18 Weeks Prego-11-24-2010

Week 18:

The verdict is in

This is the week we have all been waiting for! The week of confirmation, week of anticipation, week of color….something I have been dreaming about and wondering for years. We are proud to announce boots and tutus!

Foster Baby A is a Girl!

Foster Baby B is a Boy!

We need just a little more time on names so stay tuned for that one.

Health Update:

We went to the Dr. to confirm the sex and look at some additional things. We had the surround sound on with the flat screen looking and observing little feet and hands. We heard some water running and TB asked if that was what it sounds like inside. It was the cutest and funniest thing because it was actually someone washing their hands in the room next door. Both babies are measuring as scheduled; they are the size of bell pepper, and around half a pound each. Placenta previa has officially been removed from my title, still low lying; however I have been released to walk again…Hollar!

As always thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and kind words. We are almost to the half way mark and it is flying by so fast. I’m still so tired and I just keep telling myself this is preparation for what’s to come. Attached you will find our revealing party video and some bump pics. FFTB and MH.

How your baby's growing:

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

17 Weeks Prego-11-17-2010

Week 17 is here!

Health Update:

I went to the doctor on Thursday with a list of questions and I bet you can guess what one of my questions was. Yes I did ask the sex again and was surprised to hear a completely different response than what I have heard in the past. Maybe waiting to tell was the best decision since there is not a 100% confirmation just yet. To clear up some questions I’ve been getting from a previous post regarding the sex. A majority of my friends believe we are having two girls or 2 V’s. 11-22-10 is the big day! Looking forward to finding out for sure what these little ones are. We are already stewing our plans to reveal it to the family at our sex party.

Blood pressure was good, weight gain good, FBA is breach and in the back of my stomach, FBB is on top of FBA at the front of my stomach, their heads are on the right side of my body. FBB had its arm lying across its body just moving around in there. FBA was asleep. Placenta has moved up to where it is not completely covering the cervix, still low lying but improving-yay. I was released to go to the OU-Tech game on Saturday and have been released to take a babymoon at the beginning of December….may not be eating those plane tickets after all.

As always thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and kind words. Goal: 36 weeks!

Mother Hen and The Bull

How your baby's growing!
Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop

16 Weeks Prego- 11-10-2010

Week 16 is here and we realized it’s been 4 months-wow!

A little refresher: TB=The Bull (Richard), FFTB=Foxy Father to Be (Richard), FBA=Foster Baby A, FBB=Foster Baby B, Mother Hen (muaw)

The babies are the size of an avocado. Last week it was an apple so your first thought is that an avocado is smaller than apple.

The Mullet and bowl:

As an expectant mom I lay in bed and wonder what will my unborn children look like? Will they have red or brown hair, blue or brown eyes, pale or pale skin, thick or thin hair, and what if my kid comes out a different ethnicity?!?!? They were conceived in a dish so there is always the possibility. I told TB this and his response was the following: “Well at least I would know you were not messing around.” Rest assured I can promise them that with all the things that are not in my control one thing I can make sure of and it is this.  I promise to never give them a mullet or a bowl hair cut.

So I decided to take us back to 1984; the year of the mullet and the bowl. You just never know what can happen when your child has a mullet for example: In 1984 I was on a tire swing (a homemade swing where they would tie a rope to a tire). The recess started out great I was swinging and spinning and having a great time. Then it happened, the worst thing that could happen. My mullet got twisted up in the rope. I was helpless, hanging on for my mullets life twisted up in the rope screaming for my life. Then I saw the teacher running at me with a pair of scissors. The only way to my rescue was to cut my hair out of the rope for my freedom. There I was with a huge round bald spot in my mullet for months. On to the bowl cut, such a strange cut, one I just don’t understand. Can you imagine a grown man with a bowl? In ways it’s a great cut. If you want to braid it, push it back with a headband, give the hair a tail, or a little blow dryer action for a Jersey shore blow out it’s fabulous. I sometimes wonder if FFTB and I both had these cuts in the year 2010 would we get double takes.

The Chair:

Yes the recliner that now resides in my bedroom next to our bed. After months of no sleep, aches, and pains I decided to steal Andy’s recliner out from under him. Little did I know that Alissa has been plotting to get rid of this chair for months. She kept saying it’s the best thing for your back, I slept in it for 9 months, I promise this is the cure all for the aches and pains. Sunday I blindsided Andy by asking if he would be home for us to come get his chair. As we picked up the chair poor Andy sat on the floor with his remote control where his chair once sat. So this is my shout out and thank you to Andy because both TB and I slept fabulous every night since we stole it. TB had the bed to himself without me interrupting his sleep by tossing and turning all night long. I of course slept like a baby in my new chair. Let’s all just hope my water does not brake in Andy’s football watching chair.

As always thank you for your kind words, thoughts, and prayers. Goal: 36 weeks, healthy babies, and uterus.

Mother Hen and Foxy Father to Be

How Your Baby is Growing: Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.

 

16 WEEKS- FRATERNAL TWINS

15 Weeks Prego-11-03-2010

Week 15 is here-whoot whoot holler!

 

The little darlings are now the size of apples and are moving around in there. I swear I’ve been feeling little flutters here and there for a while now. Everything I read says I should not be able to; however little flutters that come and go spontaneously have to be my little apples kicking around.

Sex and Research:

So I was reading an email I received regarding if you should find out the sex or just wait. It was comparing it to opening your Christmas presents early. As I was reading I was like hell yah I’m opening early just like when we were kids. Alissa and I would open and re tape those gifts after we would check out the goods. I’m currently the kid who can’t wait since I ask the doctors every ultra sound what we are having. I think it’s harder on my waiting skills because we get so many ultrasounds.

On Saturday after the game Paige was trying to pry the info out of TB. She asked him multiple times if he knew if I had a “P” or a “V” inside of me. TB was very good at keeping a poker face when she would trick him back and forth with a series of questions on if it was a P and V, a V and V, or a P and P. I found it to be quite entertaining. Most of the feedback I’ve been given is that I have two “V’s” inside.

Research has been my middle name this week. I’ve been looking at all the gear and have realized babies have a lot of shiznit. I hate clutter yet I don’t mind some clothes in the floor so my goal is to minimize all the gadgets and be a “minimalist momma” We shall see if I can accomplish this task.

 

Ode to thy button:

It once was something I’ve never paid much attention to until now. This little round lint collector which has been ignored for 33 years is now catching my attention multiple times throughout the day. I’ve always heard about you getting an outty when prego; however I have never thought twice about it stretching out as much as mine has already. This little tiny belly button at one time you could barely put your finger in has now stretched out to size of TB’s eye ball. I’m enamored by this change that pregnancy has brought on. I have somewhat neglected it with the lotions and creams and have now after seeing some stretch marks have realized it needs it’s own attention.

 

Health:

I’ve decided that pregnancy is a lot like aging. You have lots of aches and pains that you sometimes get caught up in. I see a lot of elderly people  and when I ask how they are doing instead of I’m doing well I hear about all the aches, pains, gas, heartburn, etc. It’s really quite annoying and uninteresting to be frank. So with that being said my plan going forward is to be cautious of discussing my heartburn, lower back aches, lack of sleep, calf aches, and abdominal aches.

 As always thank you for your kind words, thoughts, prayers, and support. Our goal is 36 weeks for healthy strong babies and a strong uterus.

 Mother Hen and Foxy Father to Be

How your baby's growing:

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")