Its been so long, much needed update!

 

Wow, its been months since I update my blog so I figured I'd better get to it! I am proud to announce after all the craziness of this pregnancy, we're in a safe zone with the twins and are currently 28 weeks 2 days pregnant! I have a lot to update on so here it goes.....

My last update was just at a little over 10 weeks, when all the complications began. Well around 13 weeks I had a major bleed, biggest one yet, I rushed in my OB to still find two beautifully beating hearts, my subchorionic hemorrhage grew significantly though and went from just 2cm long to 9cm long, so very scary. I also began seeing a maternal fetal specialist around this time who decided it was time to put me on strict bed rest, so extrememly hard. Our roomate/family friend had to watch Jacob during the day while I stayed in bed except to use the restroom and bathe, my food even had to be brought to me, James got off work early for nearly two months to help with Jacob too. I was on strict bed rest for over 2 months, I thought it would never end and wondered if my babies were going to make it through all this.

We purchased a wheel chair during this time for the times I just had to get out, being cooped up all the time was driving me crazy. I did still manage to make it to my 3D/4D ultrasound at 16 weeks which revealed that we are having a boy and a girl, so very exciting! I have always dreamed of having a daughter so I am beyond blessed to be getting one of each, the most ideal set up for having twins. Babies looked adorable but still so little at 16 weeks, here are a couple of pictures from the 16 week ultrasound:

Our baby girl parts:

Our baby boy parts:

Our daughter, twin B:

Our son, twin A:

They looked great, despite all the complications I had been going through. My last and final bleed was around 17 weeks, since then I have had no more bleeding and the hemorrhage has gotten smaller at each visit. It is still there now but down to 2cm and not causing me anymore problems. I am not on bedrest anymore but I still try to take it easy and always go in my wheel chair for long walking distances.

Around 20 weeks we confirmed again we were having a boy and a girl and we've picked names, our girl name has been picked for 8 years so that had been done but me and James finally agreed on a boy name. Our daughter will be Annalyn Grace, Ann is my late mother in law's name and Lynn is my mother name, so a combo of the two and Grace for the Lords grace of giving her to us. We decided on Ayden James for our son, I have always liked the name but James wasn't so set on the boy name but said he would accept it if we could spell it non traditionally, therefore the reason we're spelling it with a Y and of course James for daddy's name. Just to catch everyone up, I took a few belly pictures along the way, not as many as I did with Jacob because I was on bed rest but here are some.

10 weeks:

18 weeks:

23 weeks:

We also had my baby shower about a week and a half ago, it was wonderful and I had so many friends show up to support me during this time, here are a few pictures from that:

We also got another 3D/4D ultrasound after our baby shower at 27 weeks, they look so precious and we could really see their features, it looks like Ayden will look just like Jacob, here are some pictures from that session!

Annalyn

 

Ayden



We have also completed the nusery for the babies and gotten most of the necessities for them, I will post pictures of them soon. Most recently we just got some maternity pictures done by a wonderful friend, I plan to take maternity pictures of her as well as she is only 2 weeks behind me. Here are some pictures from that session, I love them!

 

 

 

 

 

And thats all for now, a lot up updates in one post, we cannot wait to meet our babies!

Phew, time for an update! 10 weeks 2 days pregnant

Well, its been about 3 weeks since I last made a post but times have been very difficult. As you know in my last post I mentioned that I was diagnosed with a subchorionic hemorrhage, well shortly after that post around 8 weeks along I had the most blood I've had yet, it was bright red and lots of it, I was terrified, I went to my OB the following morning which found the two beautiful heartbeats again, this time at 154 and 160 bpm, babies grew a ton from the last time I seen them just over a week earlier, they were no longer measuring 3 days small but only 1 day, I was relieved.

