The babies are the size of a medium shrimp and week 13 is here!
I've created a blog with all the updates. I continue to miss people each week so I figure this will be easier. http://sfrfoster.blogspot.com/ I will be updating it every Wednesday going forward unless I get some protests to continue the email.
Health Update:
Week 13 is here and man oh man it has been quite a week of craziness. Thursday night I started bleeding and when I say bleeding I mean bleeding bad with blood clots and red toilet water. I know that you are not supposed to get on the internet so we immediately got out the books and called Glenn (FBA and FBB's Grandpa). The books, the after hours at the doctor, and all of us just knew it was the worst of the worst. We thought I was in the middle of a miscarriage. I cried all night long, slept maybe an hour at the most, and went to the Dr. Stanley at 8:30 on Friday. Fortunately both babies sacks were good, heartbeats were strong, and everything was okay. Doc said my placenta separated and no more football games because of steps, no more excessive walking, and no more exercise. The gym membership is now frozen and this is in the past. We are moving forward and trying to prevent anymore damage. Doc said this is very common in IVF pregnancies, however we had no warnings from books or doctors.
FBB's heart rate was 150 and FBA's was 155. FBB was sleeping just like it's daddy with his or her arm up by it's head. I barricade myself with pillows because there have been many times where I have rolled into an elbow due to this strange sleeping. I wonder if FBB will sleep like this it's whole life. Note to self future husband or wife-pillow barricades work wonders. I'm directing that towards 5 month old Elle Robertson if we have a boy and baby ???boy??? Rowland if we have girl. Baby Rowland's sex is undetermined at this point.
As a result of the "scare" I'm working to limit my activities and accept the changes that my body is going through. I'm still working very hard to ignore the stretch marks, cellulite, and whatever else I'm in store for. I keep telling myself 9 months off, 9 months on to get my pre-baby body back.
Cravings and Sleep Update:
I discovered probably the best thing ever, something I would never ever pick up and eat if it were not for this craving. I discovered heroin in a pint...Ben and Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie ice cream. At first I turned my nose to it because I really wanted Mint Chocolate Chip-oh how wrong I was. I told TB to take it away because if he did not there was going to be nothing left. Turns out the following day TB asked me if I wanted any ice cream and I told him no I was over it. We found that he was not so he finished off the pint of heroin and decided no more will enter the house.
The next best thing I have discovered is the body pillow. Thank you Christina and Travis! It's helping with the back pain that has creeped up this week and it's helping me sleep a little longer through the night. What a great invention!
Baby Name Ideas:
We are still currently working on names and have not reached a final decision. We really want to have set names in place for when we reveal the sexes. My theory is this, if you have a name in place people can't talk smack because that's your kids name and it's not changing. On the other hand if you don't have a name in place people will give you their opinions freely. We are already having trouble with names because we hear things and it drives us away. I never thought it would be this hard to both agree on two names. If we have a girl, we are almost 99% on one name. Now we just need another one and two boy names. Actually that's a decoy- I know exactly what names we need to come up with...whooohaaahaaa (my devious laugh directed towards Alissa)
Friday night we had dinner with Ameil, Kristy, and AJ (their 3 year old). When we arrived Kristy told AJ to tell us what he had named the babies. In his cute little voice he said their names are "Frank and Booboo". I told him I really liked the names he had picked out and that I think I like Booboo better than Frank. Do you have any other names? "Yes, Booboo and Necklace". So I guess if TB and I can't come up with anything we could go with Frank and Booboo.
As always thank you for your kind words, thoughts, prayers, and encouragement. You have no idea how thankful we are for the support some of you gave and how appreciated it was during "the scare". This weeks goals: 36 weeks, no more bleeding, healthy uterus, and healthy healthy cutie patooties. Attached is the bump pic for week 13, FFTB, and an ultrasound from Friday.
Mother Hen and Foxy Father To Be....
How your baby's growing:
Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs
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