I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to explode. How can I possibly be eating 27 times a day and have no by-product to show for it? I mean, I know we have twins but come ON! They are an inch long right now. They can't possibly be using every last little drop of food I eat.
I swear I haven't had a decent BM since the Reagan administration.
Lucky for me I made the most amazing discovery this morning. The Food Of The Gods: Raisin Bran.
I didn't eat it because I thought it would help - I just sounded good. I ate two of those little sample sized boxes for breakfast this morning and around 11:30 I was rewarded for my efforts.
Is this really a big deal? Hell yes. When you're pregnant and you eat all day every day having a regular BM is a spectacular event. I firmly believe that pregnancy-related constipation is a direct proponent of morning sickness. It stands to reason, doesn't it? Think of it like a clogged pipe. If your sewer line is clogged then everything you try to put down it will back up.
Raisin Bran is now at the top of the food chain.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Two For The Price Of One!
Yesterday was our first scan at 6 weeks, 2 days (as the crow files). I've been so scared that we would go into this scan and it would be ectopic since I've had one previously. Of course, none of my symtpoms indicated an ectopic. In fact, none of my symptoms so far have indicated pregnancy at this point.
All the way in the car to Dr. Amazing Kevin's place I prayed. Over and over. Please God let me baby be healthy.
Apparently not only was God listening, He has a sense of humor. It took Dr. Amazing Kevin about 30 seconds to find this:
He says 'Do you see what I see? We've got two in there!' I'm pretty sure I said something stupid like, 'Twins?' Like two could possibly mean something else. All I remember from that point on was holding my husband's hand in a death grip. Until the miracle happened. He told us to be very quiet and with a wave of the magic hoo-ha wand we heard a sound I will never forget and would do anything to hear again. Twin A has a beautiful heartbeat and it was loud and clear. 111 BPM. Twin B has a gorgeous heartbeat as well but decided to not let us get close enough to hear. My shy one...
I was so relieved and amazed and shocked all the questions I wanted to ask went right out the window. Important stuff, too. Like, do I keep taking my progesterone goo inserts? I'm guessing yes.
Later on it started to sink in. Holy crap we're having twins! That means we need TWO of everything! I started thinking about what that entails. Two strollers. Two car seats. Two CRIBS. Double the diapers, formula, and bottles! All those neat baby things I've been scoping out I was going to get to buy twice!
Then I also realized that my rapidly dimishing waistline could be explained. Wait...I'm only six weeks along! At 32 weeks I'm going to be a large land mammal! I'd better invest in slip-on shoes immediately.
I can't wait for it all to happen...
All the way in the car to Dr. Amazing Kevin's place I prayed. Over and over. Please God let me baby be healthy.
Apparently not only was God listening, He has a sense of humor. It took Dr. Amazing Kevin about 30 seconds to find this:
He says 'Do you see what I see? We've got two in there!' I'm pretty sure I said something stupid like, 'Twins?' Like two could possibly mean something else. All I remember from that point on was holding my husband's hand in a death grip. Until the miracle happened. He told us to be very quiet and with a wave of the magic hoo-ha wand we heard a sound I will never forget and would do anything to hear again. Twin A has a beautiful heartbeat and it was loud and clear. 111 BPM. Twin B has a gorgeous heartbeat as well but decided to not let us get close enough to hear. My shy one...
I was so relieved and amazed and shocked all the questions I wanted to ask went right out the window. Important stuff, too. Like, do I keep taking my progesterone goo inserts? I'm guessing yes.
Later on it started to sink in. Holy crap we're having twins! That means we need TWO of everything! I started thinking about what that entails. Two strollers. Two car seats. Two CRIBS. Double the diapers, formula, and bottles! All those neat baby things I've been scoping out I was going to get to buy twice!
Then I also realized that my rapidly dimishing waistline could be explained. Wait...I'm only six weeks along! At 32 weeks I'm going to be a large land mammal! I'd better invest in slip-on shoes immediately.
I can't wait for it all to happen...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Don't Believe Everything You Pee On
On January 19th, 2010 we received the news that we've been waiting almost two years to hear:
Blood test postive. Beta is 26.
I really can't decribe the feeling other than complete and utter disbelief. There was NO WAY this was right. Wasn't my temperature dropping? Wasn't the home test I took the day before a complete stark white negative?
Yes, all true. True enough to where I actually considered not even bothering to show up for my beta test. Why should I? There didn't appear to be any reason and I'm not one to enjoy insult to injury by having to donate blood and THEN be told my test is negative.
As I hung up the phone in stunned disbelief I could think of only one thing: My husband was RIGHT. That meant that I - the woman - was going to have to admit he was right. He said those pee tests were meaningless and he would only believe it when we had the blood test.
Damn. After all this time of thinking I would 'just know' I was pregnant I have to eat crow. Hopefully it won't make me sick.
So after waiting so long to finally see it, I did what any normal woman who has never gotten a positive pregnancy test would do. I immediately left work and went to the grocery store where I proceeded to purchase a name brand home pregnancy test and a bottle of water. Sure enough.
They weren't lying:
I immediately bought 37 more tests of varying brands. I was dreaming! This couldn't be! Nope - it was all real. I am pregnant.
It's taken some time to post about this because I'm afraid if I get this in writing too soon things won't go well and I'll be forced to write a retraction. As it stands we're five days from our first ultrasound and everything has gone perfectly. I guess I can buck the system for once.
Blood test postive. Beta is 26.
I really can't decribe the feeling other than complete and utter disbelief. There was NO WAY this was right. Wasn't my temperature dropping? Wasn't the home test I took the day before a complete stark white negative?
Yes, all true. True enough to where I actually considered not even bothering to show up for my beta test. Why should I? There didn't appear to be any reason and I'm not one to enjoy insult to injury by having to donate blood and THEN be told my test is negative.
As I hung up the phone in stunned disbelief I could think of only one thing: My husband was RIGHT. That meant that I - the woman - was going to have to admit he was right. He said those pee tests were meaningless and he would only believe it when we had the blood test.
Damn. After all this time of thinking I would 'just know' I was pregnant I have to eat crow. Hopefully it won't make me sick.
So after waiting so long to finally see it, I did what any normal woman who has never gotten a positive pregnancy test would do. I immediately left work and went to the grocery store where I proceeded to purchase a name brand home pregnancy test and a bottle of water. Sure enough.
They weren't lying:
I immediately bought 37 more tests of varying brands. I was dreaming! This couldn't be! Nope - it was all real. I am pregnant.
It's taken some time to post about this because I'm afraid if I get this in writing too soon things won't go well and I'll be forced to write a retraction. As it stands we're five days from our first ultrasound and everything has gone perfectly. I guess I can buck the system for once.
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