Week 17: I love Ice Cream

All of a sudden I LOVE ice cream!! I was never a big ice cream eater before I got pregnant so this is kind of a surprise to me. At the top of the list is Graeter's Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream...I've bought 3 pints in the past 2 weeks!! Maybe that will explain the extra two pounds I've gained since I've been pregnant. Oh well, it's a good source of calcium! I've been eating very well otherwise, my lunches are near perfect with good nutrients for the babies.

News Flash: I could maybe write a small book about the bizarre things people don't tell you about when you become pregnant. First, you get a constant stuffy nose due to swollen membranes and blood vessels in the nose. It even has a fancy name: pregnancy rhinitis. I thought it was just my allergies but I think it's beyond that now! Second, you have to sleep on your side (preferably the left) after 16 weeks because sleeping on your back cuts off blood circulation to the babies. Now I've always been a back sleeper so this has been an adjustment. However, my wonderful husband bought me a body pillow so that has been helping. Don't get me wrong, I'd suffer through just about anything for these babies I just think some of this stuff got left out in my conversations with others who have experienced the amazing bodily changes of pregnancy!

15 week checkup

We went to the doctor for our 4 week check up on Thursday. We thought we would be getting an ultrasound but instead we got to hear the heartbeats! It was by far the most amazing thing I have ever heard. I never thought the sound would bring tears of absolute joy to my eyes, but it did. One little pea wouldn't cooperate and the doctor couldn't find him/her so she did a quick ultrasound on a portable machine. We saw why she couldn't find it right away. One of our peas was lounging and taking up all the room and that was the one whose heartbeat we could hear. The other one was all scrunched up. We did see both heartbeats on the screen and had a good laugh at the passive and aggressive babies we have on our hands! At the time of our appointment, they were both chilling on the right side of the womb, which explains why I was feeling all the movement on the right side and rarely on the left. We have another appointment on October 22 and we will be able to determine the genders then. This will be the last time I go every 4 weeks. After our appointment in October I'll start to visit the doctor more frequently so they can monitor the growth and make sure the babies are sharing the nutrients!

Week 15: Movin' and a Shakin'

I am definitely feeling the babies move now! It brings such a smile to my face! I am just so amazed that there are two little lives in there. Most of the women I know who have been pregnant told me it would feel like a flutter, and it does but not really...more like one of them is in there hula hooping. But it's a great feeling and I'm so in love.

On a different note, I have to say how overwhelmed I am at unsolicited advice. I think it must be part of the pregnancy ritual to receive lots of this throughout the pregnancy. I also am a little tired of people questioning our decision not to reveal the names we have chosen (which will probably change before the twins arrive). They are our babies people and we will keep all information related to them (including names) to ourselves if we want to. We will be finding out what we're having and we will share that information but we want some things to remain special to us, their parents. And all pregnant women know how it feels to share your baby names only to get bizarre reactions from others. And this is why we aren't telling anyone! Oh, and it also doesn't help that my name bank is already limited due to being a teacher. Whew, glad I got that off my chest.

We're really excited about our appointment on Thursday, where we'll be having another ultrasound and getting to see our beautiful twin peas. I'm even more excited that my sister and her fiancee will be home in Cincinnati at our house so we can share our news and pictures in person!!! Updates to come...

Baby bump: End of 12 weeks

Twin Peas taking up lots of space!

End of 12 weeks with TWIN peas!

Week 13: Welcome to the second trimester

Well, the peas and I have reached an important milestone...the second trimester!! Everything is going well, my nausea has gone and now I'm just left with the exhaustion and a pretty nice sized baby bump! This will be my second full week back at school (which explains my lack of time for updates) and it has pretty much made me feel more tired than ever. Getting up at 5:45 a.m. and rarely getting a nap has caused me to move my bedtime up to about 9:30 p.m. I've been taking it easy in the afternoon and evening, when I'm not coaching cheerleading that is!
I also went on my first shopping trip for maternity clothes (which actually fit by the way) last weekend, but didn't find much. Thankfully I have some nice hand-me-downs but I am always on the lookout for cheap and fashionable maternity clothes. I also LOVE my bella bands, they are an absolute lifesaver!
So all is well in pregnancy land and we are looking forward to our next appointment on September 17th.