Ok ok, I know it's been a while since I've posted but we've had a lot of visitors and other things going on in our lives recently. For the past few weeks we've had just about every member of each family visit and it's been great! I also had to make a trip out to Oklahoma City recently so it's just been go go go! Here is the latest on the pregnancy......
I am 13 weeks as of yesterday and on the morning of April 1st (literally) my belly popped out. I actually went from just a bump to a very noticeable bulge. My morning sickness has gotten better but I still have my days where I just feel like I'm going to die. We had our last ultrasound on April 2nd and the babies were movin like crazy. It was so weird to see that going on inside of me. It was like I was watching a movie or something since I couldn't actually feel it. Right now they tell me that the babies are the size of limes so today at the grocery store I held 2 limes up to my stomach to get an idea. Seems so weird. I just still can't believe it.
I had a little bit of a scare last week when I was lazily walking around home depot and began feeling my heart race and the feeling like someone was sitting on my chest. Luckily, Brandon was meeting me up there and was able to make sure I was ok. I called the doctor and was told to take an antacid and some ibuprofen and to lay on my left side for 2 hours. Apparently twins take a lot of my blood and put a lot of pressure on my heart so every now and then I just have to rest no matter what. Luckily it all went away and I didn't have to go to the hospital but it was scary all the same. Every since then I have felt pretty good minus some morning sickness and fatigue.
My parenting instincts, or something like it, kicked in for sure yesterday. I caught 3 neighborhood boys in my backyard and one had kicked or trampled on one of the dogs. I heard the dogs barking like crazy and went to check it out and immediately yelled at the boys to get out of my yard unless they wanted to get bit. LOL I don't think I've ever been so mother like. It was pretty humerous but also upsetting. UGH!
I have a job interview next Tuesday with Kohl's and I'm so hoping for the discount to my favorite store!!! Wish me luck!
I hope everyone is well and I'll try to post a little more often now that I'm feeling better. Keep checking my facebook for new pics of the belly. I'm gonna start posting one every couple of weeks.
Love you all!!!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Almost 9 weeks along
So....WOW it's been a while since I've posted but to be honest with you the thought of looking at a computer screen the past few days has made me feel sick. Interesting!
Well, we had our last ultrasound with the IVF doctor yesterday and all is going well. The babies are growing and we could see little hands and feet. Sort of weird but very exciting. I still don't think it's hit me that there are 2 people growing inside me. I don't think it will really hit until I feel them move or something.
I have been having a ton of morning sickness.....let me re-phrase that....morning, noon AND night sickness. It doesn't ever seem to go away. I don't know if it's more than normal because there are 2 babies in there but all I know is that it's awful. So far I'm not enjoying it so much but just remind myself everyday how lucky I am to be so blessed with 2 children at the same time. Although I have broke down to Brandon a couple of times about my fears of taking care of 2 infants as a first time mom. I know he will be home for a while but I am dreading that first day he goes off to work and I'm home alone with them. Anyone want to move in to help?! We have a finished basement! :-) Anyway, I know my instincts will kick in but for now I worry. I wish I had a job to keep my mind off of it a bit but the thought of working with the way I feel scares me even more. I would hate to be working somewhere and have to run to the bathroom all the time. Not a good impression!
Today my friend down the street came over with her 1 year old. He is just starting to walk and wants to walk everywhere! I started thinking about when my babies start to walk. What if they wander off to different places? THEN WHAT!?!?! OMG that scares me to death. Which one do you go after first. Is it child abuse to put them in a pen? lol Just kidding. I feel like I want to wrap my house in bubble wrap when that time comes. Sometimes I forget to feed my dogs until like an hour after their dinner time and think, "OMG, what if I forget to feed my kid....OR the dogs because I'm so focused on the kids?" You can probably tell that I am scared to death and really want to move in every mom I know into my house until the kids get to school age. This may be a little dramatic but for those of you who know me well this shouldn't come at a surprise. My normal personality + double hormones = DRAMA!!
My in-laws are coming in town this weekend and I am so excited for that. My MIL can take me out to do some girlie stuff, which I need so bad, and the boys can do whatever. This weekend is also my birthday but I have noticed that this year I keep forgetting about it. My mind is definitely on the belly and not on myself. Weird how that happens. I just hope that I feel well enough to really enjoy the time that they are here and I'm not laid up in bed or something. Hopefully them being here will be just the distraction I need.....although I'm sure my MIL will want to do some baby shopping. :-)
The last thing I want to mention are the cravings. I haven't had any weird ones yet but I have had the overwhelming urge to eat lots of Wendy's fries and for some random reason I decided to have spaghettio's for dinner tonight. Probably haven't eaten them since I was a teenager. They tasted so good!
