Wow, another month come and gone without a post! I really need to keep on top of this! Well, yesterday (was it really only yesterday, it seems like a lifetime ago!) we had our second ultrasound. I went in hoping and praying that there wouldn't be any more surprises, no more babies and good health!
I drank the required water and sweated through the very bumpy 45 minute ride to the hospital. It wasn't a long wait before my name was called and I waddled into the tiny room. Climbing unto the god-aweful, uncomfortable "bed" covered with paper sheets, my heart pounded with excitement, fear and anxiety. The cold goo splattered my orbous belly and in mere seconds the probe found the first images of Baby A. After a thurough scan, checking the heart, stomach, skull and limbs we discovered that Baby A is a perfectly healthy little GIRL!!! One down, one to go...
Another splash of cold goo and a moment of searching finds Baby B high up in my bloated uterus. Again, a thurough scan checking heart, skull, stomach and limbs proves happy with a healthy baby. Discovering the gender is a big harder as Baby B just will not cooperate! After a battle of wills between Baby B and the determined technician, a quick peek between the legs finds another vagina! Two baby girls!
Daddy is a bit nervous for the teenage years (and admittedly so I am!), two 13 year olds and a 15 year old? Boys? Valentine's Day? Hormones? Fashions, friends, phone bills? How will we survive? I'm still not sure how, but good Lord willing I know we will!
I'm really starting to feel more kicks, punches and rolls, and it never fails to put a smile on my face, even on my most hormonal of days! My carpal tunnel is barely a problem, although my hands, especially my fingers, do hurt some during the day; no one told me carpal tunnel was "normal" in pregnancy! I still have not had any gall stone attacks, and I'm hoping I won't have anymore, surgery during pregnancy just isn't ideal. Jaelyn is finding it harder and harder to get comfy on mommy's lap and when asked, will hold up two fingers and tell you there are two babies in mommy's tummy, sometimes she says three...she better be wrong! I feel like a blimp, but I realize this is only just the beginning and I'm quickly finding ways to make sure I stay comfortable...one of which is to sleep on the couch which has good support for my back while I lay on my side.
Jaelyn is doing great with sleep training, she crawls into bed when we ask her to after her usual routine and goes right to sleep without us even in the room anymore! She wakes up once or twice each night, but even that is getting better as long as we don't mess with the routine! As for nap time sleep training, well, it could be going better, but it's not so bad, I'm sure we'll get there soon! As for weaning, I'm not sure who's having a harder time with it...Mommy or Jaelyn? But for the health of the twins, it really does need to be done, so that's what I have to do, like it or not.
Being a mom is great and I'm excited to start a whole new chapter in "Mommyhood", as nerve wracking as it is! 'Til next week world!
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