Hi Ladies...
Well, we are all just moving along at a steady pace and that's so exciting. Personally I STILL cannot believe that I am having TWO babies!!! I still keep thinking that someone is going to tell me they aren't there. I CAN feel them though. Its a floopy knd of feeling down low just above the pubis - so cool. In fact, after my NF test on Wed I went home to get the house ready for my son's birthday and I did a little too much moving around of items (heavy items too

) and my uterus stayed in one big contraction ball for hours. I could feel the babies right there above the pubic bone in this knot called a uterus. It made me nervous at first but then I remembered feeling that when I was pregnant with my son and it was also at about 3 months. I remember THAT because I was in the bathtub when I felt him there and it was also the day my neighbor gave birth to her first son 3 months early! I saw the ambulance outside the bathroom window. It was late March and I was 3 months pregnant...
Anyway, that's all memories... We all now have the chance to make new memories... how cool is THAT?!?!
WC... my NF test went fine. The sonopgrapher said all looked good and they took my blood the same day. It was all done at the hospital in an hour. Our next test is for spina bifida - that's the blood test to which you were referring. Cerebral palsy occurs as a result of an injury to the cerebellum so its not a genetic anomaly.
Well, even though I am approaching week 12 I am STILL getting nauseous and STILL throwing up at times. I have such a bad taste in my mouth and my stomach gets sick and, at times, painful after I eat almost anything. I CAN tolerate turkey pretty well though and I think its the sedative effect of the triptyphan (sp?). I don't throw it up ever even if my stomach doesn't feel right after I eat it. I tell you, I just really want to enjoy eating again. I have always enjoyed cooking and eating but food and I don't seem to mix. I DO have an appetite if I haven't eaten for hours but the thought of eating can set off my gag reflex and the vitamin B does NOT help. It smells and tastes just awful. I think my OB may get a little upset with me on my visit on Mnon because I'm pretty sure I lost weight.
My ob wants to see me every 2 weeks from now until I give birth. She wil be checking my cervix like a hawk since I have had a colposcopy (a test where they cut out a wedge shaped piece of cervix) 11 years ago. Also, since I am an older mom she wants to watch for high blood pressure, urine anomalies (pre-eclampsia and such I guess) etc. With two I supposed she will watch the babies growth carefully too. I'm ok with going every 2 weeks. How often is everyone else going?
I had my pap in July - just 3 weeks before my transfer. I bleed for two days and when the RE checked it she said it was menstrual blood (coming from the uterus) so I don't want to have any more cultures right now. I am glad my OB did cultures when she did my pap in July. I won't need another until I have the group B strep culture which is not long before birth.
Anyone documenting their pregnancy in a baby book? My friend gave me the Belly Book but I have been so sick and extremely exhausted upon my return home from work that I just can't seem to write. In fact, I have a hard time getting on-line here and writing. I just don't feel like myself yet. I guess I could type my Baby Book stuff though huh? That's a thought...
My dad and his girlfriend visited this week/weekend. It was a nice visit. She is so excited and I love it since the babies will have a grandma! My mom passed and I am still sad about that but love in any language or DNA is still love.
Yes, WC I do have some friends struggling with me being pregnant but I truly do not believe its because they were not real friends. I believe its because they themselves have a deep hurt about family/babies and I don't think they have really been honest with themselves about their dreams and making their dreams come true. I WAS and I DID work to make my dream a reality and with God's blessings I now have two babies to look forward to. I wish they could face their desires head on and work toward them but I think they have been content not to since everyone around them were not doing what they thought they wanted to do which made it ok to be complacent. Does any of this make sense? When you give up on a dream or replace a dream with a mediocre substitute then someone near you having that dream makes it very uncomfortable for you. Ah well, I am sure they will come around.
WC, I am so glad your family is so very excited for you - and they should be simply because its your dream come true! I am truly sorry you have to feel the pain that your DH's family doles out just by their negative attitude. I know you don't care too much for them but it still hurts that its not all the way it should be and it should be having TWO loving and caring sides...
How are all you other ladies? Vlada? LisaPA? Aliann?, Robinson?, Rebecca?, Babyb, Sciteacher?, Christin?, Snowseven? Who did I miss??? Anyone lurking and not posting? Well, POST and tell us how you are!!!!
xxx Cocoa
1 son b. 1993 -TTC (again) for 12 years
BFP!-8/22-9dp5dt - 485 8/24-1272 8/27-4636
B/G TWINS!!! Due 4/30/08 Born Friday April 4th, 2008 at 36w 2d Baby girl A 6 lbs 7 oz Baby boy B 6 lbs 3 oz