I recognize that we really aren't that far along into our pregnancy. We are half way through the 13th week. My uterus is measuring at 19 weeks (if it were a singleton) - but I suppose this is normal since the babies crown to rump length are the size of peaches (two instead of one!) this week and that one of my fibroids is the same size. One of my sisters (who has 4 children) just started laughing when I told her this. I think she is glad that I'm getting larger by the minute! But - as uncomfortable as I am starting to get - the reality is that it is just the beginning. Sitting too much hurts. Laying down too long hurts. Standing too much hurts.... what else is there? But - despite this paragraph I am trying very sincerly not to complain. We prayed and fasted (as did others) to be in this situation and we are very grateful. And - complaining won't make it feel any better and my discomfort doesn't need to be everyone else's problem. This is my lesson from Lula Sargent Call and Joy O. Romrell.
I've started looking on-line for the pregnancy pillows to help make you more comfortable at night while sleeping. There are so many options - does anyone have any suggestions as to which one really is the best? They are not inexpensive and there are a dozen choices!
This week the babies fingerprints have developed and are visible and external genitalia is developing (so we can hopefully find out if we are having boys or girls or both soon!). My nephew (he is 4 years old) says that "Twin A is a boy and Twin B is a gril". I love that he says "gril instead of girl" and that he (at age 4) refers to them in medical terminology - "twin a and twin b".
Shane told me last night that we will need to get two rocking chairs for the nursery. I'm hoping that means he really will be helping in there as often as I am - so we would need two rocking chairs! And hopefully we can work two rocking chairs into the nursery theme (Good luck Nana Anna in doing that!)
Also - yesterday during Sacrament Meeting it occurred to me how difficult it will be to get the babies to church on the Sundays that Shane has to work. I'm not concerned with being at church - there are so many kind and helpful people I wonder if I'll ever get to hold my own babies in the building! But getting from the car into the chapel - how do you do that? Shane said, "Don't worry - your dad will help you. He is very conscientious about that kind of stuff"." And I suppose/hope that is right. Van just put in for another 30 months at the Bishop's Storehouse - which will hopefully get me through the babies first year of life before my parents leave for a mission!
The second trimester starts in the next few days. We are hoping to find out in the next month if we are having girls or boys so that we can start officially thinking of babies names and nursery decor. What a responsibility - giving someone else a name!!!
11 Weeks and Counting...
On Friday we had our 3rd Ultra-Sound. Shane and I enjoyed seeing the babies and while the photos below are really hard to make out... when you are watching the screen and you can see the movement and not just a still shot - it is so much easier to tell what stuff is. Shane was surprised they were moving around so much in there and has talked a lot about "the babies" during the weekend. It makes it so much more real to see them in there. The ultra-sound probe is right up against the cervix (they do this kind cause they are so little still - small limes the book says this week!). They said next month I'd have a regular ultra-sound. Because the babies are stacked - it makes it hard to get a good look at Baby B. They were able to measure his heart-rate and length and the nucol fold of the neck (with was "way normal" the technician said). Baby A didn't want to give us a profile and was asleep. The technician kept saying that he just wants to look at his daddy (he was facing Shane). But after jabbing my stomach quite aggressively for a minute or two you could see Baby A stretch and roll around and we got some good measurements. Shane asked the tech - "Are you sure you should be doing that?"
This shot shows Baby A's feet and knee and hands and the top of his head. I guess it is good to know he isn't empty headed - but is does look quite alien-like!
I've had a bad cold this past week. And being pregnant I have not been able to knock out all the symptoms with cocktails of cold medicine - so it has been pretty miserable. Other than that - I don't really have anything to complain about. I find that I get hot really easily and really fast. During church a woman came and sat right next to me during choir practice. It took ALLLLLL my will power not to shove her aside and go running outside into the cold air! I'll be glad when this cold is over and I can stop carrying around a Kleenex box with me. Our doctor's appointment went well. Everything is looking good and I had the doctor laughing out loud a few times. I don't really think he knows how to take my humor and sarcasm.
We feel very blessed that things are going so well and are so grateful for this blessing in our lives. I was thinking last night how chaotic and noisy it is going to be - but it will be worth it!
Speaking of which... my 6 3/4 year old nephew, Elijah, has been praying every night and meal time that Sara's babies will be healthy and strong. In the last few days he has (according to his Mom) added, "and please bless Sara that her two babies won't frustrate her too much and she will be nice to them". Ruth asked him about it -and he said that I always get frustrated when all the grand kids are around because we are so noisy. He speaks the truth!
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