20 weeks today

17 weeks today.....

Craving.... The Good and the Bad

Thought I would share some craving that I have been having...

Midwife and Doctors...

First Midwife and Doctors appointment was on Thursday 15^th March. I was soo nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. Khyam was able to come with me which was great. When I get nervous… I seem to have a lot of trouble making sense and I can never remember anything I’m told. I was also worried about how much weight I might have put on since Christmas… Since becoming pregnant I hadn’t gone to Zumba or Boxing. Now I don’t do much at all – only because I still feel extremely tired and just don’t have the energy. So I was more nervous about the weigh in- almost making myself sick thinking about it. As soon as my name was called by the midwife she got me to step on the scales… I had only put on 1.5k since Christmas!! OMG I was soo happy!! I thought it would have been about 20kgs.  

But everything went great – They just asked us a Million questions about everything. I love the question – How often do you drink and smoke now while your pregnant?? Hmmm... We were sent home with a truck full of information!! I have looked at most of it now. Most of it doesn’t really apply to us as we are having twins. Only problem we had on the day was they wanted to do a scan but they never booked me in for one… which meant I had to go back the next day – without Khyam (Yep he missed out again!! *Sadface). In saying that though, I was lucky enough to have my Sister-In-Law, Sonya come along with me. 

The scan went extremely well – the Sonographer said that he was very happy with their growth and that Twin A was still smaller then Twin B – by about one week. In the scans Twin A always looks bigger cos it's in a better spot then Twin B. He believes that we conceived them at different times. So we are pretty much having two separate pregnancies at the same time. Meaning that we must of have had sex about 6 days apart…. CRAZY!!  We still didn’t find of their sexes but I don’t mind waiting. I’m pretty sure I know what we are having – So you’ll just have to stay tuned to find out! 

15 weeks today…

14^th March 2012

Our babies will start to make lots of movements this week – even though I/we can’t feel them yet.

Our babies are as big as apples.  Babies are about 11cms long and weigh about 70g each. 

Hospital visit… I mean Visits!!

I made an appointment to see the Hospital – Midwife and OB at Redcliffe Hospital – Our appointment was on the 15^th March 2012. Can’t wait to see the babies again and make sure that they are all ok and that nothing is wrong with them!!

Before that day I didn’t realise at the time but I would be going to the Hospital a lot sooner!

It was 1^st March and I was coming home from work and I got this sharp strong pain in my left hand side… almost like period pain but 1000000 times worse. But after about 5-10mins it went away and by the time I got home it was completely gone.. so Khyam and I just hung out all night – not thinking about it again. At about 7.30pm I went shopping. I was about it leave and  the pain came back about 50 times stronger. I couldn’t even walk. It took a while but I made my way slowly to the car and drove myself home – stopping 2 times as the pain was soo strong. When I got home I told Khyam we had to go to the Hospital. I wasn’t Bleeding or anything but the pain was still there.

By the time we got to the hospital I had a mind grain and it was very hard for me to see. I was seen to straight away. And taken to a bed then I got changed into a gown and was given a drip in my arm. It really hurt. 

They took heaps of Blood to  test and I was given pain killers to try to dull the pain. Khyam still wasn’t allowed in at this point and I was pretty scared as I have NEVER been to hospital. After the tests came back with the all clear, the doctor came and asked me a million questions! And she poked around, I was still in a lot of PAIN!! 

She wanted to make sure the babies were ok also and I was lucky enough to have another look at them. This time they were both facing each other and they were kicking each other’s feet… I soo wish that I got a photo but my phone was in my bag L  After finding out they looked ok I was moved into another room where Khyam was able to come and be with me. I had to wait until about 2am when I was allowed to go home. They believe that I had an infection and I was put on Medication.

But that’s NOT all…..

On the 5^th March (4 days after) I fell… Yep that’s right I fell down about 5-6 steps at Lunch time and OMG it hurt. I was soo angry at myself for falling.  I did fall on my bum so I didn’t think anything much about it. Until I went to my Mum’s that afternoon. I told her what happened and she informed me that I should have gone straight to the hospital. I couldn’t stop crying. So once again Khyam took me up to the Hospital. I was seen to straight away.. again and they just gave me pain killers which helped a lot but I was more worried about the Babies then me. We waiting awhile and I was taken to another room where Khyam joined me, in that time Mum and Dad also came up as they were very worried about me. Khyam and I were waiting to see the babies; we waited about 1 hour or so. In that time Mum and Dad came to say goodbye just as the Doctor brought in the machine to see the babies. So Khyam, Mum and Dad all got to see the babies. They looked good, all there and with beating hearts. I was soo relieved.

So we were able to leave again. This time not as late but it was still a pain!! 

12 week scan

12 week NT scan was on the 24^th February. Khyam met me there as he wasn’t going to miss this one. The scan felt a bit rushed as the lady wasn’t the nicest person we have met. But we got to see our babies so that’s all we care about. At the end of the scan she did say that one of the babies was smaller or bigger than the other. And she said for us to go to the doctors ASAP just to have a check-up. That made me worry. I didn’t want to lose one baby or both babies. Khyam was very cool calm and collected like he always is. But he was very happy to see the babies together. That night was Khyam’s Dad’s birthday so we told the whole family then. 

Then it was time to put it on Face Book!! I was soo glad to be able to say something. So our news of having Twins went Global. 

Telling the Family…

Khyam and I decided very early on that we didn’t want to tell anyone until we had our 12 week scan and was past those ‘Danger’ weeks. But it was very hard for me to hold it in… I had to tell someone – Doesn’t he know what I’m like??

