Wednesday was officially 27 weeks...which means it's the last week of the second trimester! Crazy! I can't believe how close we're getting and I'm getting so anxious to meet our boys :0)
Last week Tom and I started birth class and so far I'm happy with it. We're taking a class that focuses on trusting that women's bodies know how to birth and learning relaxation techniques to help me get through labor with no interventions, this includes induction, as I'd like to go into labor naturally when the babies are ready. The class so far has been informative and I like that they taught us about using massage as a comfort/distraction technique. I think Tom needs to practice that on me a lot before labor, you know, just so he gets really good at it. ;-)
Still working on the nursery, slowly getting there. Sorry to everyone that's asked for pictures, but I don't want to show anyone until it's completely finished! Tom is antsy to start putting these cribs together. And I'm antsy to get all the baby stuff that has exploded in our guest room...no room for house guests here at the moment!
Went to the doctor on Thursday and thankfully everything was fine. Both babies are measuring roughly the same size and in the 48th percentile. So at yesterday's ultrasound they were both estimated to be about 2lbs 4ozs right now. I was soooo relieved. And Dr. H is happy that both boys are plenty active and practicing their breathing skills. Bad news was I failed my one hour glucose screen. And when I say fail, I just BARELY failed. No I was pretty bummed and now have to go sit in the clinic on Monday morning for the 3 hour test. Not exactly what I wanted to do with my day off. I'll be at peace with whatever the results are, some women just don't tolerate all the hormones from the placenta as well as others. And I know that with a double size placenta I'm at an increased risk just because I'm carrying twins. Of course I'd rather not have gestational diabetes but we'll manage if I do.
Other than that not much else. Still my same symptoms of terrible heartburn and back pain. And Baby B's head is still crammed up under my ribs which at times is quite uncomfortable. But antacids help with the heartburn and I see a chiropractor every 2 weeks for my back/sacrum/hip pain. Now if this stubborn boy would turn head down like his brother.... ;0)
Baby shower at my mom's is next Saturday, so excited!
One last crazy thing: we self schedule at work and today our schedule was made available through October 22nd...so I need to start signing myself up for shifts up until my maternity leave starts...crazy!!! I won't be scheduling myself past 38 weeks but should I make it that far and still be working I'll just have shifts added.
I'll update after my 3 hour test, praying for no diabetes!
Friday, July 26, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
24 & 25 Weeks!
Well I have officially 15 weeks until my "due date." Crazy how fast time is flying by!
Week 24
Went to the a doctor appointment during this week. It went well, mostly. My doctor is somewhat concerned with the growth difference between A and B. So far all other indicators for twin to twin transfusion syndrome are negative, thank God! However, the percentage of growth discordance between the boys had increased some since my last appointment, which is somewhat concerning, we want them both to be growing big and healthy. I left feeling worried, and I admit sort of like I was failing at my one job of growing healthy babies. Then I decided that I'm not doing myself any favors beating myself up about it, and since my doc said they both look really healthy I'm going to try and stay as positive as I can until my next appointment. Positive thinking and prayer and trusting that everything will be ok is my goal, although it's hard with so many unknowns. So, any prayers, or positive energy/thoughts for me and my boys is greatly appreciated!
In other news, my back was KILLING me over the 4th of July weekend. Seriously, feeling zings of pain down your ass isn't exactly fun. I was also painting the nursery with Tom and my mom over the weekend and my back pain was making it difficult. Luckily by Monday I was feeling much improved, the day I went back to work, go figure. Hoping that pain doesn't return, my back (especially low back) still bothers me, but the sciatic pain in my ass (literally) is gone, for now anyway.
Me at 24 weeks!
Week 25
Yesterday officially marked 25 weeks for me. And while I still worry off and on I'm really trying not to ruminate on all these what if's when all of this is really out of my control. Which sucks, I like being in control, ha. And maybe it goes along with me being a nurse and wanting to fix everything. And right now there's nothing to fix, it's all a wait and see game right now.
So far still feeling pretty good, other than the continued soreness in my low back (mild compared to last weekend) and daily heartburn. I'm beginning to suspect it's because baby B's head is rammed up under my rib cage, little stinker! He's going to need to turn around and join his brother in the head down position.
Things I'm looking forward to:
My next appointment and hoping that my prayers and positive thoughts have paid off and both boys still look healthy and are growing adequately!
My baby shower! My mom and future sister in law are throwing one for me in about three weeks and I can't wait!
I'm also extremely blessed and am being given another shower with my co-workers at the end of August. It's going to be a triple shower for me and two other ladies I work with that are also expecting!
Finishing the nursery. Ay carumba, it's going to be cute but it's a lot of work painting all these characters on the wall!
Starting birth classes! Tom and I are starting five weeks of birth classes next Tuesday! It's just once a week (on Tuesday) for 2.5 hours for 5 weeks.
Week 24
Went to the a doctor appointment during this week. It went well, mostly. My doctor is somewhat concerned with the growth difference between A and B. So far all other indicators for twin to twin transfusion syndrome are negative, thank God! However, the percentage of growth discordance between the boys had increased some since my last appointment, which is somewhat concerning, we want them both to be growing big and healthy. I left feeling worried, and I admit sort of like I was failing at my one job of growing healthy babies. Then I decided that I'm not doing myself any favors beating myself up about it, and since my doc said they both look really healthy I'm going to try and stay as positive as I can until my next appointment. Positive thinking and prayer and trusting that everything will be ok is my goal, although it's hard with so many unknowns. So, any prayers, or positive energy/thoughts for me and my boys is greatly appreciated!
In other news, my back was KILLING me over the 4th of July weekend. Seriously, feeling zings of pain down your ass isn't exactly fun. I was also painting the nursery with Tom and my mom over the weekend and my back pain was making it difficult. Luckily by Monday I was feeling much improved, the day I went back to work, go figure. Hoping that pain doesn't return, my back (especially low back) still bothers me, but the sciatic pain in my ass (literally) is gone, for now anyway.
Week 25
Yesterday officially marked 25 weeks for me. And while I still worry off and on I'm really trying not to ruminate on all these what if's when all of this is really out of my control. Which sucks, I like being in control, ha. And maybe it goes along with me being a nurse and wanting to fix everything. And right now there's nothing to fix, it's all a wait and see game right now.
So far still feeling pretty good, other than the continued soreness in my low back (mild compared to last weekend) and daily heartburn. I'm beginning to suspect it's because baby B's head is rammed up under my rib cage, little stinker! He's going to need to turn around and join his brother in the head down position.
