Week 18: Sweet Potato

We are doing great. I have been feeling the babies move at least every other day, if not every day! I realized this morning getting ready for work, that I have been feeling better and not really having a ucky tummy! FINALLY!!! :-D My tummy is continuing to grow and it's getting to be harder to find clothes in my closet that I can still wear! I can't wait for them to start moving enough that Walter can feel them, it's such a wonderful feeling!

(BTW this is the ugliest reference to the babies...it's got hair and just doesn't give you a good happy feeling ;-)) Our babies have become amazingly mobile (at least compared to me), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, babyies' finally big enough that I'll be able to feel those movements soon.

Statehood Quarters!

So I finally got my last two quarters I have been looking for and now my collection is complete. Walter got me the great display board for Christmas. I was soo excited!

Week 17:Onion

Look at this, I am actually on time today!! And I have been feeling the babies...alot more in the last few days actually. It feels like little muscle spasms or little bubbles. AH! It makes me smile everytime I feel it!Babies' skeletons are hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

Doc Appt 3/19

So today I had a short visit with the doctor to see how the babies and I are doing. Today's visit started off with her feeling my belly (which is becoming more and more tight), and just a discussion of how I am feeling and any concerns. Besides being sleepy and a perpetual stuffy nose, I am doing just fine. We also got to see the babies again...always refreshing...on an old-school 3x3 inch monitor. She showed us where the placentas are, the top baby has it on the backside (so closer into my body....closest to my back) and the bottom baby's is on the top of the sack. I should feel the lower one more than the top one because of the placement of the placentas. This led to a discussion about feeling the babies move and self monitoring. If I am having a hard time telling that both are moving, then there's an option to be monitored once a week at like 30-32 weeks, but she really wants to avoid that....she doesn't want us to have to worry about paying for that, but if it's what we have to do then that's what we will do, but we have a while before having to worry about that. The last thing she did was measure my abdomen, and I am at 22-23 centimeters....she said all in all I am doing great, just make sure I keep up with a good diet and exercise.

I had to schedule 2 more appointments. One is the monthly appointment which is 4/17 @ 3:20pm. And the second appointment is the exciting one!!!! We had to schedule a 2 hour session for an ultrasound to measure the babies, make sure they are OK, check out the anatomy, and........................determine the genders!!!!!!!!!!!!! This appointment will be 4/8 @ 10am.

So now my dear readers, you know and you will just have to wait til then to find out the juicy details :-)

Funny Moment

So we were in church last Sunday and after I received Communion, I had closed my eyes and started to say some personal prayers. Just as I am getting started. Walter (must have had quick prayers ;-)) Pokes my stomach and says "Tummy Rub" or something like that. Of course it isn't as funny as it was then. He apologized, but we giggled about it until the end of church. He's been really hands on...like rubbing my tummy and saying hi to the babies. Its great. I just can't wait for them to really start moving so he can feel them and develop that connection!

Week 16: Avacadoes

TWO MORE WEEKS, AND WE'RE HALF WAY!!!!!

Ah! I am soo excited! My belly is started to pop :-) and I swear I felt them move last Thurs! We are getting excited because also in two more weeks, we get to know what our little blueberries are....boy or girl!!! (I think they are one of each or...two girls, which kinda bums out Walter...you know guys and their boys.) But we will be happy with whatever God grants us with!

Walter has been so cute too. We were cuddled on the couch and he was rubbing my belly with one crooked finger. It's so sweet. And last nite he fell asleep spooned behind me with his hand on my stomach!

"Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming." I told Walter we gotta start talking to them so they recognize our voices!

New Pictures

So ya'll know, I have started a scrapblog, at the advise of a friend. There are the twins pictures, which you have probably already seen, and pictures of my growing belly :-) The link is to the right by the other link for more pictures, but if you want to know the exact link its: www.scrapblog.com/phillipsfamily

Waiting in Limbo

It has been hard lately. I know there are two babies in there, but I can't feel them. I have heard their heartbeats, twice, and seen them. But knowing they are there and I can't feel them scares me. Its not that I have two in there that scare me, but the fact I don't know if they are ok. I have been having scary dreams lately too, which of course compounds my worry. Its hard. I do feel the small pangs of pain as my womb expands, and the itchy belly as the skins stretchs, but for me its not frequent enough to assure me that everything is ok....look at me...they aren't even here and I am worry, what will I be like when they get older.........;-) Needless to say, I am excited and anxious for my doctor visit on next Thursday! We get to hear their little heartbeats again!

Week 15: Oranges

Sorry I have been behind the last few weeks. With the arrival of tax season and 6 day work weeks, I am behind, not being used to not having my Saturdays.

Oh, well....here's the update.

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, babyies' legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Our babies are squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though I probably still can't feel the movements.

Week 14: Lemons

So I am going to continue using thebump.com's size comparisions until I should stop, I have a feeling that the size of one baby isn't the same as for twins, but thebump.com doesn't have a size thingy for twins.

Our little babies are busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over their bodies for warmth.