeling ok. Have my yucky moments but overall ok.

Told the in laws last night...They are pretty excited for us....

I feel like I have gained like 10 pounds.

10 weeks

So here I am at 10 weeks. Some baby fat, some "eating too much junkfood" fat.

My mummy's uterus is almost the size of a grapefruit which she'd like to throw at daddy right about now.
I'm 1.5 inches, weigh 1/4 oz; the irisis of my eyes, my hair & my fingernails are developing.

Well now that's different

So still doing the poke and nip test, my bb are still sore. But surprisingly I've been feeling quite fine. I don't really get the morning sickness, I tend to get the afternoon sea sickness, but lately it hasn't been as strong.
The positive side of me says "yay, maybe I'm over the morning sickness"
The negative side of me says "Oh no, maybe this isn't a good thing"

I try not to worry about it....Some days the nausea is stronger than others. My puking tally remains at 3 (thank gawd) but the dry heaves are still there. I still get quite tired in the afternoon. And I haven't needed to wear the seabands for about 3 days now. Still no actual cravings, or aversions that I can figure yet. Still have the pizza and road maps on my tummy.

Leaving for holidays in a week, so I can do some R&R without having to worry about anything. And when I come back I have my NT scan, and I'll be able to see the babies again.

Week 9

I now have well formed "digits", but don't tell mummy I already know how to flip people off.
I am over an inch tall and weigh four grams! I've already grown viable fingers and toes.

Symptom Check In

Ok so Friday brought a heavy dry heave in the morning but I hadn't eaten anything. So nothing came up.
The rest of the weekend brought the car sick feeling and a sore tummy. No more throwing up (yay) but the feeling is definitely there. I've been having a sore tummy, not as bad as cramps or anything just a little sore. Still tired.

No real cravings or aversions yet. Still have acne on my forehead :-( and the veins on my stomach and hips are still dark blue. Pants are getting tight now...Not sure how much longer we can hide it? Hopefully till past week 12.

It's finger lickin good!

So today brought up my brekky AGAIN. I'm worried that my preg vit is coming up too, but I don't want to go picking through the throw up in the toilet. :-s

Felt pretty good today, tried to have a nap at work..but couldn't get comfy.

And for dinner tonight, it felt like KFC night...So we stopped for some of the Colonel's chicken. And then got tired. Tried to have nap, just ended up in and out for about 1 1/2. Then woke up and wasn't feeling well. Asked DH to rub the babies....A few minutes later, the Colonel came back up. That brings the puke total to 3 now.

I've been some exhausted lately, I haven't been feeling well enough to cook, clean or do laundry. I feel so awful for DH. On top of the reno's he is now doing by himself....he's got to take on extra chores. And I love to cook and clean. Hopefully I will be able to pitch in soon. I still do the cooking and cleaning, just don't have the energy to go full force lately.

That's about all today. Still having restless sleeps, and hoping that eases up soon too.

Still wouldn't change all this sickness for anything.

Welcome Week 8

Week 8:
I'm running laps around my mummy's uterus these days! Well at least one of us is doing our cardio.
I'm nearly an inch tall & weigh one whole gram & my tiny earlobes are visibly developed.

Week 8 for the larger of the two came yesterday. And this morning....up came my oatmeal and toast. Not even 5 minutes after I ate it.
But I have to be truthful too...I was going poop, and it didn't smell very well so I started dry heaving, which lead to the upchuck. How am I ever going to handle baby poop? :-)

Had an appt with the family Dr today. I just love him, he's so good. Did a routine physical almost. Not poking around the vag area, he said he thought I've had enough of that lately. haa haa Boy was he right. He asked if I was going to breastfeed and I said I hoped to, so he needed to make sure my nipples weren't inverted. Took a look at them and said "Those will do just fine" lol
At the end of the appt he said obviously you haven't told your parents yet, so don't worry, I won't blow it for you. But on your way out check the waiting room because I think your dad is supposed to come and see me today. We are planning to hold off until week 12-16 to tell everyone and that's just so hard to do.

He's recommended us to an OBGYN that delivered his twins, so the Dr has to be good right? The standard here where I live (Canada), I believe, is that you don't actually get an u/s until week 18-20. The only reason we got one early is because of the fertility issues...So we are blessed that way. But now I have to wait 10 more weeks until another u/s???? How am I going to manage that?

I FINALLY heard from the clinic today...They are on holiday until Aug 17. So I'm pretty much graduated from them. Their purpose is to achieve pregnancy, which they did! They did however suggest to all their fert patients to get an NT scan. Not that it matters to us if our baby has a defect....But it would be nice to know before hand. And it's performed during week 11-13, and it just gives us another chance before week 18 to see the babies...So we said yes. They will call us back with date and time.
That'll all she wrote.

Symptom Check In - 7w 4d

Ok, so I'm not really sure which EDD to go by So I went with the bigger fetus.

Symptoms so far:

• Nausea....I tend to feel queasy all day, just a yucky all over feeling. Bought some sea bands...Not sure they are working, just one of those psychological things
• Tired...I've been quite tired. Haven't been sleeping well at night...I can't seem to get comfy. See I'm a stomach sleeper, so been trying to avoid that since the 2WW. So I've been having naps
• Hungry....I always seem to be hungry...But with that is one problem...Once I eat one or two bites, I'm not hungry anymore. It's almost as if I get fuller quicker. Weird right?
• Cravings....No real cravings...Maybe Old Dutch Dill Pickle chips :-)

So maybe you all are wondering how H and I are taking the news about the twins....Well exceptionally well. We are so stoked to be having twins....Here's hoping to a complication-free pregnancy.

So now we wonder....What types of exercise can I do, am I supposed to be eating differently, etc?

But we have an early prenatal with just our family Dr on Wednesday, so hopefully he can answer some of those questions for us.

Anyone know of any good twin books to get?

The results are in......

Well it was ultrasound day. And considered how things unfolded last time, you can understand our nervousness.

So there I go into the u/s room, my bladder ready to burst....Long story short...


It's TWINS!!!!!

Baby A: Measuring 7w2d with a HB of 146
Baby B: Measuring 7w0d with a HB of 139

This is so exciting. We wanted to call everyone right away to tell them. But we are still going to hold strong until at least Week 14-16.

Road Maps and Pizza

Ok...so not so much on my tummy but more closer to my hips....I have the blue veins running around looking like a road map.

And my face has broken out. Not with anything red, nor with anything noticable to anyone but me :-)

Still have some nausea. But other than that, pretty lucky there aren't more symptoms. Still nervous but only 3 1/2 more days until the u/s.

Patiently waiting....