We went in for a growth ultrasound today, and the results were that the girls were about a week behind in growth. They were pretty much the same size. But small. We are hoping that they are just small. However, our doctor is referring us to a Perinatologist to check for other things that it could be. Things that I looked up on the Internet(don't know why I do this to myself). There are some really scary reasons why babies are behind in growth. Now I am feeling very nervous for both of them. I am hoping that we can get in to see the specialist soon. My doctor said he is the only Perinatologist in the area, so he is usually swamped but they were going to call him and try to get me in this week or next.
I am hoping for the very best which from what I see is just that I am not taking in enough calories that should be easy enough to fix.
But my heart is nervous for my babies.
Ben and I both would appreciate any prayers that can be sent our way. It may be nothing big, and that is what we are praying for. That these little girls will be happy, healthy, normal little girls.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Little Scare
On Tuesday morning about 1 in the morning, I woke up with a feeling that something was just not right. I got out of bed, visited the bathroom, and then went out and sat on the couch for a bit. Things still felt wrong, so I called the nurses line that is available with my insurance to explain my feelings, and see if they were fine, or something I needed to be concerned about. They told me that the would suggest I call my After hours doctor, which where I live is actually the birthing center nurses. So I called them, and they asked if with the feelings I was having I was also having contractions. Never having contractions before, I told them I really did not know. They told me that I would figure it out if they got strong enough or close enough together that I would need to come it. Then she said the guide is if you have more than 4-6 in an hour to go ahead and come in.
The last few minutes of our conversation I thought I figured out what a contraction felt like. So I sat on the couch for about a half hour seeing if I was indeed having contractions. I soon figured that I was, and in one of our birthing classes we were told that the difference between Braxton-hicks, and real contractions was that real contractions were very consistent. And BH contractions were sporadic. So...I went and woke Ben up and asked him to use his phone app that is a stop watch to time my contractions. When they got to be a consistent 8 minutes apart, we decided to go in to the birthing center.
Once we got there and got all hooked up the contractions were 4 minutes apart. They gave me a shot of something to stop the contractions which worked pretty quickly. Then they monitored me for another 6 hours to make sure they were gone. The contractions came back, but now they were more like 30 mins apart, so they checked all the other things they need to and did a fetal fibronectin test which came back negative, and released me saying that I needed to talk to my doctor about the possibility of going on some contraction reducing meds for the rest of my pregnancy.
The contractions have not gone away, but are just mild, and not as often. (usually start up after a long day)
I spoke to my doc yesterday, and he said that for now he would prefer not to have me start any other drugs, and he would like to wait and see if my body can maintain the contractions that are further apart before he adds any drugs.
He did have me go from full time working to half days to try to make me less worn out which in turn would maybe give my body a better chance of not starting labor.
Everything else looks good, and so they are not too concerned with contractions at this point. So I guess I will try to take it easier and not worry about it too much either unless they get close together again.
Not sure I want to go back to the birthing center again until I am good and ready to let these girls come into the world for good.
The last few minutes of our conversation I thought I figured out what a contraction felt like. So I sat on the couch for about a half hour seeing if I was indeed having contractions. I soon figured that I was, and in one of our birthing classes we were told that the difference between Braxton-hicks, and real contractions was that real contractions were very consistent. And BH contractions were sporadic. So...I went and woke Ben up and asked him to use his phone app that is a stop watch to time my contractions. When they got to be a consistent 8 minutes apart, we decided to go in to the birthing center.
Once we got there and got all hooked up the contractions were 4 minutes apart. They gave me a shot of something to stop the contractions which worked pretty quickly. Then they monitored me for another 6 hours to make sure they were gone. The contractions came back, but now they were more like 30 mins apart, so they checked all the other things they need to and did a fetal fibronectin test which came back negative, and released me saying that I needed to talk to my doctor about the possibility of going on some contraction reducing meds for the rest of my pregnancy.
The contractions have not gone away, but are just mild, and not as often. (usually start up after a long day)
I spoke to my doc yesterday, and he said that for now he would prefer not to have me start any other drugs, and he would like to wait and see if my body can maintain the contractions that are further apart before he adds any drugs.
He did have me go from full time working to half days to try to make me less worn out which in turn would maybe give my body a better chance of not starting labor.
Everything else looks good, and so they are not too concerned with contractions at this point. So I guess I will try to take it easier and not worry about it too much either unless they get close together again.
Not sure I want to go back to the birthing center again until I am good and ready to let these girls come into the world for good.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Work Baby Shower
Today at work I was surprised with the management team throwing me a baby shower. I work with some great people. First, they kept it a surprise which in a retail store is NOT easy. Second, they were very generous, especially in such times as these.
I was given a baby stroller for twins, 2 car seats, and many other baby items; Homemade hooded towels, homemade receiving blankets, clothes, blankets, a diaper bag, gift cards, a monitor.