Things I'm looking forward to:
My next appointment and hoping that my prayers and positive thoughts have paid off and both boys still look healthy and are growing adequately!
My baby shower! My mom and future sister in law are throwing one for me in about three weeks and I can't wait!
I'm also extremely blessed and am being given another shower with my co-workers at the end of August. It's going to be a triple shower for me and two other ladies I work with that are also expecting!
Finishing the nursery. Ay carumba, it's going to be cute but it's a lot of work painting all these characters on the wall!
Starting birth classes! Tom and I are starting five weeks of birth classes next Tuesday! It's just once a week (on Tuesday) for 2.5 hours for 5 weeks.
Friday, June 28, 2013
18-23 Weeks!
Wow, can't believe it's been over a month since my last post! Sorry for anyone that was really waiting for an update. For those that don't know I've been somewhat busy finishing my MSN but now that I'm done with that I'll have more time for baby related stuff, yay!
Weeks 18-19
Nothing to crazy to report. At this point I still wasn't feeling any movement, I think I might have felt a few flutters right at 19 weeks, then nothing again. My placenta is anterior (meaning it's attached to the front wall of my uterus) so I was told it would take longer for me to feel movement and likely won't feel as much as women that have a placenta attached at the back of the uterus. Boo, two babies in there and I'm STILL not going to feel much?? I ended up being seen my a midwife that works with my doctor and ended up on antibiotics at that visit. No worries, nothing serious....except for the major gastrointestinal upset the antibiotics wreaked upon my system (sorry for the TMI!)
Week 20
Finally caved this week and took at photo of myself
I really thought I was looking actually pregnant by now. But some of my patients at work ask me sometimes if I have children but I would tell people that I was expecting twins...which would then I would be told "Well hunny I would have never guessed you were pregnant!" Ugh. I'm sure that's meant as a compliment but I was feeling enormous. My co-workers assured me scrub tops hide a lot and I looked much more pregnant in this photo in just my t-shirt ;-) Still was questioning whether I was feeling movement, and halfway through this week I was pretty convinced I was finally feeling some little kicks, mainly just at the top of my abdomen, most likely above where the placenta is attached.
Week 21
This was the week we'd been waiting for this whole time thus far...we were going to find out the sex of these babies! We went and saw my doctor Friday June, 14th. I was officially 21 weeks and 2 days. The first pictures he showed us were the big reveal ones...and promptly pointed out that they were little BOYS! I was pretty surprised, I really thought they were girls! Most of our families and my friends and co-workers also thought girls. Tom, however, said from the beginning that they were boys and I guess he was right. My doctor also took a few photos of their little faces and told us everything looked good so far as far as the size of each baby, heart, spine and he was able to point out during the facial shots that both boys have a "normal" mouth/lip, as in no cleft lip/palate. So it was great to hear that they both look healthy but he'll continue to monitor their growth to make sure they're growing at a mostly equal pace. Baby A has consistently been the bigger twin and still is, but not too much bigger that my doctor is concerned about the growth.
Here are some ultrasound photos!!
Hey, a little face! He kind of looks like a cute old man in there :)
A little foot!
After we left the office we headed to Byerly's to get some cupcakes to take to my mom's house for dinner to let them know what we were having! On the way we called my dad and told him because he was out of town for work and we wouldn't get to see him that weekend. At Byerly's they didn't have any plain cupcakes on display but after asking one of the girls at the counter she told me she had some plain iced cupcakes that she could quickly decorate for us. She put blue sprinkles and some cute decorations on them
Weeks 22 & 23
Feeling definite daily movement now, but again it's just really high on the belly and not constant. During the ultrasound they were moving around like crazy, much more than I'm feeling. Now the kicks are strong enough to feel from the outside but they always seem to stop kicking as soon as Tom tries to feel them. Little stinkers. Overall I feel pretty good most of the time. Meals are probably the worst. I feel like I'm about to burst after every meal no matter how little I eat and then end up with heartburn, blech. I also have back pain sometimes after work but I've been seeing a chiropractor to help with that. Also having restless legs in the evenings, something I've had in the past but it hasn't bothered me for awhile until now.
Me at 22 weeks
Other than that we have been slowly trying to finish the nursery, I promise I'll do a whole separate blog post on that later when it's all done. My wonderful mom is also planning a shower for me in August and my fantastic co-workers are also having a shower for me and a couple other expecting mamas on our unit, also in August. I promise now that I'm done with my MSN I'll have more time for blogging!
Weeks 18-19
Nothing to crazy to report. At this point I still wasn't feeling any movement, I think I might have felt a few flutters right at 19 weeks, then nothing again. My placenta is anterior (meaning it's attached to the front wall of my uterus) so I was told it would take longer for me to feel movement and likely won't feel as much as women that have a placenta attached at the back of the uterus. Boo, two babies in there and I'm STILL not going to feel much?? I ended up being seen my a midwife that works with my doctor and ended up on antibiotics at that visit. No worries, nothing serious....except for the major gastrointestinal upset the antibiotics wreaked upon my system (sorry for the TMI!)
Week 20
Finally caved this week and took at photo of myself
Week 21
This was the week we'd been waiting for this whole time thus far...we were going to find out the sex of these babies! We went and saw my doctor Friday June, 14th. I was officially 21 weeks and 2 days. The first pictures he showed us were the big reveal ones...and promptly pointed out that they were little BOYS! I was pretty surprised, I really thought they were girls! Most of our families and my friends and co-workers also thought girls. Tom, however, said from the beginning that they were boys and I guess he was right. My doctor also took a few photos of their little faces and told us everything looked good so far as far as the size of each baby, heart, spine and he was able to point out during the facial shots that both boys have a "normal" mouth/lip, as in no cleft lip/palate. So it was great to hear that they both look healthy but he'll continue to monitor their growth to make sure they're growing at a mostly equal pace. Baby A has consistently been the bigger twin and still is, but not too much bigger that my doctor is concerned about the growth.
Here are some ultrasound photos!!
Hey, a little face! He kind of looks like a cute old man in there :)
I'm thinking they're going to look like their daddy!
