So it has been a little while since I have written anything
and I think I have good excuses for it. 1) We have had so much going on lately,
and 2) I have just not felt up to it to be honest. I guess being pregnant with
twins is a lot of work because I sure am tired all of the time. Some days I just
don’t have any “gumption” to do much (guess I should enjoy those days before
the house is full of babies!!).
So, what has
been going on? Well, in the last 30 days I graduated from college, got an
embryo transfer, found out I was pregnant, celebrated my 7 year wedding
anniversary, found out I was having twins, got my ministry incorporated, and
celebrated a birthday (at least had the party, birthday is Monday). I may have
missed a few things in there, but life has certainly been a whirlwind! But it
all has been joyous. As you can see, we have much to celebrate and be joyful
about!
Physically,
not too much has changed. I still have 24/7 nausea and my doctor finally gave
me Zofran, but after a few days the effect of it wore off and it has bad side
effects like constipation and headaches (and what pregnant woman needs extra
constipation?). So I quit taking the Zofran because of the effects and because
I swear the babies became immune to it or started producing more HCG because it
was no longer effective! I tried the Zofran again today after a 3 day break and
it seemed to help. So I guess I will try it out again for a few days.
My belly
definitely seems to be growing. I don’t think you could tell from a normal
distance, but let’s just say that my regular pants and shorts are no longer
buttoning! I have some sweet friends who are loaning or giving me their
maternity clothes and I think I will be wearing them sooner than later. Also, I
am pretty sure that either my breasts have already grown a size and/or my rib
cage is already expanding. All of my bras make me feel like I can’t breathe.
I thought maybe it was because they were
underwire so I set about on a mission to find a bra around my size that wasn’t underwire.
So I trekked up to the distant outlet mall and went into Soma, Motherhood
Maternity, Hanes, Jockey, and Bali…nada. I found one bra that may have worked
size wise but I am pretty sure that I saw that same bra on my grandmother in
1991! Jeesh! I actually ended up buying a nursing bra from Wal-Mart! It was the
only one that wasn’t ugly, had room to grow, and wasn’t underwire. So yeah, I’m
8 weeks pregnant and already in a nursing bra; how appropriate!
One of the
only things that has changed around us is that we have announced to the world
that we are pregnant. The NEDC said that once we saw heartbeats at 6 weeks that
we were pretty safe to announce. So we did; via phone and Facebook and word of
mouth. Everyone is so excited for us! I will tell you that people can be flat
out rude in their curiosity and comments; I guess twins are just out of the
norm. We haven’t told many people the process we went through or even about our
infertility, so as far as they know we just got pregnant with twins. When we,
or should I say God, is ready, we will share our testimony about this miracle
that God has performed for us, but until that day we aren’t broadcasting the
details yet. So until that day I will just have to continue to dodge the question,
“so do twins run in your family?”
I don’t know
if people will ever stop asking me if I am excited about this pregnancy…about
the twins. If they only knew how long we have waited and prayed and what these
tiny lives growing inside my womb mean to us. Yes, I am excited (that is an
understatement). It about killed me to not be able to announce my pregnancy
right away. I wanted to shout if from literal rooftops. I felt like I was being
forced to squelch my joy; joy that was given by God. I have waited over 7 years
for this time and I couldn’t stand to wait any longer to tell everyone! I wanted
them to know and share in the joy. So now the beans have been spilled and I am
free to tell anyone I want. My pastor actually stops random people in our
church that I don’t know to tell them my name and that I am having twins; he is
very excited for us!
So Monday is
my birthday and it is also my first visit with my official OBGYN, and he will
be doing an ultrasound. I mean really, how many people get to see an ultrasound
of their babies on their birthday! God is so gracious. Quick funny note: my
friend, who works at an emergency veterinarian hospital, told me that when she
was pregnant she would use their equipment to sneak in ultrasounds on herself just
to peek at the baby. All I can imagine is her getting an ultrasound at the Vet…such
a funny image!
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