Today I am 16 weeks and 5 days pregnant, and I got to hear my babies hearts beating. Any mom or dad knows this is a wonderful sound. Concrete living breathing proof of life. Not only that but now I have an idea of where they are for the momment.
Category: pregnant
With our new place…The Mooshoos got new digs. After finding out that we had two babies on the way it became very clear that our current quarters were going to be tight at best. So we packed up our two-bedroom duplex and took over a four bedroom, two-car garage glorious house. A free standing no one connected to us house. Our own driveway! An amazing back and front yard covered in soft plush grass-that we don’t even have to cut, because the landlord employs a gardener. A Gardener! Oh and carpet wonderful quiet soft un-scratch able carpet. And this fall and winter we will be snuggling up by our very own fireplace. It’s a dream that I hope I’ll never wake up from.
I had my second prenatal appointment today. I didn’t get to hear their heart beats though-I got to see them! I had an ultrasound; ya know there really are never enough of those. Two perfect babies lying on their backs stacked one on top of the other in their safe little sacs. One head at one end one at the other. Two delicate little profiles, with fierce beating hearts. The shock is gone and for the moment all the little jitters of anxiety quiet. Past the chance of a disappearing twin and much lower risk of miscarriage.
I love milkshakes! Milkshakes are good!
Growing two babies is kicking my butt! When I heard that I should throw out everything I know about being pregnant and just go with flow….ehhh I mean really how different can it be?!? Well my body let me know the answer to that really quickly. Every day is something new, some days are good and some are really bad. I spent two weeks climbing the walls hungry while also feeling extremely nauseous. It’s pretty dang frustrating to be so hungry and not be able to eat. Every thing sounded disgusting and I ended up forcing down lots and lots of crackers. That seems to be going away now (knock on wood). What’s not letting up is the exhaustion. I have realized the days of cleaning the house in one morning are over. Now I have to pick a chore a day. Even my daily walks have to change because an hour is wiping me out. Literally we come home and I can’t get up again for the rest of the afternoon-which doesn’t mesh well with two toddlers running around. I read some where when you find out you’re having twins they tell you –you have to slow down-what they don’t say is how much. And if you have kids you really have to prioritize. Spending time with my boys is more important then clean floors.