The Babies Are...

It is official...we are having identical twin girls!!!!

17 Weeks Pregnant

I'm trying to decide if I want to post my belly photos. I've been taking them since I was 9 weeks and I'm 17 now. I'm a bit embarrassed about showing my bare stomach to everyone.

Lately things have been going slowly and bumpy. I've been desperately trying to get our house cleaned and organized but it's not as easy as it seems. The fact that I can't lift anything over 15 pounds really makes things difficult. Normally I would be moving furniture and lugging boxes around but now...I'm stuck. Also the fact that I'm terribly exhausted even before I start doing anything much less. Slowly but surely I guess. I only have a few months more to work on the house so I just gotta push through it. It's just frustrating knowing that you have so much stuff to do and such a small amount of time to do it. When I can actually see some real progress I think it will motivate me a bit more...now, it's just depressing. :-/

I went to my second appointment with my OB. I really didn't do or learn anything new. Since I get all my sonograms with the Internal Fetal Medical Specialist  my other appointments are really just about blood work and questions now. Everything is normal and all the crappy symptoms that I'm having are normal. I had to go get some more blood tests done to test for neural tubal defects (brain defects), cystic fibrosis, and other scary things. Tomorrow we get to see the doctor and hopefully, if the babies aren't camera shy, we will be able to find out what gender they are.

It's Twins!!!!

So I now understand why I have been having so much "morning" sickness. I went for my first ultrasound yesterday (sorry no picture to post yet) and sure enough it's two little ones! They were just a kicked and moving and doing all sorts of little boogies. It was amazing to see. I'm surprised I haven't felt them yet as much as they were going to town in there. I nearly went into shock...as did R. We are SO excited that God would give us such a special gift.

I am going to a sonographer next week to get them checked out and to find out what type of twins they are and to make sure they are growing properly. My hope now it that everything will look good in the ultrasound and that "The Smooshies" are healthy.

I'm Pregnant!

Hi there everyone! I'm starting this blog for our friends and family out of town. I'm H2Mommy!

Well ladies and gents it is official...we are expecting our first baby. I am 9 weeks along right now (10 on Sunday) and my due date is June 10th.

We found out on our Tennessee trip for our late honeymoon. We spent the day at Dollywood and then went to Medieval Times for dinner. The day was going great until they set that big plate of food in front of me and I instantly got nauseated. I had a feeling that I wasn't just sick all of a sudden and I went to the local drug store. We got back to our cabin and I instantly took a test and sure enough...pink line! We confirmed it with a blood test through my regular doctor and I have my first OB appointment next week.

So far things have been well but I must admit that morning sickness is the worst. The morning sickness started on October 23rd. I have been sick to my stomach at least once a day. Not to mention the other strange things that happens to your body.

It's so crazy! Both me and my two best friends (and cousins) are all pregnant and due within a few weeks of each other as well which is wonderful.