13 Week Bumpdate

Today we are at exactly 13 weeks!!!! You'll have to bear with me as this is my first official "bumpdate" and I'll probably play around with what I actually write about. For now, I'm sticking with a format I've seen a number of other people do :) If there's anything else or different anyone wants me to add let me know!!

How far along: 13 weeks!
How far along am I measuring:  Dr's appointment next week, but I like its around 20 weeks.
Weight Gain/Loss:  +2.5lbs (but that was as of 10 weeks)
How Big are Babies:  Their about the size of a peaches this week. Ultrasound next week to find out actual size.
Major Achievement for Babies: They are forming teeth and vocal cords!
Maternity Clothes: Yup! Have been wearing maternity shirts since about week 8. I call still wear my pre-pregnancy jeans as long as I wear them really low and have my bella-band on
Sleep: Much better now! I had pretty bad insomnia the first 6-7 weeks. Now I sleep like a rock and sleep about 12 hours a night!
Movement:  Not yet :( I was told that I'll probably feel it earlier that a singleton pregnancy though!!
Food Cravings:  French Fries. I woke up this morning desperately wanting apples and oranges; time to go grocery shopping!
Food Aversions:  Sweets! I do NOT like sweets at all! I also don't like most food in general.... it just doesn't appeal to me.... I eat WAY less now that I'm pregnant that I ever did before.
Genders:  Don't know yet. But, we did find out we are having a 14 week ultrasound, and they said if the babies are cooperative, we may be able to tell genders!! And we will share genders once we know.
Symptoms: Round ligament pain and cramping are my biggest symptoms right now. I'm stretching like crazy though, so I'm sure that's why. Good news is, no stretch marks (or, as I like to call them, "baby marks") yet. Still have some nausea, usually when my blood sugar starts to drop, headaches, big/tender breasts, acne, and getting fatigued quickly.
Best Moment(s) This Week: Hitting the 2nd Trimester!!
What am I Looking Forward To:  14 week Ultrasound and Dr's appointment and possibility of finding out genders. I'm also anxious to feel movement :)

Time for An Update

I can't believe how quickly time is going! I had to go back and read my last post because I wasn't sure where I'd last left off....

Today I'm 11 weeks 2 days! Can you believe it! Only another week and 5 days until I'm officially into the 2nd trimester.... or, as I've been referring to it...into the safety zone. I'm ready to feel "safer" in this pregnancy. While we have no medical reasons to worry, there's something about being in the 1st trimester that leaves me sitting on edge.

We had our second ultrasound with Dr. D at 7w5d and were able to hear both babies heartbeats! Baby A's was 150 BPM and Baby B's was 157 BPM. They were both measuring 14.77mm! After the ultrasound we met with Dr. D in his office and were told that we were officially graduating!!! As much as we love our RE's office, its exciting to be moving on to our OB.

I had my first... well, first 2 appointments at my OB's last week. I went in Thursday to meet with the nurse so she could give me a big packet of information telling me everything I'm not allowed to do for the next 9 months. Then I went back Friday for my actually OB appointment.

At both appointments I was informed (numerous times I might add) that this is a "high risk pregnancy." However, because I have no underlying health issues, the only reason that its high risk is because its twins. Also, because they're fraternal twins, its even lower high risk. So, basically they're not really worried, but they have to treat it like a high risk pregnancy because there are two babies. Fine with me! More ultrasounds means getting to see my babies more! :)

I was also told that they're very happy with the way both babies are growing! Particularly that they're going at exactly the same rate! Apparently that's one of the biggest things they monitor in twin pregnancies... that both babies are growing at the same rate.

After the not so fun physical exam, Dr. U did an ultrasound and I couldn't believe how big they're getting! It was done at 10w1day; Baby A measured at 10w2d and Baby B measured 10w5days! Big Dutch babies... I knew it!!! I was a little bummed to be able to hear their heartbeats again, but I could definitely see them! The craziest part of the entire thing was that they were both moving! Both of them were flailing their arms, kicking their legs and wiggling their entire bodies! It's so crazy that there are two little people inside me, doing gymnastics, but I can't feel a thing... yet! :)

Dr. U informed me that we'd be following up with MFM (maternal-fetal medicine) for all future ultrasounds and testing. While she didn't go into much detail about this, I do know a little about it. My understanding is that with any high-risk/multiples pregnancy, the mom has to be monitored by MFM for all testing because they had get more specific/accurate measurements and results. (I could be WAY off tho! I'll let you know once I know more).

So, even though I continue to see my OB every 4 weeks, I won't have another ultrasound until 20 weeks. I didn't realize how spoiled I've been being able to see them every 2 weeks... Now I have to wait 10!

The strangest part of my OB appointment was when she asked me how I wanted to have my babies. Of course my response was "medicated," but I didn't really think about picking in advance if I wanted a C-section or not. She said at about 25 weeks or so they'll ask me again how I want to have them and if I want a C-section they'll just schedule it for 37 weeks, otherwise I can just wait until my body goes on its own... but if I don't go by 38 weeks, they'll induce me.

Obviously its WAY to early to decide that... and there may be circumstances that prevent me from being able to decide (pre-term labor, one or both babies breech, etc...) but it's certainly not a decision I thought I'd have to be making.

Pregnancy wise things have been going well. Everyday is a milestone; everyday I feel a little better; everyday I look a little bigger :) Good thing we didn't try to keep our pregnancy under wraps for too long; there's no way I could hide this bump even if I wanted too!

Next OB appointment is January 4th, I'll try to have a "bump" photo by then. I've been a little too self conscious to post any pictures as I feel that I'm way bigger than anyone else at 11 weeks :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

B&B