Well, my evening meds are kicking in and I'm getting sleepy. I will try to post more often when I feel up to it. Thank you all for wanting to keep up with our baby progress and as always you can see our most recent ultrasound pics on facebook. I can also email them to you if you'd like. Just let me know!
Love you all! Goodnight
Well, we had our last ultrasound with the IVF doctor yesterday and all is going well. The babies are growing and we could see little hands and feet. Sort of weird but very exciting. I still don't think it's hit me that there are 2 people growing inside me. I don't think it will really hit until I feel them move or something.
I have been having a ton of morning sickness.....let me re-phrase that....morning, noon AND night sickness. It doesn't ever seem to go away. I don't know if it's more than normal because there are 2 babies in there but all I know is that it's awful. So far I'm not enjoying it so much but just remind myself everyday how lucky I am to be so blessed with 2 children at the same time. Although I have broke down to Brandon a couple of times about my fears of taking care of 2 infants as a first time mom. I know he will be home for a while but I am dreading that first day he goes off to work and I'm home alone with them. Anyone want to move in to help?! We have a finished basement! :-) Anyway, I know my instincts will kick in but for now I worry. I wish I had a job to keep my mind off of it a bit but the thought of working with the way I feel scares me even more. I would hate to be working somewhere and have to run to the bathroom all the time. Not a good impression!
Today my friend down the street came over with her 1 year old. He is just starting to walk and wants to walk everywhere! I started thinking about when my babies start to walk. What if they wander off to different places? THEN WHAT!?!?! OMG that scares me to death. Which one do you go after first. Is it child abuse to put them in a pen? lol Just kidding. I feel like I want to wrap my house in bubble wrap when that time comes. Sometimes I forget to feed my dogs until like an hour after their dinner time and think, "OMG, what if I forget to feed my kid....OR the dogs because I'm so focused on the kids?" You can probably tell that I am scared to death and really want to move in every mom I know into my house until the kids get to school age. This may be a little dramatic but for those of you who know me well this shouldn't come at a surprise. My normal personality + double hormones = DRAMA!!
My in-laws are coming in town this weekend and I am so excited for that. My MIL can take me out to do some girlie stuff, which I need so bad, and the boys can do whatever. This weekend is also my birthday but I have noticed that this year I keep forgetting about it. My mind is definitely on the belly and not on myself. Weird how that happens. I just hope that I feel well enough to really enjoy the time that they are here and I'm not laid up in bed or something. Hopefully them being here will be just the distraction I need.....although I'm sure my MIL will want to do some baby shopping. :-)
The last thing I want to mention are the cravings. I haven't had any weird ones yet but I have had the overwhelming urge to eat lots of Wendy's fries and for some random reason I decided to have spaghettio's for dinner tonight. Probably haven't eaten them since I was a teenager. They tasted so good!
Well, my evening meds are kicking in and I'm getting sleepy. I will try to post more often when I feel up to it. Thank you all for wanting to keep up with our baby progress and as always you can see our most recent ultrasound pics on facebook. I can also email them to you if you'd like. Just let me know!
Love you all! Goodnight
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Rough Night
Ok folks....so I had a very rough night. I was feeling pretty sick and had a hard time falling asleep in a comfortable position. I finally fell asleep and then was ripped back out of sleep at midnight by my dog Dottie who jumped on my chest.....and by chest I mean boob, just so that I had a very sharp electric type feeling go through my entire body. Poor Brandon was also ripped from him sleep by my loud scream. Anyway, then I was woke up again at 6am due to the round robin of alarms Brandon has set to wake him up. I think the alarms go off for like an hour before he actually gets up. Anyway, when I first wake up I have to eat something, so.....at 6am Brandon had to go get me some crackers and chocolate milk so that my stomach would settle and I could go back to sleep. UGH! What a way to start the day I tell ya.
Today I am exactly 7 weeks along. I was starting to worry that I was showing too soon but last night we looked up pictures of other women pregnant with twins to see how their bellies look. To my surprise I looked very similar to other women at around 7-8 weeks so it really made me feel better. The problem is that we also looked at the pics of the women 30+ weeks and it really freaked me out. I just hope I don't become one that waddles. :-( As of today I will start taking a pic of my belly every week and posting it on my facebook. I will also email it to anyone who wants to see but is not on facebook. Anyway, we are getting very excited! Our next ultrasound is on March 22nd so hopefully we will have new ultrasound pics to share as well.
