11 weeks and still growing strong!

Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that we had another ultrasound on Monday and our little bean is looking good! Measuring right on track with a heartbeat at 167. Yay! The other twin's sack also shrank a lot, which is good. It appears that I will just be reabsorbing that twin as I still haven't had any type of bleeding. We go for yet another ultrasound next Thursday to do the NT scan. It is nice to see our baby so often!

I have had a little reprieve from nausea and fatigue. Today is the first day in weeks when I didn't take a nap. The end is in sight! I am praying that all queasiness will be gone by the end of the week. I will be 12 weeks on Friday and was through with nausea by then with Keller. Here's to hoping! : )

Another milestone : )

I got the call yesterday to let me know that I could stop taking all of my meds!!!  YAY!  Last week RN Katie told me to cut the Progesterone and Estrace in half and gave me more orders for bloodwork in a week.  I decided to go back to my local fertility clinic with those orders yesterday because they can get the labs done STAT and I had high hopes for good news that I could stop completely.  Otherwise, I would have had to wait until next week to get my labs back at my OB.  It was well worth the additional money spent when I got RN Katie's phone call!

I hadn't posted earlier about it, but my general shot areas broke out a couple of weeks ago and we thought it was due to the accumulation of the oil that is used to put the progesterone in.  So, we asked RN Katie to send in a new prescription for progesterone in a different oil.  After that was done, Jeff started noticing that my red welts were in circular patterns.  It turned out the my bandaids were the culprit!  So, we stopped using bandaids.  That was probably 2 weeks ago and my rear end, while looking better, STILL has red welts!  I am so very happy to be able to let the area finally heal completely : )

I am 11 weeks today and already have a little pooch.  Much earlier than my last pregnancy.  I am thinking it is due to having started out with twins and having 2 sacs that were still the same size even after Baby B passed.  We have another ultrasound on Monday to make sure that Baby B's sac is beginning to reabsorb and get smaller.

Looking forward to the beginning of warm weather in Atlanta today!  I am gonna need some spring/summer maternity wear!  Can't wait!

9 week u/s

We just had our 9 week ultrasound and, as we expected, we lost Baby B : (  Baby B was only measuring 5w5d, so I am thinking that it didn't grow much, if any, past our last u/s 2 weeks ago.  The fabulous news is that Baby A is looking amazing!!  Measuring right on track with a very strong heartbeat (but, I totally forgot to ask what it was!  Another indication that this is my second pregnancy.  Ha!).  Our midwife told us that we will keep doing u/s every 2 weeks until Baby B's sac is reabsorbed just to make sure that everything is going ok with Baby A still.  From everything I have read, it sounds like losing a twin this early doesn't have a huge effect on the other thriving twin.  So, I am praying that our little bean just keeps on growing!!  It all still feels a bit surreal that I am pregnant again. : )

I have been having a much harder time with nausea this time around.  Every afternoon/evening is hard for me.  I haven't vomited, but sometimes I wish that I just would!  I am looking forward to the second trimester.

A couple of pictures... the first is both babies side by side.  The second is Baby A.

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!

Beta #2

Our beta #2 is 821!  Nurse Katie was very happy with that number, but I know it only doubled in like 65 hours.  Ugh!  Maybe we lost one baby?  Not sure.  Funny thing is that now that my brain has wrapped around having twins, I would be really disappointed if it isn't : (  I am so crazy, aren't I?!  I will really just be happy with one healthy baby.  Of course, we still may have twins.  Katie said I am definitely in twins range.  I would just think my numbers would have gone up more, if so, but we shall see.

My 6 week u/s is next Friday morning.  It is going to be a LONG time to wait!!!

Thanks for praying!
Tracey