Twins!

So for the last 7 weeks, I've been holding back and actually explaining why the blogs have been so few and far between. It's mostly because I'm too dang sick all the frickin' time. Having a baby, or babies, will do that to you. I could write a whole blog on the wonders of puking, but don't worry, I won't. It's just not pretty, even if you can't get over how sweet it is when Adia says, "Mommy cough. Mommy puke. Mommy, k?" All the while rubbing or hugging my legs.

It all started when this:

appeared. Yes, planned so we were pretty excited. I think Adia was the most excited though. She had been hounding us for a few months for a baby. Then all she could talk about was her baby. One slight problem, she was also talking about her "brothers." Umm.. honey, babies come one at a time, yet each time we asked if she wanted a brother or sister, she'd respond with "brothers!"

A few weeks later I was feeling all sorts of weird pains. At not very far along, I was thinking ovarian cyst or ectopic pregnancy. I thought for sure it was much too early for ligament pain and these pains felt like I was being stabbed. The doctor's office scheduled me an early ultrasound just to put my mind at ease.


5 weeks
On our way to the ultrasound, Daddy said that if it was twins, he'd take me out to dinner at Outback. He really needs to be careful about what he says. The ultrasound tech didn't say a single thing the entire time. That certainly doesn't put her mind to ease. About halfway through, she said she was going to find a doctor to talk to me afterward since I didn't have a doctor's appointment that day. She did tell me several times not to worry though, that talking to a doctor afterward was perfectly normal. While she was out of the room, Daddy glanced at the screen and saw 2 round spots. He mentioned them and said it was probably twins. I didn't want to believe him. Babies only came one at a time. I was NOT going to have twins. The tech couldn't find an available doctor so she came back with a midwife. She told us that we were most likely having twins, but it was too early to see babies or heartbeats. I seriously wanted to puke and Daddy started laughing nervously.


We spent the next 3 weeks wondering if all was still well and getting used to the idea of twins. Adia switched from wanting brothers to sisters.


6 weeks
Our next appointment was insanely long and right before Christmas. Luckily we were able to leave Adia with DiDi because she never would have lasted the entire time. Our doctor was stuck in surgery and we didn't end up seeing her until nearly 4:30, even though our appointment was at 2! I got blood drawn and had an ultrasound while waiting though. This time we could actually see the babies, measure them and measure heartbeats too. One even waved at us. Thankfully, our doctor reassured me that just because it was twins certainly did not mean I would have to have a c-section. That had been one of my biggest fears about twins. They were both measuring at 8wks, 3 days with heartbeats of 169bpm.




8 weeks

Over the next 3 weeks, I continued to grow and the morning sickness hit full force. I've been puking daily and having a hard time eating anything. It doesn't seem to matter what I eat or don't eat, it all comes back up. The worst has been the middle of the night puke sessions. At least Adia doesn't have to be aware of those.


11 weeks

We had another appointment today. Adia went with us and once we convinced her that it wasn't for her, she was in a much better mood. She did really well and had only a slight complaint while I had my blood pressure taken (122/77!). I've also only gained .4lbs in the last 3 weeks. That was a surprise for me. Even though I look lots bigger, I wouldn't have been surprised to lose some. We also had a quick ultrasound to check the growth of the babies. The doctor said they were absolutely perfect. They're measuring exactly where they should be and their heartbeats are now 159 and 151. Adia loved watching "her babies" on the screen. They were dancing all over the place, rolling and punching and kicking. We're going to have some more high energy kids on our hands. Adia kept saying, "My babies" and then making the same noise she makes when she's trying to talk to small animals. I guess she thinks they look like squirrels. We handed her the pictures and she refused to give them back. She just kept hugging and kissing them and saying, "my babies!" As she was walking down the hallway with Daddy, she kept staring at them and happened to run into the wall. It's pretty typical for her to do, but I nearly peed myself when Scott told me.


So yes, we're having twins. They're due July 31st and our "big" ultrasound is next month, February 12th. We'll hopefully find out then whether Adia's getting brothers, sisters or both.