Well, it's about that time to start unwinding for the day and trying to get some rest. Have a good rest of the day!
Today I am exactly 7 weeks along. I was starting to worry that I was showing too soon but last night we looked up pictures of other women pregnant with twins to see how their bellies look. To my surprise I looked very similar to other women at around 7-8 weeks so it really made me feel better. The problem is that we also looked at the pics of the women 30+ weeks and it really freaked me out. I just hope I don't become one that waddles. :-( As of today I will start taking a pic of my belly every week and posting it on my facebook. I will also email it to anyone who wants to see but is not on facebook. Anyway, we are getting very excited! Our next ultrasound is on March 22nd so hopefully we will have new ultrasound pics to share as well.
Well, it's about that time to start unwinding for the day and trying to get some rest. Have a good rest of the day!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
First Ultrasound
Hello all! It's been a while since my last posting but I've been feeling pretty awful lately. Well, we had our first ultrasound yesterday and it said that we're having twins. When the doctor said that.....I was speechless. I just looked over at Brandon with wide eyes and my hand over my mouth. It's still a little hard to let sink in. I keep thinking about bringing 2 babies home rather than 1 and wondering what our lives are going to be like. I also started worrying about how big I would get and how I would feel throughout the process. I see my friends who have just 1 and how hard it is to work and take care but I will have 2! How crazy is that? I guess we'll figure it out as we go along. We're not the first people in the world to do it so we'll just make it work. I have to say though that if anyone wants to move in to help......you got it! Just kidding! Brandon is very excited as well but I think he is also a little nervous about complications and just having 2 newborns at the same time. I see a lot of working from home in his future! :-)
I am actually feeling good today. Nausea has been minnimal which is a far cry from what it's been the last few days. The good news is that the doctor took me off of my shots which made yesterday the best day ever! I just couldn't take it anymore. My back side was raw as can be and so painful.
We have another ultrasound in 2 weeks to just make sure everything is progressing well and then I will be released to an OBGYN. Which means.....I need to find one ASAP. I am still not allowed to exercise which really stinks because everything is getting mushy and I will have a long road ahead of me to build muscle again. You'd think it would be fun being told not to workout but it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Anyway, I'll keep you all posted on everything. I'm still trying to figure out if I can post pics on here. If you'd like to see our first ultrasound pics, you can see them on facebook or just email me and I'll send them to you.
Kathi
I am actually feeling good today. Nausea has been minnimal which is a far cry from what it's been the last few days. The good news is that the doctor took me off of my shots which made yesterday the best day ever! I just couldn't take it anymore. My back side was raw as can be and so painful.
We have another ultrasound in 2 weeks to just make sure everything is progressing well and then I will be released to an OBGYN. Which means.....I need to find one ASAP. I am still not allowed to exercise which really stinks because everything is getting mushy and I will have a long road ahead of me to build muscle again. You'd think it would be fun being told not to workout but it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Anyway, I'll keep you all posted on everything. I'm still trying to figure out if I can post pics on here. If you'd like to see our first ultrasound pics, you can see them on facebook or just email me and I'll send them to you.
Kathi
Monday, March 1, 2010
5 Weeks and 4 days
Hello all! It's been a few days since my last posting but I've not been feeling the best. I really don't have much to share today other than I'm so excited that I only have to take my shots every other night this week. WAHOO!! It really is such a relief. We have our first ultrasound coming up in 1 week and I can't wait to see what's going on inside. It will really hit me that I am pregnant once they tell me that everything looks good and there is nothing to worry about. I have not had any morning sickness but have had a lot of nausea. I'm having this very weird relationship with food right now. Everything tastes bland and nothing EVER sounds good. I don't even really get hungry. I don't know if that's normal or not but my appetite is seriously different and very frustrating. It was very hard going to the grocery store today because NOTHING looked good. I was in there so long and I just ended up buying things that I hoped I would like at the time of consumption. UGH! Anyway, I hope you're all doing well and until next time.....
