I haven't posted anything for a while.... it has been pretty busy around here :-) our baby boys were born on April 3rd at 8:01 am and 8:04 am. They are 3 months at the moment (15 weeks) and they are doing great.
It is so unreal knowing that a year ago yesterday was my egg retrieval. What a difference a year makes! It was the beginning of this journey and I am so thrilled to now have my babies with me. They are the best. I love them so much :-)
I will write more later, when I am not sure... right now I hear a baby crying so I have to run (oh the joys of motherhood ;-) ) but trust me: it is ALL worth it though... really!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
the end is almost here
So in less than 3 weeks I will meet my baby boys finally! I have a c-section scheduled for April 3rd at 7:00 am. I'll be 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant.
This week they didn't take measurements of the boys but last week they measured 5 lb and 7 oz and 5 lb and 3 oz. Everything looks normal, except baby B has some fluid on his right kidney (again). Doctor keeps saying I shouldn't worry because it is going and coming, but I do worry :(
My bags are all done, and the babies bag is also stuffed with all the essentials. My mom will be arriving on April 3rd (she had planned it that way and it just happened that the C-section is for that same day). She will be staying with me until the end of May but she is already planning on coming back shortly after (I hope so!!). So everything is ready... I think... I keep thinking I should do more, but I know there is nothing else I can do at this point... besides, I will never be 100% ready to be a mom of twins. I'll just learn as I go and pray to God that I do a good job.
As far as me (how I physically feel) I think I am doing ok most of the time. Yes, It is uncomfortable to move around, to sleep, my lower back hurts and legs hurt and lower belly hurts, but I think it is all normal at this stage of my pregnancy. I do feel like I have swollen a lot more in the past 4 weeks than I did before, but again, nothing too bad. Everything will pass and then other types of pain will come (sore nipples when breast feeding, lack of sleep, etc) and then that too will pass. Nothing will be forever. I am trying to really enjoy every minute of my pregnancy and I intend to do the same when the boys arrive. Time will fly by then, as these past 8 months have flown by. I want to be able to enjoy it all: the good and the bad. One day I will sit back and think about this time and I know in my heart: it was all worth it!
anyway... only 20 more days until I hold my boys in my arms!! :)
This week they didn't take measurements of the boys but last week they measured 5 lb and 7 oz and 5 lb and 3 oz. Everything looks normal, except baby B has some fluid on his right kidney (again). Doctor keeps saying I shouldn't worry because it is going and coming, but I do worry :(
My bags are all done, and the babies bag is also stuffed with all the essentials. My mom will be arriving on April 3rd (she had planned it that way and it just happened that the C-section is for that same day). She will be staying with me until the end of May but she is already planning on coming back shortly after (I hope so!!). So everything is ready... I think... I keep thinking I should do more, but I know there is nothing else I can do at this point... besides, I will never be 100% ready to be a mom of twins. I'll just learn as I go and pray to God that I do a good job.
As far as me (how I physically feel) I think I am doing ok most of the time. Yes, It is uncomfortable to move around, to sleep, my lower back hurts and legs hurt and lower belly hurts, but I think it is all normal at this stage of my pregnancy. I do feel like I have swollen a lot more in the past 4 weeks than I did before, but again, nothing too bad. Everything will pass and then other types of pain will come (sore nipples when breast feeding, lack of sleep, etc) and then that too will pass. Nothing will be forever. I am trying to really enjoy every minute of my pregnancy and I intend to do the same when the boys arrive. Time will fly by then, as these past 8 months have flown by. I want to be able to enjoy it all: the good and the bad. One day I will sit back and think about this time and I know in my heart: it was all worth it!
anyway... only 20 more days until I hold my boys in my arms!! :)
Thursday, February 28, 2013
I don't want to work anymore!
It is so hard to concentrate at work... all I want to think about (and do) is to get everything ready for the babies... and when I am not thinking about that, I want to rest and sleep. I get so tired lately. I'm thinking it's normal, but I wish I had just a little bit more energy.
Oh, I also want to acquire all the knowledge I can regarding how to take care of the babies. So I am trying to read these 3 books before I give birth, one is about teaching babies and toddlers about sleeping habits, another one is a book writen by this lady who had twins and she gives advise on how to handle certain situations, and the other book is just a guide on pregnancy I got from my insurance company. I also watched the video "The Happiest Baby on the Block". I think I am going a bit overboard.
Oh well,.... I'm going to try to do some work here. Off to a conference call now! zzzzzzz
Oh, I also want to acquire all the knowledge I can regarding how to take care of the babies. So I am trying to read these 3 books before I give birth, one is about teaching babies and toddlers about sleeping habits, another one is a book writen by this lady who had twins and she gives advise on how to handle certain situations, and the other book is just a guide on pregnancy I got from my insurance company. I also watched the video "The Happiest Baby on the Block". I think I am going a bit overboard.
