Slow heartbeat

I have been so negligent with the blog over the past week.  With fatigue and nausea pretty much every day, I can barely keep up with my household!  We went to my OB a little over a week ago when I was 7 weeks.  I had a bunch of questions for them and I wanted to put my mind at rest and know that we had 2 heartbeats.  Well, we had an ultrasound done and we had 2 heartbeats, but Baby A was at 129 and measuring on track and Baby B was measuring super small and had a heartbeat only in the 70s or 80s.  It was so faint and slow that they had a hard time capturing it on doppler.  We are really doubting that Baby B is going to make it.  Although Jeff and I weren't exactly hoping and praying for twins from the beginning, it was still really bittersweet to see one of our babies struggling.  At this point, we are praying that Baby A continues to grow and thrive and do well as our midwife wasn't giving us much hope for Baby B.  God has them both in His hands, we know, and I have had a lot of peace throughout this journey.  I haven't had any bleeding, which my midwife had me looking out for, so not sure exactly what is going on in there.  We go back this Monday for another ultrasound.  We will keep you posted!

6 week U/S

Thanks for praying for us! We are pregnant with TWINS! Oh my goodness - 4 children under the age of 5! Jeff is about to have a heart attack. Ha! : ) Both babies were measuring right on track and we got a heartbeat on one, but not the other. The doctor there said that they never do 6 week ultrasounds for this reason. So often they get the heartbeat the next week. Also, their genetic siblings born to Jennifer and Aaron went through the same thing - no heartbeat at 6 weeks and then boom! several days later there they were! Katie, our nurse, said the same thing and that we didn't even need to go back next week. We can just wait for the 9 week u/s. Yay!

Everything else looked good, so we are happy! So very grateful to God for His abundant blessings : )

An Old Familiar Friend

Welcome home, morning sickness (aka all day sickness in waves). Right now you are a very welcomed addition!