18 Weeks

Today started out very frustrating. Brandon and I had been waiting for this day for a while because we were convinced we would find out the sexes of our babies. The doctor's office is literally about 5 minutes from my house and so I wanted to get there a bit early and left about 9:40 for my 10am appointment. I get on the highway and immediately thrust into bumper to bumper traffic because of construction and 1 lane being closed. The length from the time I get on the highway to the exit is about a mile but it took almost 15 minutes. So, I'm officially late by this point. THEN, I finally get off the highway on my exit and the traffic is as a hault again! I called Brandon and turns out there was a funeral procession for a firefighter happening right in front of my doctors office and they had all of the entrances blocked off and wouldn't let traffic through. So, now I'm almost 15 minutes late for my appointment. I called my doctor to let them know I was late and they put me on hold for what seemed like 10 minutes so I finally got so frustrated that I just hung up, turned off my car and waited. I finally get into the office about 10:20 and they had the nerve to give me a hard time about being late and "hope they can squeeze me in". :-0 I couldn't believe it. So, we patiently wait in the waiting room, get back to the ultrasound room and find out that I'm not having a traditional ultrasound but a cervical scan. OMG, at this point I was about to just go off. I asked the tech if she could tell me what the sexes were with that thing and she said no. I was just about to burst into tears when she offered to do both and try to figure out the sexes. So, almost right away after putting the little wand over my belly she saw A GIRL! I was so happy! Just a few short seconds later she told us that we also had A BOY! I have never felt so lucky and blessed in my whole life. I am now more excited than ever to get the ball rolling on buying stuff and picking out names. Tomorrow is our 5 year anniversary and we have decided to go out of town for the weekend and now that we know what our babies are, I'm sure we'll spend most of our time talking about names. :-)

Ok, off to bed. I'll post again when I have new information! Love you all!

15 weeks

Hello all. Well, I start this blog with sad news that my cousin who slipped into a coma after complications from child birth in March passed away this morning. She had been in a coma for a few weeks so we saw it coming but it definitely doesn't make it any easier. She had been trying for a baby for many years and it just seems so unfair that she will not get to raise him. Not sure how to feel except sad. Ironically my other cousin who is pregnant has been induced to give birth today so there are a flurry of emotions going through me and the rest of my family. Please keep us all in your prayers.

As for my pregnancy...everything is still going well and my belly sure is growing. I will be 16 weeks at the end of this week. I have an appointment with a high-risk doctor this Thursday so to check me over and give any and all recommendations to my doctor. Some say I am far enough with twins to find out what I am having so we'll see. If not, I have another ultrasound at the end of this month and we should know for sure by then. I have been having a lot of morbid dreams about doctors appointments and anything else my brain can come up with but I'm pretty convinced I'll either have 2 boys or 1 of each. Not sure why but that's what my dreams are telling me.

A lot of my nausea has gone away but I still have to run to the bathroom from time to time. I'm not sure which is worse. I also have my first baby shower coming up next month which I am so excited about. I can't believe I am having 3 showers but that's just how it worked out. I am having the first 2 a bit early since I have to travel and the doc says no traveling after 28 weeks so I'm going to Oklahoma in June, California in July and maybe having a shower here in Kansas later on in August or September. It's kind of nice though to get them all spaced out. That way I won't feel overwhelmed with all the stuff.

Anyhoo, that's about all I have to update you on right now. I'll try to post another blog after my appointment this week. Take Care!