Oh well,.... I'm going to try to do some work here. Off to a conference call now! zzzzzzz
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
"last minute" preparation... what else should I buy?
This past Saturday was my baby shower. It was so nice to have a few friends over, even though most of my friends and family couldn't be there (I just moved to FL and my friends are all over the States, and family back home in South America and MA). It was very nice anyway! we got some really good presents and also gift cards, so we are getting the last few things that we need are crucial at the moment. It's getting so real now!
On Sunday I decided to go ahead and wash all the clothes and blankets and towels, etc and just realized I don't have enough new born outfits :( so I have to get some this week. I honestly don't know how much of anything to buy... how much is too much or too little. Somewhere I read that I should have about 10 outfits? so that would be 20 for the boys.... well, I only have 8! (4 each) I definitely have to go to get them a few more. This brings me on to my next question: what should I get? onsies? full suits? pajama type things? :( one would think it was easy, but it's hard to try to make the best decision and yet not having a clue becasue one has never been in this situation before. Same thing goes for diapers. I read that on average, a new born uses between 8-12 diapers a day. I am saying 10 diapers on average, for 30 days, it's 300, X 2 = 600... but how do I know when the babies will outgrow the new born diapers? 2 weeks? a month? ugh.... I am telling you.... if you have never done this before, it can get confusing. In this case (diapers) my gut feeling tells me that I'm better off buying less than what I think I would use and get a variety of sizes, like get 200 new born size and 200 size 1. I could always send my husband to get more if we run out of the small ones, right? I really thought I had this already figured out but I am lost once again... sigh...
If anyone has any advise out there, please let me know!
On Sunday I decided to go ahead and wash all the clothes and blankets and towels, etc and just realized I don't have enough new born outfits :( so I have to get some this week. I honestly don't know how much of anything to buy... how much is too much or too little. Somewhere I read that I should have about 10 outfits? so that would be 20 for the boys.... well, I only have 8! (4 each) I definitely have to go to get them a few more. This brings me on to my next question: what should I get? onsies? full suits? pajama type things? :( one would think it was easy, but it's hard to try to make the best decision and yet not having a clue becasue one has never been in this situation before. Same thing goes for diapers. I read that on average, a new born uses between 8-12 diapers a day. I am saying 10 diapers on average, for 30 days, it's 300, X 2 = 600... but how do I know when the babies will outgrow the new born diapers? 2 weeks? a month? ugh.... I am telling you.... if you have never done this before, it can get confusing. In this case (diapers) my gut feeling tells me that I'm better off buying less than what I think I would use and get a variety of sizes, like get 200 new born size and 200 size 1. I could always send my husband to get more if we run out of the small ones, right? I really thought I had this already figured out but I am lost once again... sigh...
If anyone has any advise out there, please let me know!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
29+ weeks!!!!
I haven't been around in ages!!!! so sorry!!
We have been super busy looking for a home and the holidays, I have neglected my blog :(
Everything is good! Only at 19+ weeks I had to go to the ER because I was having pain in my lower abdomen... I was having mild contractions due to an UTI. I got better after IV, antibiotics and oral antibiotics. It was kind of scary but thank God everything was ok with the babies.
Today I am 29 weeks and 4 days and my belly is already measuring 36 weeks +
We bought a house at the end of December and we finally moved in the second week of January, after painting throughout the house and cleaning, putting crown molding, etc... Now we are finalizing the babies nursery and getting everything ready for their arrival. My baby shower is on Feb 9th and I am excited!
I will post some pictures of the nursery when it's ready!
We have been super busy looking for a home and the holidays, I have neglected my blog :(
Everything is good! Only at 19+ weeks I had to go to the ER because I was having pain in my lower abdomen... I was having mild contractions due to an UTI. I got better after IV, antibiotics and oral antibiotics. It was kind of scary but thank God everything was ok with the babies.
Today I am 29 weeks and 4 days and my belly is already measuring 36 weeks +
We bought a house at the end of December and we finally moved in the second week of January, after painting throughout the house and cleaning, putting crown molding, etc... Now we are finalizing the babies nursery and getting everything ready for their arrival. My baby shower is on Feb 9th and I am excited!
I will post some pictures of the nursery when it's ready!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
18 weeks
So these past few days have been really hard.
I got a call last Wednesday from my OBGYN's office telling me that the test for down syndrome came back positive. They told me not to worry too much because it is not a diagnosis, it is just a screening test, so they don't know for sure; however I needed to see the genetic counselor and have a detailed sonogram of the babies at the Clinic for High Risk Pregnancies (I am high risk because of my age = 36 and because of the fact that I am having twins). Needless to say, I was devastated.
They scheduled my appointment for the 13th (yesterday), so for a week I stressed about the fact that something may be wrong with the babies. It was awful. I felt like I had this huge weigh on my chest and I felt sick to my stomach at all times. I didn't even gained any weight this past week...