Profile shot
Feeling definite daily movement now, but again it's just really high on the belly and not constant. During the ultrasound they were moving around like crazy, much more than I'm feeling. Now the kicks are strong enough to feel from the outside but they always seem to stop kicking as soon as Tom tries to feel them. Little stinkers. Overall I feel pretty good most of the time. Meals are probably the worst. I feel like I'm about to burst after every meal no matter how little I eat and then end up with heartburn, blech. I also have back pain sometimes after work but I've been seeing a chiropractor to help with that. Also having restless legs in the evenings, something I've had in the past but it hasn't bothered me for awhile until now.
Me at 22 weeks
Other than that we have been slowly trying to finish the nursery, I promise I'll do a whole separate blog post on that later when it's all done. My wonderful mom is also planning a shower for me in August and my fantastic co-workers are also having a shower for me and a couple other expecting mamas on our unit, also in August. I promise now that I'm done with my MSN I'll have more time for blogging!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
15, 16 and 17 Weeks! I've been slacking!
Sorry it's been awhile since my last post, but honestly there hasn't been a whole lot to update one, which is good right?
I met the man who'll be my primary OB/GYN last week Monday at 15 weeks 5 days and had a quick ultrasound. I'll post those pictures below. I'm sure I mentioned in past posts that I was looking for a provider that would allow me to have as natural delivery as possible, or at least attempt it, in an effort to avoid the "cascade of interventions" that seem to lead so many women to potentially unnecessary C-sections. And please, I'm not saying some C-sections aren't needed, I know it can be a life-saving operation. I just want a chance to do what I believe I'm more than capable of doing. I probably sound like a "birth hippie" but I firmly believe women are made to be able to withstand labor and deliver their babies (again, in MOST cases). I really really liked this OB, he's patient and incredibly kind and I believe shares the philosophy that women CAN do this, so I'm happy I'll probably at least attempt a natural birth provided everything else is a-okay. Dr. H did a quick ultrasound to look at the babies heartbeats because he said it's hard to know if he's finding both with a handheld doppler. Both babies looked great and he saw no concerns about growth at this time, and both had heart rates in the 150's (152 and 155 I believe).
This also means that the "big ultrasound" has been scheduled! Our anatomy scan (or the ultrasound where most parents can find out the sex of the baby) is scheduled for June 14th! Still another 4 weeks from Friday so I'm a little bummed I have to wait that long but he was completely booked for the week prior.
Without further delay, here are our little ones:
This is Baby A, during the ultrasound he/she was head down and facing outward so I could see the little face :0)
This is Baby B, during the ultrasound this one was head up and facing toward my spin, so his/her arms legs were kicking out towards Baby A. Camera shy this one? I thought it was so cool to see the little spine and little arm and leg bones!
As far as how I've been feeling, pretty good overall! It was strange, I got sick for the first time after a meal last week, at 16 weeks! My thoughts: "Seriously, I'm 16 weeks!" and then changed to "I'm actually very grateful though that I haven't felt like this on the daily" because I know several friends who were very sick in early pregnancy, so I realize I've been very lucky. I've also started getting mild to moderate heartburn, not every day right now but I bought some Tums just in case.
I also keep waking up at night on my back, which I read that it's best to avoid back and stomach sleeping after the first trimester, so I bought a Snoogle, a big "C" shaped body pillow to help keep me from rolling onto my back at night. Most of the time it helps, but I've still woken up a few times on my back, this whole exclusive side sleeping thing is going to be tricky!
My only other update is my mom took me maternity clothes shopping for Mother's Day! My very first Mother's Day :0) We went to Kohl's, Old Navy and Target. I only bought a few things, I hate shopping for clothes for myself in general so wasn't too surprised that I didn't find much I liked in the maternity sections. And my question here is: why are all these shirts so damn tight? I'm not interested in showing off my bump and all my pudge. I want loose and comfy, considering I'm going to be enormous all summer. Maybe I should just invest in some Muu Muus.
Keep an eye out for some photos of our soon to be nursery! We're going to do a Finding Nemo theme, regardless of sex of the babies, because honestly, who doesn't love Finding Nemo?? I may also finally start taking some photos of myself, as I finally think I may be starting to show. Haven't taken any yet, maybe next week. I'm still waiting to "pop" aka, where it will noticeable for everyone, not just myself.
I met the man who'll be my primary OB/GYN last week Monday at 15 weeks 5 days and had a quick ultrasound. I'll post those pictures below. I'm sure I mentioned in past posts that I was looking for a provider that would allow me to have as natural delivery as possible, or at least attempt it, in an effort to avoid the "cascade of interventions" that seem to lead so many women to potentially unnecessary C-sections. And please, I'm not saying some C-sections aren't needed, I know it can be a life-saving operation. I just want a chance to do what I believe I'm more than capable of doing. I probably sound like a "birth hippie" but I firmly believe women are made to be able to withstand labor and deliver their babies (again, in MOST cases). I really really liked this OB, he's patient and incredibly kind and I believe shares the philosophy that women CAN do this, so I'm happy I'll probably at least attempt a natural birth provided everything else is a-okay. Dr. H did a quick ultrasound to look at the babies heartbeats because he said it's hard to know if he's finding both with a handheld doppler. Both babies looked great and he saw no concerns about growth at this time, and both had heart rates in the 150's (152 and 155 I believe).
This also means that the "big ultrasound" has been scheduled! Our anatomy scan (or the ultrasound where most parents can find out the sex of the baby) is scheduled for June 14th! Still another 4 weeks from Friday so I'm a little bummed I have to wait that long but he was completely booked for the week prior.
Without further delay, here are our little ones:
As far as how I've been feeling, pretty good overall! It was strange, I got sick for the first time after a meal last week, at 16 weeks! My thoughts: "Seriously, I'm 16 weeks!" and then changed to "I'm actually very grateful though that I haven't felt like this on the daily" because I know several friends who were very sick in early pregnancy, so I realize I've been very lucky. I've also started getting mild to moderate heartburn, not every day right now but I bought some Tums just in case.
I also keep waking up at night on my back, which I read that it's best to avoid back and stomach sleeping after the first trimester, so I bought a Snoogle, a big "C" shaped body pillow to help keep me from rolling onto my back at night. Most of the time it helps, but I've still woken up a few times on my back, this whole exclusive side sleeping thing is going to be tricky!
My only other update is my mom took me maternity clothes shopping for Mother's Day! My very first Mother's Day :0) We went to Kohl's, Old Navy and Target. I only bought a few things, I hate shopping for clothes for myself in general so wasn't too surprised that I didn't find much I liked in the maternity sections. And my question here is: why are all these shirts so damn tight? I'm not interested in showing off my bump and all my pudge. I want loose and comfy, considering I'm going to be enormous all summer. Maybe I should just invest in some Muu Muus.
