Maternity Clothes

Well I am now over 16 weeks and things are starting to change a little. I am feeling better and it seems my belly is growing by the day. My jeans are comfortable to wear when standing up, but when I sit down they are digging into my belly and well it's just plain annoying. It's time for maternity clothes! My mom and sister came up this weekend to do a little shopping for the nursery and to get me some new clothes. They were quite shocked to see the difference in just a couple of weeks of how much I am changing. I didn't want to pay a ton of money so I got a lot of stuff off the sales rack and should be good to go for a while. I do have to admit though the full wasted maternity pants are pretty much my new favorite thing. I might wear them forever. haha. Here are some new belly pics.


16 weeks




"The pants"

15 vs. 30

So tonight I finally got out of the house and went to Mo's for dinner and a movie. We were eating for five!!! We decided tonight was a good night for some pics of the two of us, first of all b/c we don't have many pictures together and second of all, b/c we are both pregnant. She is 30 weeks and I am 15. She only has one in there so I can't imagine what in the world I am going to be looking like at 30 weeks with two.

After fooling with the camera for 15 minutes we finally figured out how to use the self-timer to get a few pics. Although I have always said I will never put a pic of my bare belly on the internet, I don't know I'm a freak, this picture just can't not be blogged about.






After previewing our picture I said what in the world is that. It looks as if I have a man part growing from me. We laughed and laughed and laughed and then tried another picture and had the same results. Someone's finger was in the way, which we still aren't sure whose it was. We then decided to take a pic with our hands behind our back as to not make the mistake for the 3rd time. Looks like a mug shot.




And finally a back to back pic....



So here we are 2 hot mama's on a Saturday night while our men are working security at a fight. It was a wonderful night and I am so glad to get out of the house and have some much needed fun and girls time.

13 weeks

Wow I have been away from here for a while. I need a laptop so I can blog while I am on my partial bedrest. Waiting for that lovely tax return:) So today I am 13 weeks along. Things haven't gone quite as planned, but God has been good and getting us through each and every day. I am allowed to go to work for a few hours then home to bed. My mom has been coming on the weekends to help Lane out and I have some wonderful friends that have brought me dinner and one is even doing my grocery shopping for me this next week. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends in my life!!!!

Still doesn't seem real that I have twins growing inside of me, except my belly that is gradually getting bigger and bigger. I can't imagine in a few months what it will be like. I go back to the doc on Monday and will hopefully get my next ultrasound scheduled to see how the bleed in my uterus is and find out what we are having!!!!! I think I got a little baby bump going on, anyone else or am I just crazy?!?!?!




13 weeks


Another angle

Bed Rest

First of all if you don't want to read anything grose stop right now......This past Saturday about 1:30 a.m. I woke up and was like oh my word I just wet the bed. Are you kidding me?!?! I sure didn't think at 10 weeks along that would be happening alredy. So got up cleaned myself up and headed back to bed. At 2:30 I woke up again and the same thing and I was like no way. So I went back to the bathroom and felt it running down my leg on the ground. I flipped the light on only to see bright red blood everywhere. Dripping down both legs onto the floor and everywhere. Lane said it looked like a murder scene. I was in shock and just kept saying oh no, oh no is this really happening? Lane came running in with a complete look of shock on his face saying it will be ok, I love you, it will be ok, try and calm down. I sat on the toilet and then starting digging through looking for my babies, but they weren't there. They are about an inch by now so I knew for sure I would be able to find them. Then I started freaking out wondering if I had lost them earlier, b/c it wasn't actually urine that I had "let out." I didn't know what to do. I called my mom while Lane called the OB doc on call. My mom and dad immediately got in the car and headed up here. The doc said if the bleeding kept going then I needed to go to ER. About 6:30 bleeding hadn't stopped so into the ER we go.

By the time I got there bleeding had stopped and they ran all sorts of tests. I even had to get a catheter(which was the worst thing ever) and the ultrasound showed both babies hearts beating and they were both still moving all around. That was encouraging only to find out there were a couple of bleeds in my uterus and one was
8cm, which is really big. Doc said there was nothing to do but go on bed rest and hope it resolves itself. Right before leaving the hospital I went to the bathroom and started bleding all over the bathroom. Nurse came in and went and got doc, but still nothing to do except get home and get in bed. I was trying not to cry and get myself worked up, b/c I know stress isn't good, but didn't know what to do or say.

