17 weeks and 2 days

Two days ago I went in for my follow up prenatal appointment praying that she would be able to tell me the gender of at least one baby before my anatomy ultrasound next week.And she did!!! I was sooo happy. We could not see the gender of baby B but we did see baby A. I wanted to tell my hubby in a special way so I went to the dollar store and found a baby candle in the same color as the gender. I then wrapped it up and waited for him to come home. When he opened it his expression was priceless! He just smiled to himself and then started cheesing and gave me a high-five. He then immediately ran upstairs and started looking for baby names. How awesome is that!?

The ultrasound itself was sooo cool. They were both moving like crazy. Baby A was looking at us with his open hands by his head. He looked like he was making a face. lol! It was such an emotional experience. The sonogram photo is below. On the top you can see the back of baby A. On the bottom you can see both of their little heads. My mom says," Wow they have big heads I thought that was the sac!" lol. Thanks Mom, it runs in my family :)  

16 Week Check In

Lately I've been feeling really tired. I've been sleeping a lot and not just a light nap. I'll go to sleep and be in stage 4 quickly. However, strangely, I wake up 2 or 3 times during the night to use the bathroom. I also wake up every once in a while to a mean leg cramp ouch! On another note, I now feel my babies moving and it is the best feeling ever.

I'm pretty sure my OB's office is annoyed with me because I think I switched doctors 3 times since I've been pregnant. I really want to ensure that I have the best doctor for my twins and they wont refer me to a high risk doctor because there is nothing wrong. I think that reasoning sucks because twin pregnancies are naturally considered high risk. Next year i am switching health plans.

Yesterday, I was bored at work and decided to humor myself. The security guard came over and asked me "So when is your baby due?" I responded, " Oh...I'm not pregnant." Oh poor guy, his whole demeanor changed. I then told him I was joking and proceeded to laugh hysterically. That certainly made the day move along more quickly :O)

13 weeks Preggers

I'm so excited to be in the last week of my first trimester. My twins are doing fine and I am sooo grateful. I went to Toronto Canada this weekend for a girl's trip and after being in the car for 3 hours I noticed that my feet were swollen! Totally freaked me out because I was not expecting that to happen so early in my pregnancy. Apparently they are down now so praise God for that. On another note my skin is super sensitive with this pregnancy. My eczema is finally starting to clear up after several months but my face still has red patches and I have what looks like sun burn on my chest. This is crazy! I've always prided myself on having nice skin and it is completely rebelling through this pregnancy. My teeth are also SUPER sensitive. Normally I love to eat spicy foods but it actually causes a lot of pain to my teeth and gums now that I'm pregnant.  I guess if those are the depth of my problems I'm doing pretty well. God is being sooo GOOD to me. I pray frequently that they will be healthy babies and that my husband and I will be the best parents we can be. 

Hair Update- Trim

Yesterday I went to my old stylist and being pregnant I decided on a whim to let her trim my hair. And yes! She trimmed too much. I am barely grazing BSL but I must say that my hair looks really nice. I've been pretty lazy with keeping it up myself so I think the trim was necessary because even after my May 15th trim from the other stylist, my ends still looked "chewed". I wanted my hair to look neat this time. I will continue to go to my regular stylist every two weeks but I doubt I will let her trim my hair again anytime this year or next ;-) I guess I haven't really been taking my pregnancy hair seriously because I have no idea how it will react to the pregnancy. I don't want to obsess over it growing long and thick and then be upset that it sheds postpartum. I figure I will get back on my hair game and actively grow it out again after the twins are born ::knock on wood:: if I have time. I will post pictures soon.

11 weeks 2 days- Ultrasound

Today I had another ultrasound with a new doctor. I was able to see the heads and the bodies of both babies. One baby appeared to be sleep while the other was super active. The active baby even showed his hand and foot. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. I was super emotional. The doctor said their heart beats sounded fine and I am soo grateful to God. I am really looking forward to becoming a new mommy :)

New Stylist and Hair Update

I decided that I do not want to get relaxers during  my pregnancy so I tried a new stylist on May 15. I was about 12 weeks post relaxer. He washed, applied a reconstructor, conditioned and then had me sit under the hooded dryer. He then had his assistant apply what I believe was a heat protectant and gently blow dry my hair. He then flat ironed or as he called it "silkened" my hair and then trimmed at my request. I'm really grateful for hair dressers who listen to you about your wants. I told him that "I want my hair trimmed but length is important to me". I felt that it was important to say this because many stylist preach "health before length" but I believe there can be a happy medium. He listened to me and only trimmed probably less than an inch. Which was great especially since I had not had a professional trim in several years! I was happy with my hair but I don't know how often I'll go back because he used A LOT of heat. I just scheduled my next appointment for next Tuesday June 12. I figure I will go a few times and see how my hair does since I don't really feel like dealing with it on my own. I don't care if it gets "heat trained/damaged" because I figure that even if I do go natural its unlikely that I'll wear it in its natural kinky state.

9 weeks 2 days- Sickness :(

I have a cold :( Stuffy nose, sneezing and congestion. I read that your body suppresses your immune system when you are pregnant so that your body doesn't reject your babies. Boy is this the case for me.... It might even explain why my  eczema has not "cleared up"... whatever that means. I just came down with eczema in March (before I was pregnant) for the first time in my life. I'm having trouble stopping scratching (My brother said that I need to wear some gloves or bandages like I'm a four year old).  The doctor prescribed me a steroid cream but told me to stop taking it after I found out I was pregnant. Now my skin is discolored and it sucks! I've always prided myself on having clear skin... Oh well. I have a dermatology appointment in a couple of weeks. Let's hope they deal with this.

Today I had organic apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast and half an organic grapefruit. For the remainder of the day i had 2 bowls of life cereal with unsweetened almond milk, a spoonful of peanut butter, homemade organic italian wedding soup and ramen noodles with half the packet of seasoning (to cut back on the amount of sodium). I also had am organic pear today. Yikes! This does not look good. I'm going to have to make better choices. The nutritionist said I needed at least 2700 calories per day for this pregnancy but I've been trying to just eat when I'm hungry and stay hydrated.