I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a great group of people that I work with. It puts my mind at ease that I now have most of the essentials.
So now with the craigslisting that Ben and I have done and gifts from awesome people, we have both cribs and mattresses, the bumper/bedding sets for both cribs, a nice big changing table/dresser with lots of drawers, a baby bathtub, a double stroller, 2 car seats, a pack and play, baby clothes, blankets, bath stuff. All of this has been incredible.
We still have more to get (it seems the list actually never gets smaller!) but with the generosity of others, I think I can breathe a little easier. We have some quite spendy things that I think we can now scrape together money for which before we were quite worried!
Now we have to get the nursery started. It is going to be a big job, and we have been slow at getting started. But it is getting that time.
I was given a baby stroller for twins, 2 car seats, and many other baby items; Homemade hooded towels, homemade receiving blankets, clothes, blankets, a diaper bag, gift cards, a monitor.
I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a great group of people that I work with. It puts my mind at ease that I now have most of the essentials.
So now with the craigslisting that Ben and I have done and gifts from awesome people, we have both cribs and mattresses, the bumper/bedding sets for both cribs, a nice big changing table/dresser with lots of drawers, a baby bathtub, a double stroller, 2 car seats, a pack and play, baby clothes, blankets, bath stuff. All of this has been incredible.
We still have more to get (it seems the list actually never gets smaller!) but with the generosity of others, I think I can breathe a little easier. We have some quite spendy things that I think we can now scrape together money for which before we were quite worried!
Now we have to get the nursery started. It is going to be a big job, and we have been slow at getting started. But it is getting that time.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Girls
We went in for another "growth" ultrasound today, and once again have a few things that have changed.
First - They found two placenta's, (apperantly they are right next to one another, so easy to miss) so we are back to having either di/di identical twins, or fraternal. If the girls look alike, we may never know. If they do not look alike, we will know!
That is a bit of a relief to me. mono/di twins are kind of scary.
Second - They are growing within the normal boundries. One is within the 50% ranking, and the other one in the 44% ranking. The little smaller one is B, and poor little girl has a squished head. Instead of round it is quite oval. It has to do with her position in the womb, and the Dr. said it was not anything to worry about.
We also got some of those kind of creepy looking photos from the ultrasound. At this new place, they do not let you record the ultrasound, so we only have the pictures that they printed for us. Which I then took a picture of with my phone, so the quality is a bit off.
Here are the 3D pics of our little girls. (Baby B is the one who has the quite oval squished head, so trying to get her pic was quite a bit harder)
Baby A (Emily)
Baby B (Ana)
First - They found two placenta's, (apperantly they are right next to one another, so easy to miss) so we are back to having either di/di identical twins, or fraternal. If the girls look alike, we may never know. If they do not look alike, we will know!
That is a bit of a relief to me. mono/di twins are kind of scary.
Second - They are growing within the normal boundries. One is within the 50% ranking, and the other one in the 44% ranking. The little smaller one is B, and poor little girl has a squished head. Instead of round it is quite oval. It has to do with her position in the womb, and the Dr. said it was not anything to worry about.
We also got some of those kind of creepy looking photos from the ultrasound. At this new place, they do not let you record the ultrasound, so we only have the pictures that they printed for us. Which I then took a picture of with my phone, so the quality is a bit off.
Here are the 3D pics of our little girls. (Baby B is the one who has the quite oval squished head, so trying to get her pic was quite a bit harder)
Baby A (Emily)
Baby B (Ana)
Hmmmm
Seems like each new day brings along new friends!
My newest friend is Mr. Heartburn. I have been pretty lucky so far to have only had Mr. Heartburn visit occasionally. Usually when I did not eat soon enough, but I think he has decided he likes me, and wants to now hang around!
I finally broke down and bought some tums since I have not in the past had real heartburn issues, I did not have any remedies. I am hoping that tonight I can sleep. I may have to start sleeping sitting up somewhere if this continues!
These girls are just getting big enough that I think my stomach is getting pushed up enough that the esophagus and stomach are kind of squished which makes it easier for Mr. Heartburn to linger around!
But at 25 weeks and counting I will put up with a lot to keep these girls where they need to be for a few more months! I can't say I won't complain, but I will try to keep it to a minimum! Especially since I have been blessed so far with health!
My newest friend is Mr. Heartburn. I have been pretty lucky so far to have only had Mr. Heartburn visit occasionally. Usually when I did not eat soon enough, but I think he has decided he likes me, and wants to now hang around!
I finally broke down and bought some tums since I have not in the past had real heartburn issues, I did not have any remedies. I am hoping that tonight I can sleep. I may have to start sleeping sitting up somewhere if this continues!
These girls are just getting big enough that I think my stomach is getting pushed up enough that the esophagus and stomach are kind of squished which makes it easier for Mr. Heartburn to linger around!