Keep an eye out for some photos of our soon to be nursery! We're going to do a Finding Nemo theme, regardless of sex of the babies, because honestly, who doesn't love Finding Nemo?? I may also finally start taking some photos of myself, as I finally think I may be starting to show. Haven't taken any yet, maybe next week. I'm still waiting to "pop" aka, where it will noticeable for everyone, not just myself.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
14 weeks
Alright, I'm officially in the second trimester! Feeling pretty good, fatigue is much better and food aversions have subsided for the most part. Otherwise nothing really to update. I'm still in this awkward not looking pregnant but definitely feeling extra chubby so I bought a belly band at the Mall of America the other day. Basically it looks like an extra tiny tube top (my first purchase of anything remotely resembling a tube top!) that slides on over one's waist are to allow for regular pants to be worn unbuttoned but still covered. I'd rather not walk around with my pants unzipped, regardless of how appealing it is. But the belly band works pretty well to hold them up, still sort of awkward to have on, maybe I just have to get used to relying on a piece of spandex to keep my jeans up. On a related note....why aren't yoga pants acceptable attire to wear wherever and whenever I want? Sigh....
I also finally figured out how to get photos off my phone and onto the computer without having to go through uploading them to Facebook first. No laughing, I'm still adjusting to having a fancy smartphone. My goal is to keep photos and such off Facebook to avoid spamming others feeds with baby stuff, so we'll just keep it on the blog.
Ok so here's the ultrasound photo from our 6 week and 2 day scan. This was the first scan that told us that we were having twins!
And this photo was from my ultrasound done at 11 weeks and 5 days. So cool to see how much they already looked like little people and see them moving around. Kind of hard to see both but one is sort of laying on top of the other.
Lastly, the above 2 photos were taken last week (a week ago today) at 13 weeks 1 day. Amazing how different they look already right? Their little faces look a little like aliens....but adorable little aliens! :0)
Next appointment May 6th and assuming they'll be another ultrasound that day. In case I didn't already mention it, the twins are definitely identical as they are sharing a placenta, but each baby has their own amniotic sac (or bag of water). Sharing a placenta is higher risk because our twins are at risk for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome or TTTS. TTTS causes unequal blood flow to each baby causing one baby to receive too much blood and the other baby doesn't receive enough. This is bad for both babies as the baby receiving the blood is at risk for heart failure and the twin not receiving enough blood isn't receiving enough nutrients for proper growth. I'm hoping and praying that this doesn't happen but we'll likely have many more ultrasounds in the future to make sure they're both growing at adequate rates. At the last ultrasound a week ago Baby A was measuring about 5 days or so ahead of Baby B, so some growth discrepancy is common but starting at about 16 weeks we're anticipating bi-weekly ultrasounds to monitor their growth closely and make sure they're sharing things equally in there ;0)
~Lisette
I also finally figured out how to get photos off my phone and onto the computer without having to go through uploading them to Facebook first. No laughing, I'm still adjusting to having a fancy smartphone. My goal is to keep photos and such off Facebook to avoid spamming others feeds with baby stuff, so we'll just keep it on the blog.
Next appointment May 6th and assuming they'll be another ultrasound that day. In case I didn't already mention it, the twins are definitely identical as they are sharing a placenta, but each baby has their own amniotic sac (or bag of water). Sharing a placenta is higher risk because our twins are at risk for Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome or TTTS. TTTS causes unequal blood flow to each baby causing one baby to receive too much blood and the other baby doesn't receive enough. This is bad for both babies as the baby receiving the blood is at risk for heart failure and the twin not receiving enough blood isn't receiving enough nutrients for proper growth. I'm hoping and praying that this doesn't happen but we'll likely have many more ultrasounds in the future to make sure they're both growing at adequate rates. At the last ultrasound a week ago Baby A was measuring about 5 days or so ahead of Baby B, so some growth discrepancy is common but starting at about 16 weeks we're anticipating bi-weekly ultrasounds to monitor their growth closely and make sure they're sharing things equally in there ;0)
~Lisette
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
13 Weeks!
Last week of the first trimester...crazy!
Changes this week: My jeans are too tight. No bump yet to justify my overly tight pants, so I'm just feeling extra pudgy. Time to go maternity clothes shopping, some of those maternity jeans look really cute and comfortable! No other specific changes this week, although the fatigue may be lessening, sometimes it's hard to tell if it's still fatigue or me just staying up too late.
Looking forward to: My first appointment with the doctor I hope to see for the duration of the pregnancy. I've heard such amazing things about him, I've seriously never been so excited to go to a doctor appointment! Tom and I are also anxiously awaiting these little twins to get big enough so we can find out if we're having boys or girls!
Frustrations: I know this isn't such a big deal all said and done but I'm getting a little irritated with all the people asking if Tom and I did fertility treatments since we're having twins. I guess this question makes me prickly because I really don't feel like it's anyone's business how a baby is conceived, whether it was the "old fashioned way" or if technology lends a hand. I know people are curious since twins (especially identicals) are pretty uncommon. So sorry if you're reading this and you're one of the people that asked me. Maybe it's just the constant bombardment with this question that's starting to get on my nerves. I guess I should get used to it, I'm sure people's comments (both positive and negative) will continue to bombard us after their born. Is it bad I'm already thinking of smart-ass remarks to comments like "better you than me!" or "wow, twins! So glad that isn't me!" Yes, so am I, you're clearly not up to the task to handle it. I'll be honest, I was overwhelmed at the thought at first and still am a little, but we've been chosen to parent these babies for a reason. So please, keep the negative comments to yourself.
Changes this week: My jeans are too tight. No bump yet to justify my overly tight pants, so I'm just feeling extra pudgy. Time to go maternity clothes shopping, some of those maternity jeans look really cute and comfortable! No other specific changes this week, although the fatigue may be lessening, sometimes it's hard to tell if it's still fatigue or me just staying up too late.
Looking forward to: My first appointment with the doctor I hope to see for the duration of the pregnancy. I've heard such amazing things about him, I've seriously never been so excited to go to a doctor appointment! Tom and I are also anxiously awaiting these little twins to get big enough so we can find out if we're having boys or girls!
