I have no doubt that in 9 months that you will know exactly what I am talking about. Just think, you are already pregnant! Not just in a PMA type of way, but because this WILL work, technically, right now, you are pregnant. lol I can't wait to hear your numbers after tomorrow's PGD! I am guessing they won't put more than 2 in considering how well you did last time with the implantation? I know you will have two beautifully healthy and happy embies snuggling into your uterus on Monday, protected by that bionic cervix of yours! There is just no stopping you this time girl! Just take my (and your own) advice and rest, rest, rest for at least the first three days, take it easy the whole 2ww and keep up with the meditation and acupuncture! It did wonders for you last time. 
Lots of love and baby dust. I am so much in your corner here that I feel like I am taking up the whole room. lolKatie - I am sure that the whole, "He looks like you." isn't over! Andrew even gets it with Alex. Even his own friends and family are pretty amazed out how she happens to look like him in a lot of ways. Since her hair isn't blonde anymore, he doesn't get it as often as he always use to though. Either way, with Ryan... looks or not, you will be amazed at how much does NOT come from genetics. Alex is so much like Andrew that it even amazes me and he only came into her life at 5 years! You will find yourself saying things as he grows up... You have my temper or You act just like your dad. And those things are the things that make a person who they are. Genetics is really just a small part. As for Andrew's temper... PTSD has nothing but net on that one. He admitted though that he needs to leave work at the door. He walks in the door all mad from whatever happened or didn't happen at work that day and takes it out on all of us. Basically, he has to be aware of his actions at all times now and he knows that. So hopefully he stays aware. He has been doing well the past souple days and I am hoping he keeps it up, for everyone's sake. You can post your staple pic, just post the direct link and make sure you put a message in bold right above it on what it is. lol Poor Gi didn't read my post before clicking and got a heck of a surprise. Or you can just send it privately to those who might want to see? You know you can send it to me... I wouldn't mind comparing. lol Did you measure yours too? It shrinks along with your belly as it goes down. I think mine now is about 5 inches maybe? Oh the fluid build up... I was surprised how fast that suddenly went away. It was there, I was swollen worse than before delivery and all of a sudden one day it was gone and I could see the veins in my feet again. lol What I couldn't stand was the gas! I had so much air in my belly that you could see the bubbles moving and it was like they left a baby in there. The bubbles felt like movement (inside and out) and looked like movement. Thankfully that was gone soon after I came home. As for Rizzo... she isn't a toy dog. She is a lap dog true and true. She just wants mommy. She will only play with a toy if another dog is around and it's their toy. Even then she only plays with it when she thinks no one is looking. lol I just make sure I let her cuddle with me, she still sleeps with us and of course I have to make sure I dedicate lovins to her!
Natasha - Sorry you are feeling achy and such... the joys of motherhood right?
It's amazing how fast it goes away afterwards though. My heatburn/relux was gone immediately! I could finally sleep at night again, though of course not that long. lol I hope your ob orders you an u/s. I guess because of me having twins, I got lucky with that. I always got an u/s plus the regular growth check ups. Measuring your belly tells them how the baby is growing but with two in there they had to do regular scans to make sure since my belly growth couldn't tell them anything on one or the other. Good luck finding a place to go for your 3d/4d u/s! Here they are $80-$90 and you get three sessions. If you bring a pregnant friend they discount you even more. Now only a week until your shower! I hope you get tons of good stuff to help you out!Pa - Wow, you had a little scare there a couple days ago! I am glad it was nothing and everything is ok. I bet it was scary nonetheless. Try to take it easy from now on! lol Glad to hear the nursery is almost settled and you get to go with DH on his trip. I am sure things can wait till you return. Spending quality time before baby is important! It will never be just you two again so make the best of it. Well, of course you will have you and he time after baby but you know what I mean. lol Have a great time and relax!
Angela - You will have to let us know if they check you next visit and if any changes are happening. Kind of exciting huh? lol Sorry to hear about your reflux and it making you sick. I never got it bad enough that I had to run to the bathroom. Poor baby mama, you! They say that a high level of estrogen caused really bad heartburn/reflux with in turn MAY cause the baby to have lots of hair. I hope Gabriella doesn't have reflux too though. Gosh it is hard to see your baby in pain. There has been a few times Angelina has projectile vomitted and now just lately Ethan too. I am hoping he isn't getting it too! Please no! lol Well, feel better, you know the drill... relax and take care of you!
Babyluv - You are so much stronger than me. I was using those meds until the refils were gone! lol I didn't have any big bad meds though. Just darvacet which is just a suped up version of tylenol and ibruprophen, which lasted longer than the darvacet.
Funny enough the darvacet made me sleepy at first in the hospital but before I left and after, it didn't effect me at all. Oh well... so I am glad that you are healing well! I might need to find one of those belly belts just to suck it in... or maybe I will invest in some spanks. lol My stomach is all mush with so much just hanging there. I am glad I didn't get the stretch marks but holy cow! I am lighter than I was before I was pg (still about 10-15 heavier than pre-cycle weight though) but bigger in pant size. I can't wait till I can exercise again. Just another 2 weeks or less. I have an appt on the 22nd and plan to ask if I can start then. I need my abs back! I miss them. I am so glad to hear the girls are doing well and Alex and Scarlett are adjusting well! The girls are so little still! Ethan is such a little chunky butt and Angelina, though still dainty, is catching up fast. I hope those pains ease up on you. I know all too well about those chooting pains. They lessen up, but I still get them even now from time to time. Did you happen to measure your incision? Curious on how much they cut another twin mom. Andrew has a 10 second video of my surgery. It was right as Ethan was about to be pulled out but the nurse told him to stop, hence the 10 second video. lol My point is... in the brief video, you can see how big I was cut because it appears to be a pretty big hole they have stretched out. The one doctor was going in to grab him with both hands. lol I guess you'd have to see it to really "get it". Even I had to watch it a few times. Oh! By the way... Amelia and Juliett are gorgeous... not like you didn't already know that! lol Love love love LOVE the pictures! Need more! lol Can't get enough beautiful here! I hope everyone else is doing well!
We took the babies to church this morning and I made sure to keep a blanket over them so people wouldn't touch them. For the most part everyone was great, but one friend let her her 5 and 4 year old girls get just a wee bit too close for my taste. They weren't touching them, but they were peering awfully close. I kept trying to leave, but the mom kept talking and just kept saying how much her daughters loved babies. Ok, great...don't let them get too close to mine! Not like it really matters. My own 3 year old just coughed on the girls about 5 min ago, so if they are going to catch something, it will probably be from my kids. We make sure the kids wash their hands before touching them, but we're realistic...they are going to bring stuff home. I think it's been really good for us to get out of the house as it's helped return things to a certain "normal." Darren goes back to work tomorrow so I hope the big kids do OK without as much attention. Thankfully I still have my mom here and my dad isn't going home until Saturday, so I still have the help. I don't need it so much for the babies, but with the big kids. Just having someone take the to school, get up with them in the morning and get them breakfast, etc has made life so much easier. I think I would be totally overwhelmed right now if I had to take care of all four kids on my own.
We'll go for his first Peds appt on Wed instead of tues, so I'm looking forward to that - I have LOTS of questions for the poor Dr, haha. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow, if I could stop feelinglike a sleep deprived zombie that is. OK, so one more feeding / changing and maybe I can go to bed? I mean at least for a nap, or what used to be called a dcent nights sleep. I've never been so tired in my life, but I'm so thrilled to have him that i wouldnt change a thing ( ok maybe just sleeping, lol) much love to you all - xoxoxo
I don't think you will have an issue knowing who is who. 