But at 25 weeks and counting I will put up with a lot to keep these girls where they need to be for a few more months! I can't say I won't complain, but I will try to keep it to a minimum! Especially since I have been blessed so far with health!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to all. It was a great day today for Ben and I. We got up and made blueberry pancakes and eggs for breakfast, went to church, then came home...made grilled cheese sandwiches and cucumber/tomato salad, then just relaxed. He watched baseball, while I napped. Then a nice couple from church had invited us over for Easter dinner, so we had some rolls rising during our relaxation time, we popped them in the oven then went to dinner. It was a great dinner, and they are a great family. We had good conversation, and good food. Now we are home, and I will be going to bed very soon! I hope all had a very Happy Easter.
Also, I haven't posted a pic for a while...so here is me right before going to dinner today at week 25!
Also, I haven't posted a pic for a while...so here is me right before going to dinner today at week 25!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Craigslisting
So we have been trying to save money while trying to still get all the things that we need for these girls.
We decided to get on Craigslist and see what we could find. We have done pretty well over the last week or so.
We have gotten a glider rocker with ottoman, a Crib and matching changing table/dresser, quite a bit of clothing, a baby bathtub, and some peace of mind that we are not definitely going to go broke just getting ready!
My best Friend and her husband got us our pack and play bassinet combo. That was so cool of them, so now all we need is....ok still too much to write down, but we will get there!
We also have been really trying to figure out what to do about our laundry situation. We have a washer and dryer set that are getting pretty old, and we are not sure with the volume of laundry that will be going through if they are going to last much longer. The dryer is already having problems that is showing its age...
So we decided that we would take the rest of the money left from my bonus (we spent most of it going to Dallas one last time before the girls come!) and buy a new washer and dryer set. We looked on the Internet, went to every store in the area that sold appliances, and we ended up with the best deal we could find!
So we got a new washer and dryer coming this Saturday. Now maybe we can sell our stuff on Craigslist and make a little bit of money. Unless any of you know someone who desperately needs a washer and dryer.
It is starting to get pretty real that we are going to have two little new people in our lives, and they are going to be our priority now. We are both getting pretty excited and nervous and pray all the time that we will be what the girls need.
The next step now is to not have them come too early. We are being very careful to make sure that they stay where they need to for the next few months! I may be taking off of work earlier than I planned, and it makes me nervous, but it will all turn out ok in the end!
We decided to get on Craigslist and see what we could find. We have done pretty well over the last week or so.
We have gotten a glider rocker with ottoman, a Crib and matching changing table/dresser, quite a bit of clothing, a baby bathtub, and some peace of mind that we are not definitely going to go broke just getting ready!
My best Friend and her husband got us our pack and play bassinet combo. That was so cool of them, so now all we need is....ok still too much to write down, but we will get there!
We also have been really trying to figure out what to do about our laundry situation. We have a washer and dryer set that are getting pretty old, and we are not sure with the volume of laundry that will be going through if they are going to last much longer. The dryer is already having problems that is showing its age...
So we decided that we would take the rest of the money left from my bonus (we spent most of it going to Dallas one last time before the girls come!) and buy a new washer and dryer set. We looked on the Internet, went to every store in the area that sold appliances, and we ended up with the best deal we could find!
So we got a new washer and dryer coming this Saturday. Now maybe we can sell our stuff on Craigslist and make a little bit of money. Unless any of you know someone who desperately needs a washer and dryer.
It is starting to get pretty real that we are going to have two little new people in our lives, and they are going to be our priority now. We are both getting pretty excited and nervous and pray all the time that we will be what the girls need.
The next step now is to not have them come too early. We are being very careful to make sure that they stay where they need to for the next few months! I may be taking off of work earlier than I planned, and it makes me nervous, but it will all turn out ok in the end!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Dentist
Butch had to go to the vet dentist this week, and they put him under while they cleaned his teeth. I think they did it fairly late in the day, because when I went to pick him up he was still pretty out from the anesthesia. When we got him home he was in sorry shape. He was so drugged that he could not walk strait, he couldn't sleep cuz he was a little sick from the drugs. I was a little worried to go to bed, because I could see him trying to walk around, and walking or falling right off the bed.
He did end up on the floor once, and we don't know how he got there, but he ended up being fine. And now he has clean sparkly teeth!
He did end up on the floor once, and we don't know how he got there, but he ended up being fine. And now he has clean sparkly teeth!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Baby Shower
This was such a good idea. I have very creative friends.
This was one of the gifts from the baby shower my friends in Texas threw.
They are Onsies, little wash clothes, socks, and those types of things all rolled up to look like little flowers. It was so cute.
This was one of the gifts from the baby shower my friends in Texas threw.
They are Onsies, little wash clothes, socks, and those types of things all rolled up to look like little flowers. It was so cute.
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