I talked to the midwife a bit that said these bleeds can be light, medium, heavy, brown, pink, and red, I've had it all, so I was put on modified bed rest and full pelvic rest almost 3 weeks ago. Its been extremely difficult since I have to try to care for Jacob while staying off my feet but between our friend/roomate Marlon, my husband, and some friends that were nice enough to bring me meals a few nights, I've been getting by. I will admit, I have been a bit depressed, having to stay home and laying down most of my days and not being able to live life normally has me in the dumps. I am also still very nauseous and turned off by most foods, I just feel terrible.

The past week or so has been better on the bleeding, its only been some brown spotting with an occasionally dark red light bleed, I get a right side pain when I am over doing it followed by a bit more bleeding, so I know when I am doing too much which I accidentally did a few times recently. Its amazing the difference between the pregnancy with Jacob and this one, I adored being pregnant with Jacob, I felt great, loved every moment. I have to say, I've enjoyed maybe 1-2 weeks of this pregnancy, from the day I found out until I began to bleed at 6 weeks, thats all. Since then I've dealt with severe sickness and constant bleeding/spotting. No matter how many times I go in and see my babies doing well, seeing blood during pregnancy will never make you not worry or fear for the worst, I honestly am scared to use the restroom now and build up anxiety over it.

Some positive stuff is that my friend/neighbor allowed me to borrow her doppler and I was able to pick up a heartbeat at 9 weeks along and by 9 weeks 4 days I found both heartbeats, it was quite reassuring and now if I have anymore major bleeding episodes I can do my doppler and feel at ease that the babies are ok.

We also set up a 3D/4D ultrasound to find out the genders of the babies for Sept 15th, I'll be just under 16 weeks, I am so excited and can't wait to find out what they are. I am currently 10 weeks 2 days right now and starting to pop, I have quite the pudgy baby belly, starting to finally look a bit pregnant, babies are supposed to be the size of prunes this week :) . Well thats all for now, hopefully I'll be back sooner than 3 weeks!

Lots of updates! Currently 7 weeks 2 days pregnant

I have been slacking big time on posting, a lot has been going on the past couple weeks. First of all, as you all know, my last post mentioned seeing two sacs, we were not certain how that would all play out until we seen the heartbeats, we had an appointment set up with my OB for July 17th but unfortunately we got a scare that made us go back to the RE when we were 6 weeks 1 day because I began to bleed the night before, it was red blood and a moderate amount and so scary. Thank goodness we seen 1 heartbeat right away at that visit the following day and about a 70% chance they seen a second heartbeat, babies were measuring 3 days small so it was hard to make out, they couldn't see where the bleed came from, it stopped by the time I got to my appt.

Over the next few days I spotted a bit, but then I was terrified again last Friday to begin bleeding red again, my RE was out of town and nobody was in that day that could do an u/s so I called my OB and they decided to see me that day. I am proud to announce we have 2 strong, beautiful heartbeats! The babies heartbeats were measuring 127 bpm and 116 bpm, they did find the source of the bleed which is called a subchorionic hemorrhage, its when the placenta and everything gets implanted into the uterus and hits something that causes a bleed, a slight separating of the placenta from uterine wall, extremely common and almost never fatal to babies, they usually resolve themselves. I was so relieved to know the bleeding wasn't coming from one of my babies.

I have had pretty much non stop spotting since that bleed but we had our first official non emergency prenatal appointment yesterday where we got to see our babies again! This time babies heartbeats were 141 bpm and 135 bpm, the bleed is still there but they assured me its small. I may have spotting/light bleeding off and on for weeks, even months, just hard to say. They said babies and sacs look great. I am terribly sick, nauseous nearly all day and don't want to eat anything, tired all the time too, its reassuring but at the same time I can hardly get off the couch which is hard when you have a 4 year old running around. Here is the u/s pictures of our beautiful twins at 7 weeks 1 day, measuring 6 weeks 6 days.

Our first u/s

We had our first u/s today at 5 weeks 5 days, very early for an u/s but the doctor wanted to make sure the pregnancy implanted and was growing in the right spot. We did not see the heartbeat yet because it was too soon but we did see two sacs! Yep, two! We are currently expecting twins, of course my doctor had to be on the cautious side and tell me not to get too excited until I see both heartbeats but that when I see them that we have a 95% chance they will both make it to the end. So we go back for u/s # 2 on July 17th, I will be 7 weeks and 2 days at that time and I really pray we see two beautiful flickering heartbeats!

