Gettin' ready for babies

Ed and I found this gender neutral bedding that we love. The bears are adorable and they match the crib well. Our kiddos will share one crib for as long as possible. When were ready to buy another crib we'll update with a version of the same bedding but in pink.

Everything else is going great. I am 23 weeks pregnant yesterday and except for feeling this extra weight and a bit tired, I'm doing pretty well. If you're curious a what my belly looks like imagine 45 inches around your waist. We measure often especially after "growing weekends" when I feel a lot of action and I'm exhausted with multiple naps throughout the day.

Wowza!!

We are feeling so blessed today.

Our 2nd visit to the perinatologist went great today. There is no evidence of the uterine clot thanks to the extra folic acid and vitamin c.

In addition to that my cervix looks "beautiful" meaning it's "nice and long and closed". No evidence or worry of any pre-term labor just yet.

Oh yeah, we found out the sexes!! We've been blessed with a beautiful BOY and GIRL! We are in a bit of shock still but would be regardless of the sexes. It just feels more real today.

We head back to the OB in 2 weeks and the perinatologist in 5 weeks.

Good night everyone.

Dear baby B,

Please do your mom a favor and find a more comfortable place to snuggle than her ribs.

Love you,
Mom

Welcome week 19!

Tuesday was the start of week 19! I cannot believe we’ve made it and I’m so thoroughly happy to have come this far. I will try to catch you up on all the action.

Last time I blogged it was about the extreme nausea I was experiencing from about week 6 to week 13 or so. After week 13, I attended the Sutter Cancer Infusion Center for daily hydration and zofran (anti-nausea) infusions which resulted in a 6 pound gain. After that week of daily visits, I was prescribed oral melt-on-your-tongue zofran to take as needed or every 8 hours and discontinued daily infusion visits. Not only did the medication help curb the nausea but it also helped with my non-existent appetite. Now that I’m at 19 weeks, I feel as if I’ve overcome the major nausea (sure, I still get sick about once a week or so) and that part of this pregnancy is significantly better.

Also at 13 weeks, I woke up at 2am bleeding heavily. I am used to some bleeding since I’ve spotted since about 6 weeks but typically the color was darker. The doctors say dark blood equals old blood so that is ok. It’s the red blood we have to be careful and cautious of. Well, the 13 week episode was complete with red blood, clots and cramps. The next morning we met our OB at his office for an ultrasound which showed the babies were still doing great – we were relieved!

Since then I’ve continued to spot here and there. At 16 weeks, we had our first appointment with the perinatologist. While the babies were right on track and weighing a healthy 5 ounces each, the sonogram showed the root cause of the bleeding – I have a clot in my uterus and my body is trying to expel the clot. The clot is a scary thing since it can grow and eventually cut off the placental flow to the babies. The perinatologist said studies have shown that increasing daily intakes of Vitamin C and Folic Acid have shown to help. We’ve adopted this advice and I’ve only spotted a few days for the past few weeks which is a great improvement.

At 17 weeks, we returned back to the OB where my doctor performed another ultrasound and it was great to see the babies moving and hear healthy heartbeats. Ed recorded the visit and posted to you-tube (links to come).

Today we will return back to our OB before heading back to the perinatologist next week for our check in.

I cannot believe how quickly this time has gone by and so thankful for the love and support received by our wonderful family and friends.