So it is now Monday night and I have been in bed the past couple of days. Only to get up to go to the bathroom and to the doc today. Thank goodness I have my wonderful mother here to help out and my amazing husband. I am so lucky to have them along with my wonderful friends and everyone that has been praying for me.

Today the hematoma had shrunk down to 2 cm and the doc was happy. Still not out of the woods, but hopefully the bed rest will help. He told me today that I will be high risk my entire pregnancy and I should expect to go on bed rest at about 28weeks or so. I said I will do whatever it takes to keep my babies alive and healthy. So I go back to doc next Tuesday and will see what he has to say then. Please just keep praying that everything will be ok. I love all my family and wonderful friends.

9 weeks 4 days

Today we headed down to Ft. Wayne for a check-up with my fertility doctor. We haven't seen him when we found out we were having twins. Still crazy to say. We had our ultrasound and everything looked great. We even got to see their little arms and legs moving around which was amazing. I can't believe how much things change in just 2 weeks. I will get to stop all of my hormones this weekend and they released me to go to my regular OB. I was hoping that would happen, but then a little nervous wanting to make sure my doc was competant about twins, so I called and he apparently is. I know I'm psychotic already.

I have been reading this book called twins, triplet and quads and I had no idea how much a twin pregnancy was different than a singleton pregnancy. So many more restrictions and a certain diet and WOW!! Sort of freaks you out for a minute, but I know we can do it. We have such a wonderful support system with so many friends up here and family and that is all that I have to remember. Plus I have so many friends with babies I will have lots of advice. (Speaking of that congrats to Chelssie who had her little girl last night, so exciting!!!!)

Anyway here are a few pics from our appt. today. I am measuring 9 weeks 4 days. One does look a little bigger than the other, but that is pretty normal, b/c one usually steals some food from the other. Guess I will have to eat more. Heart beats were 176 and 167.


9wks 4 day baby...HR=176
Head is on the bottom and you can see the little arm in the middle and feet on top.



9 wks 4 day baby...HR=167
This one didn't want to cooperate and layed on its back the whole time.


And here they are together

We are................

PREGNANT!!!!! Yes that is correct, I have been wanting to tell on here for a while, but wanted to wait until we had the first ultrasound. I have had 3 positive bloodworks and then 3 positive sticks. Lane told me no more tests, but I have just been scared something bad would happen until I talked to one of my bestest friends and she reminded me that this is in God's hands now and He is in control of everything. So I put my complete trust in Him and we will see where this goes.

We had our first ultrasound today and I had ants in my pants all day. We had our little scare a couple of weeks ago with the bleeding and cramping and everyone thought for sure we lost one of our embryos, so that is just what we pictured. Our numbers weren't to high and then they didn't double and all of that so they thought one of them were gone and the other was picking up steam. We get to the hospital and go back and they said well lets just start with a belly ultrasound, which I was thankful for, b/c I was sick of the vaginal ones to be quite honest. The tech said oh there is baby and then said and there is baby #2. WHAT?!?!?! Are you kidding me? Lane and I just looked at each other and were in disbelief. His face was priceless asking are you sure?, is this for real?, what? I am still not sure if it has sunk in yet to be honest. This is the greatest Christmas present I could ever ask for. TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't wrap my head around it. We got to see their hearts beating, one was at 144 and the other was 143 and I am 7 weeks and 1 day. Still aren't posting this on FB yet, want to wait until about 12 to 15 weeks if I can hold it in that long, but our due date is August 15th. So here are a few pics of what has been going on the last few weeks. Thanks to all for your prayers . We are so blessed. God is good!!!


7 days post transfer, line is light but it is there. woo hoo!!!



14 days post transfer


Lane being goofy


Hoping there is something in there at Christmas


Here they are, our little babies!!!

Fireman Christmas Party

So last night was the annual Mishawaka Firefighter Christmas party. It usually entails the guys acting crazy and karaoking, but for the last 2 years it has been really mellow. We had dinner at Reggio's and then went to someone's house after for a few hours. I wasn't feeling in the dress up mood and feeling fat, so I opted for the black tights, long sweater and as my friend Kaley would say Peter Pan boots. I am always excited to go and hangout with my girlfriend Mo and we said ok we have to get lots of pictures. So I got out my brand new memory card for my camera and we were on our way. Mo sends me a text on the way saying she forgot her camera, but no problem I have mine. As I pull my camera out it says memory card error. Whoever in the world would think to check that, obviously not me. So to say the least we got one picture, which all in all is pretty cute, but I wanted more to post. We had a great night and thankful for all of the friends I have made from the department.