Ultrasound!!!

I had my first OB appointment this week, which was pretty exciting. We just went over the same old first appt questions, and was able to hear one heartbeat, as they are moving too much. She also wanted me to go for an ultrasound to see if there is one placenta or 2. We know the babies are in separate sacs, but there is a chance they share a placenta which brings other high risk issues....

So today was the day, we went to see the babes!!! The Ultrasound took about 1 hour as they go over the whole anatomy, not that I am complaining, it was so neat to see two! It was also reassuring to see the heartbeat and they are both very active, (great!). We asked to see the sexes but they are still a little small ( I am almost 15 weeks). I have another ultrasound in 4 weeks which I hope they can give me an accurate reading.

So I have posted a Poll (to the side of the blog) to see what you think, then in 4 weeks I will update the blog and see if anyone is right.

Exciting and Overwhelming Times

For those of you who have not heard... we are expecting Twins!!! I can now say that I am excited about the whole experience, Jaret on the other hand..... will be a little later getting there.

A little background to cover all those questions everyone has been asking. No there are not twins in the family, we had some trouble getting pregnant so we were undergoing fertility treatments. The chance of multiples is increased during this process, although we still did not prepare ourselves for it (since we only had one last time). We found out that we were having twins by regular ultrasound at 7 weeks, they are fraternal twins which means that 2 eggs were fertilized they have their own sac and can be different sex. We left the hospital in total shock/silence, sat in our car for a while discussing how our life was going to change. Having already a 19 month old, our life is going to be busy!

I think the hardest thing we have had to deal with is getting a VAN! ha... I always think of Jon & Kate (Jon & Kate Plus 8) and what their reaction was to having sextuplets, like what did their car ride home sound like? We were thinking/talking,- we have to get another crib, another car seat, stroller, etc. But theirs I am sure was more like - how are we going to survive? ha.

Now that we have had several weeks to ponder, we are getting excited! We have our 18 week ultrasound in May and can't wait to find out the sex (hopefully), keeping my fingers crossed for at least one girl! :)

Maybe now I will be able to blog more as I have more to talk about.... including my size!! Already measuring 4 weeks ahead AHHH!!!!! (I guess it is normal, which no one know what is normal when you have 2, ah well.)

And thus another and main reason we had to give our dog away, we thought he didn't get enough attention with one kid......