Sickness is starting to really kick in for me, not so much in the morning, actually I feel the best when I first wake up, but late evening and night are the worst, I remember it being that way with Jacob too. I am tired constantly, no matter how much sleep I get, I need more. I am turned off by a lot of food I normally love and am nauseous when I haven't eaten in awhile, over all I am feeling quite blah but its completely welcomed! I am so incredibly blessed that I will take whatever comes along with it!

Second beta is in!

I forgot to post on Friday when I got my second beta in but the second was 1920! Wowsers, that more than doubled in 48 hours, twins maybe? I will be blessed either way but I'd be delighted if both my embryos made it. I just made the announcement to everyone on FB, we were going to wait until the first u/s or until we seen the heartbeat/s but my betas are rising beautifully and I am feeling pretty yucky already so I felt secure enough to announce it, I am overwhelmed by all the loving comments from friends and family. We also went for a visit to James grandma's over the weekend and shared the good news with her, she is very happy for us :).

We have our first u/s next Friday at 8:30am, it will probably be too soon to see the heartbeat/s as I'll only be 5 weeks 5 days but my RE wants to make sure the baby/ies are in the right spot and that all looks well, we'll have a second u/s a week or so later to see the heartbeat/s, we have about a 50/50 chance of being able to tell if we have 1 or 2 babies next Friday, some say they seen it as soon as 4.5 weeks, others not until 7 weeks, so we'll see, hoping we'll be able to tell.

It still hasn't quite sunk in that we're pregnant, I don't know when it will feel real, hopefully soon!

The beta results are in

I went in for my first beta yesterday and it was 600! Thats pretty high according to the charts, more in line with twins, the average twin beta at the same day I was, was 590, singleton was 297 but after talking to many ladies I've heard of twin numbers being as low as 300 for my day and as high as 2000, so its really hard to say at this point if its 1 or 2 babies, we won't know until the first u/s which will be between 6-7 weeks, so in about 2 to 2.5 weeks.

We go back in tomorrow for a repeat beta to make sure the levels are doubling and then they will schedule my u/s, I am going to try to schedule a little closer to 7 weeks to have a better chance of seeing the heartbeat/s.

Symptoms are already starting for me, I am very very tired no matter how much sleep I get, I just can't get enough sleep. I am also having big food aversions and nothing but salty things like soup sounds good to me, I am completely turned off by my normally biggest craving, which is sweets and desserts! The thought of something sweet makes me nausous. I am feeling quite yuck more at night than in the morning, especially after a meal, just feeling over all blah. I am 4 weeks 4 days today, I can't wait to get to 5 weeks so I can see my little baby ticker go from a ball of cells to an actual figure that looks like a baby :).

I wanted to share the picture we plan to share on facebook when we're ready to announce it to everyone.

While he hasn't fully grasped whats happening, he is insisting he gets a sister, though I've tried to explain to him that I cannot choose, its whatever the Lord gives us.

I am completely humbled by my Savior's Grace

Well we took a pregnancy test at 8:00am this morning and we got a beautiful BFP! I am in complete shock, awe, and most of all humbled before my Lord and Savior! I feel happy, excited, nervous, and unworthy of such blessings all at the same time. I am so happy that my 30 months of trying to conceive a second time have come to an end but at the same time I am nervous in this delicate stage of pregnancy, not even quite 4 weeks, so I fear for the safety of my sweet baby/babies in my womb, I will feel so much better when I see the heartbeat/s and see him/her/them on ultrasound, here are my tests from this morning, 7dp5dt.

It is quite surreal, it hasn't fully sunk in, 30 long, painful months and we've been blessed, Jacob is going to be a big brother! Thank you so much to my dear heavenly father Jesus Christ, thank you for hearing my prayers and blessing me with the desires of my heart, I am over the moon!