20 weeks!

YAYAYAY!!! This is a huge goal for me. My next one is 24 weeks...28 days.

This past week was exciting because i can finally feel these kids move much more consistently. I feel Sam quite a bit but only feel Lily here and there (she has the anterior placenta i believe).

My sciatica is still a constant problem. Ive gone to PT 2 times and havent felt much relief. I guess its sticking around.

I went to my OB Med appt yesterday and i am now doing the Lovenox 2x a day. I hate these shots but its for a good cause. She wants me to get my TSH checked bc my thyriod looks enlarged but its always enlarged and my levels are always fine. Ill go next week so the results will be available when i go to my OB on the 14th. I go back to her on 6\28 to change over to Heparin. I really hope i make it to that appt still pregs.

So thats it!

19 weeks

Here's the belly :) Growing by the minute! I dont think there's too much of a difference from 17 weeks, just looks like they moved up a bit. Im feeling good. The chiro did some technique on my pubic bone last week and that helped alot. The sciatica is still a PIA (literally) but im able to tolerate it - for the most part. Im noticing that doing things wipes me out fairly quickly and i get winded easily too. Another majot symtom ive had since like 6 weeks is i am so stuffy! I have been blowing my nose and spitting up mucous for MONTHS! Sexy, i know...

My mom came down the other day and helped me clean. That was a HUGE help (thanks mom!). We're starting to tackle the to-do list. We ordered a shed so we can put stuff from the garage into it. Since we live in a 2 bedroom house we need to do some major rearranging. Our bedroom is going into the basement and we are turning the detached garage into Petes office (he works from home). The twins will then go into our room. The garage is going to be a HUGE project and most likely will take a good 2 months. We're gonna be cutting it close. We cant move our bedroom until its finished bc theres a couch in our basement that has to move first and it can move until the garage is done. SO all of that is causing a wee-bit of stress.

Oh we decided on names... Lily and Sam. Petes loves Lily and so didnt Jack and Jack picked Sam. He heard Pete and I talked about boy names and he heard Sam so he's been calling the babies Lily and Sam as soon as we found out it was B\G...so we went with his suggestion. lol. They are classic and simple names, just what i wanted so im happy :)

Since we just painted our bedroom last year im going to keep the color. Its a very pretty blue. Im just doing breathable bumpers (one pink one plue) and getting cute sheets for them. Im sticking with the brown\blue theme for Sam and Pink\brown for Lily. I got some cute sheets for Sam and Lily too. I also found some really nice soft blankets thats match as well. Im going to get letters for their names with those colors and hang above their cribs. Im also going to paint our dressers an "expresso" like the cribs and put nicer knobs on them. Its the same set Pete had growing up so its 25 yrs old and needs some updated and maybe ill FINALLY get an adult sized dresser!! Wooo-hoo!!

Ok enough rambling!

Mothers Intution

It's a BOY and GIRL!

I slept ZERO last night i was so nervous, anxios and excited. I really just wanted everything to check out healthy- and it did!

When we got there we had to wait an hour before they finally called us in! Then she kept the screen towards her during most of all the measurments. After about an hour she finally told me Baby A was a BOY! I was so happy Jack would have a brother. Then it took about an hour for her to tell me baby B was a GIRL! This made me a tad emotional because i wasnt expecting to actually have a girl..believe me i would have been thrilled with 2 boys too..but im glad i get both experiences :)

Lily (or Charlotte) weighed 8oz. and Sam (that could change) was 7 oz. One has an anterior placenta and those other is "on the bottom" so im padded all around my uterus so thats why im not feeling them as prominently as i thought i would.

Everything looks good, im so relieved.

After the appt we stopped at Iparty and got the ballons Jack is holding to tell him about his baby brother and sister. He is so excited :)

18 weeks!

I had an OB appt. today and everything is looking good. My BP was 116/60. I was measuring 23 wks. The babies HB's were both in the 160's. I gained 4 pounds since last month, which right on target. He wants me to continue to gain a pound a week...eek! But i know its for the babies. Im still out of work because of the sciatica and the pelvic pain. I start PT on the 22nd, hoping that will give me some relief. Dr. B told me i most likely wont be going back to work, which is completely fine by me!

Movement is still only here and there. I wish i felt them move more, hopefully in the next couple weeks. I do get some pretty good jabs every now and then. I think im not feeling it so much because im still numb where my section was with Jack.

Friday is the big day to find out whats cooking. Im so excited and just hoping everything is healthy in there! My in-laws are coming to the house to watch Jack while we go so we are going to stop at IParty and pick out 2 ballons that say "It's a..." and bring them home.

17 weeks!

Yup, im huge. Thank goodness i have a big butt or i think ill topple over in the next few months! Everything is going well. The sciatica and separated pubic bone is getting worse and worse. I think i may need to start PT but i dont have anyone to watch Jack 3 days a week for only an hour. Other than the pain im doing well. Waiting very impatiently for my Level 2 which is next friday.

We've made some progress on the name front. If its 2 girls it most likely will be Lily and Charlotte ( i also like Violet) but doing Lily and Violet, i was told, is kinda corny. For boys Jack likes Sam and keeps going over to Pete saying he wants that name for his "baby brother"...Pete seems like he's caving. We'll see. If its another boy itll probably be Grant.

16 weeks!

Feeling good, no spotting for 2 weeks now. The only thing is my hips, pelvic bone and sciatica REALLY hurt! Im having a hard time doing much for more then 10 minutes. By the end of the day i can barely move. I've been going to the chiro but its not doing anything. Ive been stretching too with no real relief. But, it's all a small price to pay. I feel like a wimp that im already having such a hard time this early on. Im gonna be a mess in 10+ weeks! Even though im 16 weeks i still cant let go of the fear. I have dreams constantly that i may lose these babies. Im afraid of PTL, incompetent cervix, super prematurity. Im really hoping to get to at least 34 weeks. If i can get into the month of July still pregnant, im gonna throw a party! I really wish i was just niave and dumb but ive seen/know too much about pregnancy. Each day im thankful i made it through. I make it through my anxiety with all of this by setting goals. Here are my goals 3/15 OB appt - CHECK 3/17 St. Pattys Days - CHECK 3/18 Level 2 u/s - CHECK 3/20 1st day of spring - CHECK 3/22 PT appt. - CHECK 3/29 OB med appt - CHECK 3/30 20 weeks - CHECK 4/1 1st day of April- CHECK 4/6 Petes bday CHECK 4/7 Imagination Movers Concert CHECK 4/14 OB appt 4/16 bIRTHDAY PARTY 4/15 Tax Day 4/24 Easter 4/27 24 weeks 5/1 1st day of May 5/5 Cinco de Mayo 5\14 cousins wedding shower 5/20 Moms birthday 5/25 28 weeks 6/1 1st day of June 6/8 30 weeks 6/21 1st day of Summer 6/22 32 weeks 6/28 OB MED appt. 7/1 1st day of July 7/4 4th of July 7/6 34 weeks 7/13 35 weeks 7/20 36 weeks 7/27 37 weeks As i get more appts and such through ill add those too. I like having alot of goals so i feel like im getting somewhere quick. Ill check these off as the time goes by. I cant wait for my Level 2. I cant wait to name these kids!!