The verdict is in...

and we are having a boy and a girl!!! YAY! I am so happy. That is exactly what I wanted :-) I knew it too, everyone tried to tell me two girls (before we knew about the boy) or two boys but I just had a feeling it was a boy and girl :-) I almost didn't even question it. I just felt like it was a boy and girl :-)

Now, today she couldn't see the bottom of the boy so she couldn't double check, but at our last appointment she was almost 100% positive it was a boy. Today she said she definitely saw a girl. I have an appointment with the actual doctor on the 22nd and he can really differentiate between the two bodies (our midwife has a harder time with twins). She didn't question the sexes, but she has a harder time because she doesn't see too many twins--just because not too many people with twins use midwives and there are so many midwives in the valley the chances of her getting a lot of twins is low. So I am excited about that appointment because I have yet to meet the doctor, and he is going to do an ultra sound and double check to make sure everything is good to go. There is no reason to think otherwise, it's just a policy for him to see us because we have twins. So yay :-) I'm so happy. Everyone is happy and healthy too, good weights and sizes and heartbeats. :-)

My appointment today was pretty cool. It was a group of 3 women all due around the same time. We went over nutrition and myths of pregnancy. We talked about what was normal and abnormal. It was also cool because we got to do all of our own vitals. Like I got to check my proteins and stuff in my urine (sounds weird I know but it's actually kind of cool to play a part in your own prenatal care), and weigh myself, and do my own blood pressure. Then we chart it all visit by visit to compare and make sure everything is looking good.

Chris got to feel the babies for the first time today. They finally kicked hard enough for him to feel. He cried :-) Isn't that cute!
I did too though, I was so happy for him to feel them finally. I love that he really wants to be involved. He comes to every visit, and asks questions and helps me ask my questions and stuff. I really appreciate that about him :-)

Pics to come!

Today!

Sooooo I (hopefully) find out the sex of the other baby today. HOPE HOPE HOPE! I am excited, obviously :-)
Everyone keeps asking me when/if we are finding out. Hopefully after today I will know. Encompassed in my appointment is a birthing class with other people who are due around the same time as I am. I am excited about that also. I am really anxious to find out about what to expect at the hospital and everything. I just found out that this lady I work with has had like 4 of her kids at the same hospital as I am going to use and she used a midwife too. She told me what she was able to do, and it made me feel good. She and I are very alike in our wishes in terms of how we want to birth our children.

In other pregnant lady news. I have grown a lot this week. (I promise to post pictures today or tomorrow). There are clothes that I could wear last week that I can no longer even button. So I am down to one pair of shorts, and one pair of pants that fit. Oy. This lady at the maternity clothing store was saying that it's much better to buy just a few things at a time as you grow, and that way you haven't spent tons of money on clothes you will (unknowingly) outgrow. I am happy to say that is basically what I've been doing. So I guess I have a little bit of shopping to do.

Well that is all. I have to get ready for my appointment but I will post the results!

p.s. Florida was awesome! Had a wonderful baby shower and it was great to reconnect with a lot of people. Thank you to everyone who came and my mommy for putting it on for me :-)

Oh pregnancy.

So, I am unbelievably hungry lately. ALL THE TIME!
Here is what I ate today:

3 pieces of toast
a bowl of cereal
PB&J sammich
chips
3 oranges (yes three I've been craving them lately)
2 tacos
and 3 or 4 mini doughnuts
Not to mention like 500 glasses of water and two glasses of milk.

Now I am sitting here at 930 at night hungry again and with nothing to eat really. At 830 I tried to get Chris to go get me a Bigmac lol. He said no, which I am glad about because I really shouldn't eat Bigmacs and crap like that but man--I am just SO hungry!

I am kind of worried about flying all day on Wednesday. I am going to have to pack lots of snacks so I don't starve to death. lol.

Well that is all.

Picture Time! 20.5 wks

This is a cute one :-)







It occured to me that no one saw my pregnancy confirmation. Maybe this is gross or pathetic but I saved my pregnancy tests. Here is a pic. Notice that one of the lines on the first one I took is darker. That is the line that shows you are pregnant. It's darker than the reference line. Indication of twins? Yes I think so :-)

Just feel like posting.

So just to warn you, I have nothing of significance to say what so ever in this post. I just feel like posting.

So lets see here. I am huge. I feel huuuuuge, and heavy. I sat on Chris' lap last night and he says to me: "you are definitely heavier than you used to be" lol. So i got up. Poor guy--he didn't want me to get up but I was squishing him. lol.
Sleeping is getting to be much more difficult. I believe I mentioned in a previous post that I have to wake up just to roll over. Can I tell you how much that sucks? I wake up at like 6:30 am every morning too. I don't know why. I have no reason to wake up that early, but every morning like clock work I wake up. I'm still tired, but I can't sleep.
I haven't really reached any other mile stones, except of course for being half way through :-)


I will close by commenting once again on how EXCITED I AM TO GO TO FLORIDA!!! 4 more days!!!! YAYYYYYYYY!!
The first thing I want to do is to go to either Sonny's or Publix (subs) for dinner. Then the baby shower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See, I told you this was a pointless post.

Ummmmmmmmmmmm.

Should I be worried that I've gained 5 pounds in two weeks?
I had to go to the doctor today for some blood work and I had gained five pounds since my last appointment two weeks ago.
If it had been 5 pounds in a month I wouldn't be worried, but TWO WEEKS!

So yeah.
Also I have some serious heartburn today. Blerg.

So it's official...

My belly has officially gotten so big and heavy that it is hindering me from doing certain things. I can barely roll over from one side to the other when I am laying down. Which sucks because I have to sleep on my side only--I can't sleep on my back. Apparently it cuts off the blood to my heart when I lay on my back now--not completely but a lot--so I have to sleep on my sides. Every night I try to roll over and it's actually quite difficult. I have to wake up to roll over.
I feel tons of pressure now when I do certain things. Like when I get out of a chair.
I tried to bend over and pick something up this morning and I bent in such a way that my belly was actually in the way and I had to sort of find a new way to bend over. It was weird.
I never thought about the fact that once my belly started getting bigger it would get heavier. lol. I know that sounds silly, but until you experience it I don't think it's something that really occurs to you.

Well that is all I have to say. This was a sort of random post. Oh well.
Good day.