So we came to the agreement that we would only tell our parents (We did this around the 6/7 week mark) We told my Mum and Dad first and they were a bit shocked at first I think but they were very happy for us. We told Khyam’s Parents the night after – they seemed to be the same – shocked but happy. Wow… It was soo nice to be able to tell someone! We didn’t tell my whole family until the 26^th January. They were very excited for us! Khyam's whole family were told on the 24^th February. 

The Start of something HUGE!!

So I made a Doctor’s appointment the next day. She just sent me to get a blood test and we did another pregnancy test – Yep we are having a baby!  I had to then wait until the New Year to get my results. I went to the doctors on Monday 2^nd January 2012. The doctor said that my bloods were fine and that everything was looking great. She said that I was about 5 weeks by that time.

After you find out your pregnant nothing really happens until you’re about 12 weeks.  Doctors don’t really want to see you before then – so you are just left to look after yourself until 12 weeks come around– It feelings  like a million weeks away at the time.

I have a few good Apps on my iphone that tells me what’s going on every week but it’s not enough you just want to know they your baby is ok. So it got the better of me when I was about 8 weeks. I read that at this time you are able to start hearing the heartbeat. So I hired a Doppler, just for a month. As soon as I got home I was on the bed trying it. Before I tried it out I washed a few youtube videos of women showing how to use the machine.

So my husband was with me on the bed and I slowing starting moving the probe around.  And there is was – only took a few minutes to find – it was beating really fast and it was loud. It was an amazing sound.  Every week or so I have a listen – its really nice to hear and it feels like your bonding.

By the time I was about 9 weeks I rang my Gyno and explained that I had fallen pregnant. (I had been seeing him for a while as I have PCOS) He offered me- if I wanted to-  to come in for a scan. As if I would say NO!!  So I was booked in and I couldn’t wait!! I was a bit upset as Khyam couldn’t be there as he couldn’t get out of work. L

It was the morning of the 8^th February. I was 10 weeks today. I was soo nervous. I just couldn’t wait to see my little bub growing inside of me – I hope that he or she was doing fine.

The doctor spoke to me for a little while just about when my last period was and how far along I was. (but I already knew as  I have been using my ibaby apps) Then we went into the examination room. I lay on the bed looking at the screen. He starts to look into my uterus. And there she(or he) is – right in the front of the screen. One healthy looking baby! It was bouncing round in my tummy with its arms beside its head. We could clearly see the heartbeat. We couldn’t hear it but we could see it – it was moving soo fast! Then the doctor locked on the image and began to measure the baby – with this tool on the computer he could determine the EDD by the size the baby was. The baby measured 2.73cm which gave us a due date of the 9^th September 2012. I was only a few days off. Instead of 10weeks,  I was actually 9weeks and 3days.  As he moved the probe around he said that he wanted to check something… I panicked. That other something was another baby.  At first he didn’t answer me. I was trying to look so hard but I just could see any heartbeat. After it change positions, and after the baby flipped over – there is was a very fast heart beat!! At the moment I just couldn’t stop crying. He then measured baby B.  She(or He) measured at 2.73cm with the same EDD. I was soo happy that they were both health and the same size.  So not only were we pregnant but we were pregnant with twins!!! Wow

On my way home I got a phone call from Khyam. Holding back all the tears I informed him that we were having twins... We both Laughed and Cried!! We were soo excited and truly blessed!! 

This is our little story so far…

Khyam and I met back in 2006/7 and we have been together ever since. A few breaks here and there but we always came back to each other…

Then we got engaged in July 2009.

We got Married on 26^th March 2010 in Vegas and spent our honeymoon in LA, Vegas and New York for just over a month.

We moved into our new Place in June 2010.

I was alone a lot as Khyam was working nights and I really didn’t like being by myself at night. So for my 27^th Birthday I got an extremely cute Puppy that we named Aoki. She arrived in April 2011.

Nothing much had happened since….  Our biggest Adventure Started…

It all started on 27^th December 2011.

I just wasn’t feeling very well and was very tired but since I was on holidays and was having extremely late nights I didn’t really think anything of it. So this Tuesday I pretty much slept all day – only getting up to check on Aoki and have something to eat. I went from lying in bed to the lounge and then back to bed. So lazy but I’m a Koala at the best of times.  Also I was craving Pickled Onions. This wasn’t strange for me either – as I can pretty much eat them all in one sitting.

2.30pm came around and Khyam came home – I felt so bad that I didn’t do anything so I made myself take Aoki to the Dog Park.  I was feeling extremely light headed but I just put it down to me sleeping all day!  We didn’t stay too long but I still wanted Pickled Onions so I called into the shop on the way home. I was thinking to myself something must be up if I actually went to the shops just to get Onions… So I brought a 2pk of Pregnancy tests as well – you know just incase.

As soon as I got home I went straight up stairs to the toilet. Khyam was in the computer room and I was telling him that I was going to do a test as I had been feeling weird all day. I told him that it wouldn’t be I just wanted to make sure – I wasn’t due to have my period for a few days but these tests were early tests.  After I did the test I was waving it around as I was talking. Then as it was starting to change colour I placed it on the bench and washed my hands – talking to Khyam the whole time. I then returned to the test and there were two lines… I screamed, Khyam said ”What’s wrong” – we met in the hallway – I said, “I think we are pregnant.” He didn’t believe me.  Then we cuddled and cried. Then I was worried that my waving the test around might have voided the test. So I waited a few hours and yep… 2 lines….

We are pregnant!!