Yep...still boys!

Let me start by saying I apologize for not posting sooner! We've had a very busy day today and I just couldn't get on to do it till now! Let me also apologize in advance for no pictures. I got pictures from the appointment today, but no really good ones, just measurements of craniums and femurs. Even the money shots today were more like monopoly money than true currency, so I just am not going to take the time to scan and post them. Hopefully the doc will have more time to play next time and we can get some good profile full body shots for everyone to enjoy!

OK. Enough apologizing. Today's appointment was good in the sense the babies and I are doing well, but it was a long day in the office. I had to bring Allan with me, since I scheduled on a Wed and he's home! Of course it was a later appointment (11:15), too, and they were backed up...REALLY backed up. I was called in to the nurses station for weight/BP/Urine at 12:05, and then sent back to the waiting room! Finally called into the exam room at 12:30, but the doc didn't get in until around 12:50! Seriously! Thank goodness I love this doc and it wasn't my first visit...'cause if it had been, I might be looking for another doctor! But, as I said, I love him, and hopefully next time will be easier. I scheduled on a Tues (no Allan) and at 8:45, so too early to be THAT backed up!

Both babies are STILL boys :) For anyone hoping for a different outcome today than originally posted...get over it...we're having two more boys and that's that! Both heart rates were beeping (Allan's term) at rates of 141. Baby A measured 17 weeks, 5 days and baby B measured 17 weeks, 3 days (I am 16 weeks, 6 days today). My BP was normal (enough) at 123/80 and I'd gained 4 pounds in the three weeks, so I'm up 6 pounds so far. My doc did say I should be gaining roughly 1 to 2 pounds per week, so I feel great that I'm doing just that! We want these boys to grow, grow, grow so they can arrive at great weights!

Allan was excited to see the babies again today, too. He did so well waiting so long! I only had one toy with me, and a baggie of cheese it's, which thankfully he shared! :) It was probably the bribe of ice cream on the way home that did it, but really, even I was about to lose my cool after that long in a waiting room!

Allan does say he's having two brothers now, but usually follows that with "but I don't know what we're going to call them". He loves the babies so far and loves to rub my belly (especially in public...thanks for that!) and kiss it twice! He really is very cute about it all. I love my big boy oh so much!

I guess next on our agenda is naming these children. And we've got to get serious about the nursery, too...and strollers, car seats, cribs, oh my...so much to do!

My next appointment is the morning of July 13th. I will be just shy of 20 weeks then. Crazy how quickly time seems to be passing! Hopefully I'll have great news then and great pictures to share as well! OH...I forgot...I got a special request for a picture of me. Well, it's my belly she wants to see. So, Peggy, here you go! I'm 17 weeks tomorrow...good Lord...how big will I get?!?! :)

Boys, boys everywhere!

I know I said my next appointment wasn't for three weeks, and it's not. However I had a sneak peak ultrasound done yesterday and we're as certain as possible it's two BOYS!!! I think my heart is holding on to a slightest possibility one will actually be a girl, but as we saw, and you can hopefully see from the pics below...we're having two boys!

So many of my friends were guessing two girls all along. Tom was guessing two girls, too. I was thinking one of each. Only one of my friends actually said she thought two boys, so if this had been a money funded bet, she'd have taken the pot!

The visit was just a friendly ultrasound, so there's not much to report. But both babies looks good and healthy and were moving and playing and being stubborn. Allan even got to hold the probe and move it on my belly and see the babies for himself! How excited he was for that!

Here are the pictures of our two baby boys!

Boring is good

Another uneventful doctor appointment means things are normal...there's that word again! Normal!!

I am 14 weeks along today and all is...yep...normal! I gained 2 pounds since my last OB appointment 3 weeks ago: normal. My blood pressure was 112/72: normal. My results from the first trimester screening I had done last week: better than normal. (Apparently normal risk is 1 in 300 for my age, IVF, twins, etc. My evaluated risk assessment-ultrasound measurements and blood work-came back as 1 in 3500 for one disorder and 1 in 6700 for the other two.)

Baby A measured 14 weeks 5 days today with a heart rate of 154. Baby B measured 14 weeks 3 days with a heart rate of 162 (this one was moving around like crazy this morning!). What do these numbers all mean? That's right, people: NORMAL!









There was a problem with the ultrasound machine and the photos got all jammed, so she quickly took a few extras for me to take with me. In doing so, though, she forgot to change the baby's info on the machine so the handwritten info is correct for the two face pictures!

It was a lot of fun watching them moving around today. They both just look so much like babies now! We even had a great view of Baby B's fingers and yep...they're all there!

Oh, how I wanted to know the genders today, but no such luck. Baby A was almost showing the goods, but it's just so early. Baby B barely sat still for a heart rate, no chance of seeing anything down there! My next appointment is on 6/23, so I should be able to get a better shot and have some answers!

I have to go have some more blood work done before my next appointment. One test is for the spina bifoda screening. The other is the follow up Fifth Disease test. So far I've had no symptoms so I'm just going to assume I'm in the clear and either didn't catch it from Allan...or Allan didn't have it! Who knows!

Speaking of Allan, he is FOUR YEARS OLD NOW!!! His birthday was on Saturday and we celebrated with bunches of his friends at an indoor inflatable slide party place! So much fun was had by everyone! The day after his birthday, Tom took him out and about. One stop they made was Toys R Us and Allan, out of the blue on the way there, said he thought the babies might like a toy. Oh, that boy melts my heart so often! I sure hope these happy loving feelings for the babies continues after they're born!!


Here he is after coming down a slide.


Here he is with his inflatable crown in the inflatable throne! King for a day for sure!

Gosh, three weeks until my next doctor appointment. I might go crazy not being able to get a glimpse of them for so long! I've seen them nearly every week, so three weeks is a long time for an impatient person to wait! Hope you'll all be patient with me, as I won't be updating again till after the next doc visit!