Frustrations: I know this isn't such a big deal all said and done but I'm getting a little irritated with all the people asking if Tom and I did fertility treatments since we're having twins. I guess this question makes me prickly because I really don't feel like it's anyone's business how a baby is conceived, whether it was the "old fashioned way" or if technology lends a hand. I know people are curious since twins (especially identicals) are pretty uncommon. So sorry if you're reading this and you're one of the people that asked me. Maybe it's just the constant bombardment with this question that's starting to get on my nerves. I guess I should get used to it, I'm sure people's comments (both positive and negative) will continue to bombard us after their born. Is it bad I'm already thinking of smart-ass remarks to comments like "better you than me!" or "wow, twins! So glad that isn't me!" Yes, so am I, you're clearly not up to the task to handle it. I'll be honest, I was overwhelmed at the thought at first and still am a little, but we've been chosen to parent these babies for a reason. So please, keep the negative comments to yourself.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
12 Weeks and Second Ultrasound
Twelve weeks today, crazy to think I'm ending the first trimester already. I dare say my extreme fatigue seems to be lightening a bit? Maybe? Please?
Had an ultrasound on Monday and it was so cool! Unfortunately Tom couldn't come with me that day but my mom was awesome and was able to take some time out of her work day to come with me. Seeing the babes moving around in there was so cool, it's amazing how they already look so fully formed, just little tiny people already! Didn't get to hear the heartbeats but saw them both flickering away! At the ultrasound I was 11 weeks 5 days according to my last period so here were the babies stats that day:
I should start by saying it was really hard for the techs to determine which baby was really A and which was B. They label the babies according to who is closer to the cervix but both were hanging out so close together it was difficult to tell (how cute, they already are cuddling) :0). I also got to have an ultrasound student do my ultrasound, her first for twins!
Baby A (or the one we're calling baby A): measured 12 weeks 3 days (already ahead of schedule!) and had a heart rate of 162bpm (I think? I know it was in the 160's--remember, pregnancy brain is my excuse for everything). This was the one doing most of the moving and at one point looked like she/he was making little punching movements
Baby B: measured 11 weeks 5 days (right on track) and had a heart rate of 149bpm. This baby seemed to be a little more relaxed and didn't squirm around too much during the ultrasound.
I spent the last few days cruising Etsy and other websites looking at baby stuff, can't wait to find out if we're having boys or girls!
Next appointment is May 6th, I'll be almost 16 weeks and hopefully maybe showing a little? A few people have asked if I should be showing already, but alas, I think they're just too tiny still. Or I'm too chubby, but from what I read women with twins don't seem to start showing a whole lot sooner than women with one baby
Until next week! (I'm really going to try to keep up with this weekly.)
~Lisette
Had an ultrasound on Monday and it was so cool! Unfortunately Tom couldn't come with me that day but my mom was awesome and was able to take some time out of her work day to come with me. Seeing the babes moving around in there was so cool, it's amazing how they already look so fully formed, just little tiny people already! Didn't get to hear the heartbeats but saw them both flickering away! At the ultrasound I was 11 weeks 5 days according to my last period so here were the babies stats that day:
I should start by saying it was really hard for the techs to determine which baby was really A and which was B. They label the babies according to who is closer to the cervix but both were hanging out so close together it was difficult to tell (how cute, they already are cuddling) :0). I also got to have an ultrasound student do my ultrasound, her first for twins!
Baby A (or the one we're calling baby A): measured 12 weeks 3 days (already ahead of schedule!) and had a heart rate of 162bpm (I think? I know it was in the 160's--remember, pregnancy brain is my excuse for everything). This was the one doing most of the moving and at one point looked like she/he was making little punching movements
Baby B: measured 11 weeks 5 days (right on track) and had a heart rate of 149bpm. This baby seemed to be a little more relaxed and didn't squirm around too much during the ultrasound.
I spent the last few days cruising Etsy and other websites looking at baby stuff, can't wait to find out if we're having boys or girls!
Next appointment is May 6th, I'll be almost 16 weeks and hopefully maybe showing a little? A few people have asked if I should be showing already, but alas, I think they're just too tiny still. Or I'm too chubby, but from what I read women with twins don't seem to start showing a whole lot sooner than women with one baby
Until next week! (I'm really going to try to keep up with this weekly.)
~Lisette
Sunday, March 31, 2013
10.5 weeks!
Haven't updated for awhile, I guess I didn't feel the need to continue whining about how tired I was (and still am) I thought that might make for a boring blog. And other than the fatigue I'm still feeling pretty good, still will have some weird food aversions though, one day something sounds amazing and the next day the thought of that same food makes my stomach churn. Makes it hard trying to find something to eat sometimes! Which I guess is part of the reason I haven't completely given up foods on the "list of foods to avoid." For instance, I've had a few tuna sandwiches from Subway because that's what sounded good. So, I'm not eating that stuff everyday but I have indulged in tuna and lunchmeat a few times.
I had my first appointment with a provider this past Thursday. We saw a nurse practitioner that does the initial OB visits for the doctor we want to see. She was very nice and the appointment was pretty uneventful. Due to some potential insurance issues I did not have an ultrasound at that appointment but she did try to find heartbeats with a doppler, but first telling me that at 10 weeks, there was only a 50% chance of finding them so early and since my uterus tips backward it was probably making it extra difficult. She looked for awhile but no luck, so I have an ultrasound scheduled for April 8th!
Tom's mom was here this weekend for Easter and after we told her the news we went to Ikea the next day and she bought us 2 cribs! Such a nice gift!
I had my first appointment with a provider this past Thursday. We saw a nurse practitioner that does the initial OB visits for the doctor we want to see. She was very nice and the appointment was pretty uneventful. Due to some potential insurance issues I did not have an ultrasound at that appointment but she did try to find heartbeats with a doppler, but first telling me that at 10 weeks, there was only a 50% chance of finding them so early and since my uterus tips backward it was probably making it extra difficult. She looked for awhile but no luck, so I have an ultrasound scheduled for April 8th!
Tom's mom was here this weekend for Easter and after we told her the news we went to Ikea the next day and she bought us 2 cribs! Such a nice gift!
Friday, March 15, 2013
Eight Weeks!
Couple days behind here on my post! Wednesday marked 8 weeks into the pregnancy! Babies are officially fetuses instead of embryos now! I still worry a lot about whether they're growing ok in there, but I guess I consider each day a victory and just trusting in God for healthy babies.