Anyway, so I went for the scan, with tears in my eyes and feeling so scared to find out something was wrong in there. My husband couldn't get out of work, which made things even worse to my state of mind. The genetics counselor was very nice. She explained how they came up with the numbers they did (after getting my blood tests), and why I was at a higher risk. The number I got was 1:165 chance that the babies have DS. She said that for my age, they consider the risk of a woman having a baby with DS was 1:82 (she showed me the chart), so after my blood tests came back with certain protein levels abnormal, they come up with a new risk value. In my case the risk actually went down (1:165 chance) but still higher than the median which is 1:270. So I had to get the sonogram of the babies, and then I had to make a decision based on that whether or not to have amniocentesis done. I am scared of the fact that amniocentesis has a 1 in 200 chance of ending up in miscarriage. I don't even want to think about that, so I knew I would decline it even after the scan wasn't normal.
So doctor saw the babies, they looked at their heart, their kidneys, stomach, lungs, brain, they measured their legs, their arms, their heads, their spine. The scan took about an hour. After the scan the doctor said that he didn't see anything abnormal with the babies anatomy but that the scan doesn't give you 100% accuracy of a negative DS result, and that the only thing I could do to have 100% assurance that the babies are ok, is to have amniocentesis done. I remembered that the scan I had done at 12 weeks where the nuchal translucency screening came back normal so I decided to just leave it at that. I was happy knowing they were ok and I have huge faith in God that the babies will be just perfect when they are born. And even if the babies have some sort of problem, I wouldn't terminate this pregnancy and I would love them just as much when they are born. After all, God doesn't give you something you cannot handle. I keep praying...
So the fun part of the scan, besides seeing my babies, was that we found out what we are having: the scan revealed that we are having 2 BOYS!!!!!!
We are so happy!!! Husband was thrilled when he found out :) we couldn't be more blessed! <3
I got a call last Wednesday from my OBGYN's office telling me that the test for down syndrome came back positive. They told me not to worry too much because it is not a diagnosis, it is just a screening test, so they don't know for sure; however I needed to see the genetic counselor and have a detailed sonogram of the babies at the Clinic for High Risk Pregnancies (I am high risk because of my age = 36 and because of the fact that I am having twins). Needless to say, I was devastated.
They scheduled my appointment for the 13th (yesterday), so for a week I stressed about the fact that something may be wrong with the babies. It was awful. I felt like I had this huge weigh on my chest and I felt sick to my stomach at all times. I didn't even gained any weight this past week...
Anyway, so I went for the scan, with tears in my eyes and feeling so scared to find out something was wrong in there. My husband couldn't get out of work, which made things even worse to my state of mind. The genetics counselor was very nice. She explained how they came up with the numbers they did (after getting my blood tests), and why I was at a higher risk. The number I got was 1:165 chance that the babies have DS. She said that for my age, they consider the risk of a woman having a baby with DS was 1:82 (she showed me the chart), so after my blood tests came back with certain protein levels abnormal, they come up with a new risk value. In my case the risk actually went down (1:165 chance) but still higher than the median which is 1:270. So I had to get the sonogram of the babies, and then I had to make a decision based on that whether or not to have amniocentesis done. I am scared of the fact that amniocentesis has a 1 in 200 chance of ending up in miscarriage. I don't even want to think about that, so I knew I would decline it even after the scan wasn't normal.
So doctor saw the babies, they looked at their heart, their kidneys, stomach, lungs, brain, they measured their legs, their arms, their heads, their spine. The scan took about an hour. After the scan the doctor said that he didn't see anything abnormal with the babies anatomy but that the scan doesn't give you 100% accuracy of a negative DS result, and that the only thing I could do to have 100% assurance that the babies are ok, is to have amniocentesis done. I remembered that the scan I had done at 12 weeks where the nuchal translucency screening came back normal so I decided to just leave it at that. I was happy knowing they were ok and I have huge faith in God that the babies will be just perfect when they are born. And even if the babies have some sort of problem, I wouldn't terminate this pregnancy and I would love them just as much when they are born. After all, God doesn't give you something you cannot handle. I keep praying...
So the fun part of the scan, besides seeing my babies, was that we found out what we are having: the scan revealed that we are having 2 BOYS!!!!!!
We are so happy!!! Husband was thrilled when he found out :) we couldn't be more blessed! <3
Monday, November 5, 2012
no scan last week :( what's up with that?? :(
Babies are fine: heart beat was loud and clear, measurements good, I "look" fine (as fine as I'm going to look for a 17 week pregnant with twins woman :-) ) but I didn't get to see my bambinos :-( so I have to wait until they call me to set up an appointment that will hopefully be for next week (hopefully).
I will be reporting soon!!
hugs and thanks for reading :-)
<3
I will be reporting soon!!
hugs and thanks for reading :-)
<3
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