Thursday, February 25, 2010
5 weeks as of today
So, I found out yesterday that I am 5 weeks exactly as of today. That would mean that my due date is on October 28th but my doctor has not said that firmly yet. Again, I will know for sure at my March 8th ultrasound. I am still having a rough time with shots and have little aches and pains but still no morning sickness. Maybe that's the reason it really hasn't hit me yet that I am pregnant. As for the shots, luckily I've met someone who is going through the same thing as I am right now and is actually only 6 days behind me in this process. Anyway, she told me that I should ice down my backside for 30 minutes before my shot and it would really help. Well, we tried that last night, and although I bled a lot more, it was a lot more manageable.....I'll be doing that way from now on. I just really pray that as of my ultrasound, I won't have to do these shots anymore. :-)
No really weird cravings today although I've noticed my appetite changing in the sense that I don't really get hungry. I mean, a bagel for breakfast and 2 pieces of bruchetta for lunch isn't a lot of food but I'm completely content.....and in fact I had to force myself to eat the bruchetta. My husband has decided to go on the Atkins diet for a few days so that makes it even harder. Especially when I get in the mood to cook and he can't eat what I make. It's hard to cook for one person. I highly doubt I'm going to have the type of husband who puts on pregnancy pounds with me. OY! I'll be a cow and he'll be doing Atkins.....FUN!! Anyways, I feel going to bed early tonight is in my agenda as I'm sick of watching TV and it's too cold to do anything outside. I've been looking for some temp jobs but it's slim pickens here in KC. I'm bored to death and can't wait until March when family visits and I have my first ultrasound. Looking so forward to March!
Until next time......
No really weird cravings today although I've noticed my appetite changing in the sense that I don't really get hungry. I mean, a bagel for breakfast and 2 pieces of bruchetta for lunch isn't a lot of food but I'm completely content.....and in fact I had to force myself to eat the bruchetta. My husband has decided to go on the Atkins diet for a few days so that makes it even harder. Especially when I get in the mood to cook and he can't eat what I make. It's hard to cook for one person. I highly doubt I'm going to have the type of husband who puts on pregnancy pounds with me. OY! I'll be a cow and he'll be doing Atkins.....FUN!! Anyways, I feel going to bed early tonight is in my agenda as I'm sick of watching TV and it's too cold to do anything outside. I've been looking for some temp jobs but it's slim pickens here in KC. I'm bored to death and can't wait until March when family visits and I have my first ultrasound. Looking so forward to March!
Until next time......
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Pregnancy day 16.....I think
So, I still don't know exactly how far I am and won't know until my March 8th ultrasound. I am feeling pretty good, no morning sickness yet. I am more tired than anything. Brandon usually gives me my shot at 7pm and I'm asleep by 8:30 or 9. For some reason the shot makes me extremely tired....so much that I have more or less given up my bed time TV watching that I've always done. I don't even seem to care about it anymore. Food has become somewhat of a challenge. I've eaten 2 large pickles today already. For some reason it sounded good to have a pickle, or 2, with my blueberry bagle I had this morning washed down with apple juice. It sounds so gross to list it on this blog but man it tasted good. For the first few days I craved a lot of sweets, however, they don't seem as appealing for the first time in my life. Weird.
2 nights ago was the roughest night yet. I had been very cranky all day and Brandon really caught the wrath when he got home. I wasn't upset with him in any way but just frustrated to the 10th degree. I tried to take a bath but I can't have the water too hot so it turned cold fast and I began to shiver......not so relaxing. I can't sleep on my back or stomach and hate to sleep on my sides....oy! I'm also so tired in the late afternoon and don't feel much like cooking but would like a hot meal. I told Brandon that he needs to learn to cook a bit because I know he can live on cereal but I cannot. These are just a few of my frustrations over the past couple of days. The shots I take every night are becoming more and more painful each day. I can't even describe how awful it is but I know it's for the baby.
Anyway, thank you all for keeping up with us. I know some of you have told me you are unable to post comments and I'm not exactly sure why. I am working on it.
Love Kathi
2 nights ago was the roughest night yet. I had been very cranky all day and Brandon really caught the wrath when he got home. I wasn't upset with him in any way but just frustrated to the 10th degree. I tried to take a bath but I can't have the water too hot so it turned cold fast and I began to shiver......not so relaxing. I can't sleep on my back or stomach and hate to sleep on my sides....oy! I'm also so tired in the late afternoon and don't feel much like cooking but would like a hot meal. I told Brandon that he needs to learn to cook a bit because I know he can live on cereal but I cannot. These are just a few of my frustrations over the past couple of days. The shots I take every night are becoming more and more painful each day. I can't even describe how awful it is but I know it's for the baby.
Anyway, thank you all for keeping up with us. I know some of you have told me you are unable to post comments and I'm not exactly sure why. I am working on it.
Love Kathi
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