No new symptoms, just battling intense fatigue and food aversions still. Do I sound like a broken record yet? But honestly, this fatigue is a little ridiculous. Last night I slept about 11 hours, got up and went about my day, 6 hours later I feel asleep...for THREE hours! It's so difficult for me to be motivated to do anything, everything tires me out, just looking forward to feeling more normal! I keep thinking I'm going to start showing any minute, but I suppose even with twins it's going to take awhile.
Tom and I have my first appointment coming up on March 27th, I'll be about 10 weeks at that appointment. I've decided I'm most likely going to see the physician I mentioned earlier in Hudson, WI that seems to specialize in vaginal twin delivery, VBAC and vaginal breech birth. Attempting a normal vaginal birth is important to me to at least try. Unfortunately Hudson Hospital just passed a ban on all breech births with this physician, despite the fact that there have been no bad outcomes. Hopefully I'll be able to deliver at Woodwinds in Woodbury with this physician.
Well anyway enough of my ramblings, til the next update!
No new symptoms, just battling intense fatigue and food aversions still. Do I sound like a broken record yet? But honestly, this fatigue is a little ridiculous. Last night I slept about 11 hours, got up and went about my day, 6 hours later I feel asleep...for THREE hours! It's so difficult for me to be motivated to do anything, everything tires me out, just looking forward to feeling more normal! I keep thinking I'm going to start showing any minute, but I suppose even with twins it's going to take awhile.
Tom and I have my first appointment coming up on March 27th, I'll be about 10 weeks at that appointment. I've decided I'm most likely going to see the physician I mentioned earlier in Hudson, WI that seems to specialize in vaginal twin delivery, VBAC and vaginal breech birth. Attempting a normal vaginal birth is important to me to at least try. Unfortunately Hudson Hospital just passed a ban on all breech births with this physician, despite the fact that there have been no bad outcomes. Hopefully I'll be able to deliver at Woodwinds in Woodbury with this physician.
Well anyway enough of my ramblings, til the next update!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
7 Weeks!
I need more creative titles for my blog posts, titling based on how far along I am just seems so...generic?
Anyway yesterday marked 7 weeks on the pregnancy journey, today it's been 6 days since our big news of finding out about our twins! I'm still feeling pretty good but I think the occasional nausea and food aversions are getting worse but luckily I still have not gotten sick yet. I'm still just so crazy tired. I sort of feel like an old lady with my constant need to take a nap. I like to play the "I'm growing two humans here" card with Tom as my excuse for everything, I think it's working. That or I just married an amazingly understanding man.
On Tuesday I had my first appointment but only saw a nurse. We went over my medical history and she gave me a ton of information. TMI AHEAD, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED: I've had a terrible time "going" lately so we had a nice chat about that, which I hated, because like any nurse I hate being the patient. Didn't know pregnancy was so gosh darn sexy right?
I was somewhat disappointed to learn I can't see the midwife group at Mayo due to my twin pregnancy. I'm just so worried about having a C-section (thanks to some horrible nightmares I had). I know that at the end of it all it's just going to be important that I'm ok and we have 2 healthy babies but I think I still deserve the type of birth I'd envisioned. Earlier I mentioned that Tom and I initially wanted a natural birth at a birth center with a midwife but birth centers in MN do not do twin delivery. From what I'm finding with twins is that I'm probably going to be made to deliver in the OR with a strongly advised epidural. It's just not what I envisioned. I was recently told about a physician in Hudson WI that sort of functions as a male midwife :0) From what I'm told he's fantastic in encouraging women in their birth plan. And again, all I really want is to have 2 healthy babies regardless but I really want to see this doctor in the hopes of having both 2 healthy babies and a fantastic birth experience.
Our first photos of the twins are now gracing our fridge, I need to figure out how to get cell phone photos onto our computer without having to go through Facebook so I can put them on here!
Anyway yesterday marked 7 weeks on the pregnancy journey, today it's been 6 days since our big news of finding out about our twins! I'm still feeling pretty good but I think the occasional nausea and food aversions are getting worse but luckily I still have not gotten sick yet. I'm still just so crazy tired. I sort of feel like an old lady with my constant need to take a nap. I like to play the "I'm growing two humans here" card with Tom as my excuse for everything, I think it's working. That or I just married an amazingly understanding man.
On Tuesday I had my first appointment but only saw a nurse. We went over my medical history and she gave me a ton of information. TMI AHEAD, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED: I've had a terrible time "going" lately so we had a nice chat about that, which I hated, because like any nurse I hate being the patient. Didn't know pregnancy was so gosh darn sexy right?
I was somewhat disappointed to learn I can't see the midwife group at Mayo due to my twin pregnancy. I'm just so worried about having a C-section (thanks to some horrible nightmares I had). I know that at the end of it all it's just going to be important that I'm ok and we have 2 healthy babies but I think I still deserve the type of birth I'd envisioned. Earlier I mentioned that Tom and I initially wanted a natural birth at a birth center with a midwife but birth centers in MN do not do twin delivery. From what I'm finding with twins is that I'm probably going to be made to deliver in the OR with a strongly advised epidural. It's just not what I envisioned. I was recently told about a physician in Hudson WI that sort of functions as a male midwife :0) From what I'm told he's fantastic in encouraging women in their birth plan. And again, all I really want is to have 2 healthy babies regardless but I really want to see this doctor in the hopes of having both 2 healthy babies and a fantastic birth experience.
Our first photos of the twins are now gracing our fridge, I need to figure out how to get cell phone photos onto our computer without having to go through Facebook so I can put them on here!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Ultrasound Update (I tihnk I need to amend the title of my blog...)
Alright so Tom and I had our first ultrasound on March 1! I can't even begin to describe how nervous I was. The woman on the phone with me when I made the appointment told me to drink at least 24oz of water an hour before my appointment. Clearly she didn't know I'd have to pee about 3 times before even making it to the appointment. That's why I hate pelvic ultrasounds, I never know how much water to drink. Anyway I had a bottle of water and went to the bathroom as soon as I arrived (20 minutes early) and then continued to chug my water while I waited. The tech tried to call me back right away but Tom hadn't gotten there yet so I requested to wait a little longer. I suppose I should let the father of my child in on the ultrasound ;-)
After Tom arrived and we got called back the tech asked some questions about possible dating and had me lie down for the abdominal portion of the ultrasound. I was actually assuming she'd skip right to the transvaginal part but she told me she'd look around on top before things got more invasive, ha! The abdominal ultrasound didn't show much, she told us she could see the gestational sac but nothing else at that point.
Time for the transvaginal ultrasound, yay! Ok, not really, I've had several before and it's not the most glamorous procedure. If you've never had one you basically position yourself like you would for a pelvic exam: undressed from the waist down, ass hanging off the table and feet in the stirrups. Nice. The tech then has the probe she basically covers with a condom and lubricant and inserts it into the vagina. Sorry if this is too much for anyone, I'm a nurse and nothing is ever TMI with me, so I forget that with some people it may be, ha! Ok enough blabbering-to the good stuff!
As soon as the tech turned the monitor toward me I saw what I was NOT expecting to see, even before she started explaining things. She explained the gestational sac is the baby's "home" and said we'd see the baby in there. She then asked me what we saw. We both had noticed before she said anything and responded "There's two in there?" The tech responds "Yep! Congratulations!" I'm not really sure what I felt all in that moment. Hell, surprise was one emotion, twins were something I never considered. Also excitment (ohmygosh, TWO babies!?!?), fear (will everything be ok? how will we make this work?) and anxiety (will this change my prenatal care? will I end up on bedrest?). The rest of the ultrasound was kind of a blur. The tech took measurements and showed us the babies flickering heartbeats, very cool to see, however, they're so small they don't look much like babies yet. They were both measuring a couple days behind where I was thinking I was and the tech said my doc would provider might order another scan soon. I suppose I should also add that both babies are in the same gestational sac which based on my research means they're probably identical! And in case you're wondering and since we're already getting asked, identical twins do not appear to have a genetic component, that's more for fraternal twining. Apparently we're just one of the lucky one to end up with random identical babes!
After we left I was still in a total daze still. We drove to my dad's since we planned to have dinner with him. We had planned on telling him we were expecting and now we were going to tell him we were having not one but two babies! We ended up telling him at dinner that we had some news, I could kind of tell by his face that he probably already knew what I was going to say. We told him I was expecting and then added "yeahhh and today we found out there are two babies in there!" We also showed him the ultrasound photos to prove we weren't making anything up! We told my mom the next day and she was just as shocked as I probably was at the ultrasound. I'm still sort of in disbelief when I think about having twins but I'm coming around, just have to rework our plans a little.
So that's my update. Helluva update right?
After we told my mom she hugged me and said "God has a plan" Oh he certainly does, and a sense of humor apparently. :0)
P.S-apologies about my previous entries (and possibly this one) I feel like I did a lot of babbling and repeating myself, can I blame pregnancy brain already? Please?
After Tom arrived and we got called back the tech asked some questions about possible dating and had me lie down for the abdominal portion of the ultrasound. I was actually assuming she'd skip right to the transvaginal part but she told me she'd look around on top before things got more invasive, ha! The abdominal ultrasound didn't show much, she told us she could see the gestational sac but nothing else at that point.
Time for the transvaginal ultrasound, yay! Ok, not really, I've had several before and it's not the most glamorous procedure. If you've never had one you basically position yourself like you would for a pelvic exam: undressed from the waist down, ass hanging off the table and feet in the stirrups. Nice. The tech then has the probe she basically covers with a condom and lubricant and inserts it into the vagina. Sorry if this is too much for anyone, I'm a nurse and nothing is ever TMI with me, so I forget that with some people it may be, ha! Ok enough blabbering-to the good stuff!
As soon as the tech turned the monitor toward me I saw what I was NOT expecting to see, even before she started explaining things. She explained the gestational sac is the baby's "home" and said we'd see the baby in there. She then asked me what we saw. We both had noticed before she said anything and responded "There's two in there?" The tech responds "Yep! Congratulations!" I'm not really sure what I felt all in that moment. Hell, surprise was one emotion, twins were something I never considered. Also excitment (ohmygosh, TWO babies!?!?), fear (will everything be ok? how will we make this work?) and anxiety (will this change my prenatal care? will I end up on bedrest?). The rest of the ultrasound was kind of a blur. The tech took measurements and showed us the babies flickering heartbeats, very cool to see, however, they're so small they don't look much like babies yet. They were both measuring a couple days behind where I was thinking I was and the tech said my doc would provider might order another scan soon. I suppose I should also add that both babies are in the same gestational sac which based on my research means they're probably identical! And in case you're wondering and since we're already getting asked, identical twins do not appear to have a genetic component, that's more for fraternal twining. Apparently we're just one of the lucky one to end up with random identical babes!
After we left I was still in a total daze still. We drove to my dad's since we planned to have dinner with him. We had planned on telling him we were expecting and now we were going to tell him we were having not one but two babies! We ended up telling him at dinner that we had some news, I could kind of tell by his face that he probably already knew what I was going to say. We told him I was expecting and then added "yeahhh and today we found out there are two babies in there!" We also showed him the ultrasound photos to prove we weren't making anything up! We told my mom the next day and she was just as shocked as I probably was at the ultrasound. I'm still sort of in disbelief when I think about having twins but I'm coming around, just have to rework our plans a little.
So that's my update. Helluva update right?
After we told my mom she hugged me and said "God has a plan" Oh he certainly does, and a sense of humor apparently. :0)
P.S-apologies about my previous entries (and possibly this one) I feel like I did a lot of babbling and repeating myself, can I blame pregnancy brain already? Please?
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
6 Weeks and Exhausted!
Six weeks today. I'm so exhausted though, anytime is a good nap time in my book. Otherwise I'm still not having many symptoms. This constant nighttime urination I've heard so much about in the first trimester? Not happening with me...yet. Ha, now that I wrote it out I'll probably be up hourly tonight. Also thankful that I haven't had any morning sickness or many food aversions. A few foods have sounded disgusting to me but that's it. Obviously not showing yet and I haven't taken any photos of myself yet. I'm not sure if I will, at least not until I'm obviously pregnant. I'm already chubby, no need to take more pictures to prove it!
I'm having my first ultrasound on Friday. Just praying to hear that little heartbeat! I'll write a separate post on that on Friday.
Tom and I told my mom and stepdad this past weekend. It was my mom's birthday on Monday so we went out to dinner on Sunday and then went back to her house to watch the Academy Awards. We had a card to give her that was signed "Baby Anderson, coming October 2013!" I think she was surprised. :0)
Last week Tom and I toured a free-standing birth center in St. Paul since we decided we'd like to avoid a hospital birth if at all possible. Obviously we'll end up doing what's best for me and baby but for right now I want to pursue a natural, med-free birth outside a hospital. However, now I'm going to end up trying to convince my insurance company to cover my care at the birth center as an in-network provider. I plan on writing a letter with a cost comparison of births in a birth center compared to those in a hospital. We'll see what happens.
Last night Tom and I went to Buy Buy Baby in Woodbury because we have a giftcard to Bed Bath and Beyond which is a sister store to Buy Buy Baby. So we went. And it was HUGE and filled with so much stuff we sort of just walked around in awe and I ended up feeling overwhelmed and intimidated by so many options so we didn't get anything that time. I plan on looking up consumer reports reviews on important things like car seats. Yep, I'm going to be a safety.
Until Friday,
Lisette
I'm having my first ultrasound on Friday. Just praying to hear that little heartbeat! I'll write a separate post on that on Friday.
Tom and I told my mom and stepdad this past weekend. It was my mom's birthday on Monday so we went out to dinner on Sunday and then went back to her house to watch the Academy Awards. We had a card to give her that was signed "Baby Anderson, coming October 2013!" I think she was surprised. :0)
Last week Tom and I toured a free-standing birth center in St. Paul since we decided we'd like to avoid a hospital birth if at all possible. Obviously we'll end up doing what's best for me and baby but for right now I want to pursue a natural, med-free birth outside a hospital. However, now I'm going to end up trying to convince my insurance company to cover my care at the birth center as an in-network provider. I plan on writing a letter with a cost comparison of births in a birth center compared to those in a hospital. We'll see what happens.
Last night Tom and I went to Buy Buy Baby in Woodbury because we have a giftcard to Bed Bath and Beyond which is a sister store to Buy Buy Baby. So we went. And it was HUGE and filled with so much stuff we sort of just walked around in awe and I ended up feeling overwhelmed and intimidated by so many options so we didn't get anything that time. I plan on looking up consumer reports reviews on important things like car seats. Yep, I'm going to be a safety.
Until Friday,
Lisette
Thursday, February 21, 2013
5 Weeks!
So as of yesterday I'm 5 weeks along! Feeling great other than some pretty intense fatigue, I'm always in the mood for a nap lately. I feel great, so why can't I stop the constant worry? I worry about this baby all the time, is he/she developing ok? What is something goes wrong? I also worry constantly (probably needlessly) about a possible ectopic pregnancy, having only 1 tube I worry about something happening to it. I had what I'll consider my first pregnancy meltdown yesterday, I was having a lot of discomfort on my right side (the side where my tube is) and it was freaking me out. And when I say freaking out I mean I had a complete breakdown after work and nearly went to the ER. I resisted because what little sanity I feel like I had left told me the discomfort was probably too much in the hip area. After talking with a good friend I decided it was most likely round ligament pain and went home to relax and it felt much better last night and today. So, yes, I felt like a complete psycho. But I think I won't chill out and relax until after than first ultrasound (happening soon hopefully!)
In other news, Tom and I toured a freestanding birth center tonight and loved it! I would love to deliver my child during a water birth, pain med and intervention free. Now here's hoping I can convince my insurance company to cover them as an in network provider. I'll update more on that after I talk with them.
In other news, Tom and I toured a freestanding birth center tonight and loved it! I would love to deliver my child during a water birth, pain med and intervention free. Now here's hoping I can convince my insurance company to cover them as an in network provider. I'll update more on that after I talk with them.
Monday, February 18, 2013
It's Official! We're Expecting!
Well if you're reading this it means Tom and I have officially announced that we're expecting! Brief overview on how two of us are becoming a family:
Tom and I met in 2006 the summer after my freshman year of college and began dating that August. After dating through the next several years of my college education Tom proposed the weekend I graduated from school with my BAN (Bachelor of Arts in Nursing). After living for a year after my graduation in South Dakota we moved back to Minnesota and set the date for our wedding! Tom and I were married September 30, 2011, honeymooned in St. Lucia in March 2012 and bought our first home in June 2012. In July 2012 I was informed I would need surgery for an ovarian cyst that would not resolve on it's own. I had hoped the doctor would be able to save my ovary, but alas, I got out of surgery cyst free but it cost me my ovary (surgery preformed in September 2012). Tom and I decided to start trying to start our family in October 2012 trusting that God's timing would make it happen when the time was right.
Fast forward to February 12, 2013, I took a home pregnancy test and surprise! It was positive! I told Tom shortly after I found out myself, even though I had already been suspecting I might be. Tom and I are both extremely excited and can't wait to be parents! Based on dating and whatnot, my due date should be around October 23, 2013. I'm just so nervous and just want to have my first ultrasound and hear that little heartbeat.
I'm still up in the air about what sort of provider I want but I really want to avoid a hospital birth. After watching documentaries like "The Business of Being Born" and "Pregnant in America" and along with my own research, I've decided I'd like to avoid a hospital birth if at all possible (probably sounds weird coming from a nurse that works in a hospital!) I'll include more on this later, along with my other crazy hope to encapsulate my placenta.
Anyways that's all I got for now!
Tom and I met in 2006 the summer after my freshman year of college and began dating that August. After dating through the next several years of my college education Tom proposed the weekend I graduated from school with my BAN (Bachelor of Arts in Nursing). After living for a year after my graduation in South Dakota we moved back to Minnesota and set the date for our wedding! Tom and I were married September 30, 2011, honeymooned in St. Lucia in March 2012 and bought our first home in June 2012. In July 2012 I was informed I would need surgery for an ovarian cyst that would not resolve on it's own. I had hoped the doctor would be able to save my ovary, but alas, I got out of surgery cyst free but it cost me my ovary (surgery preformed in September 2012). Tom and I decided to start trying to start our family in October 2012 trusting that God's timing would make it happen when the time was right.
Fast forward to February 12, 2013, I took a home pregnancy test and surprise! It was positive! I told Tom shortly after I found out myself, even though I had already been suspecting I might be. Tom and I are both extremely excited and can't wait to be parents! Based on dating and whatnot, my due date should be around October 23, 2013. I'm just so nervous and just want to have my first ultrasound and hear that little heartbeat.
I'm still up in the air about what sort of provider I want but I really want to avoid a hospital birth. After watching documentaries like "The Business of Being Born" and "Pregnant in America" and along with my own research, I've decided I'd like to avoid a hospital birth if at all possible (probably sounds weird coming from a nurse that works in a hospital!) I'll include more on this later, along with my other crazy hope to encapsulate my placenta.
Anyways that's all I got for now!
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