28 weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: We are 28 weeks :-)

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of eggplants this month. 

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Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes are all that I can where

Gender: Boys!!! James Sidney and Jackson Esker

Movement: They are all over the place kicking all the time especially at night time

Sleep: I sleep a few hours at a time but with a ton of pillows 

What I miss: A good night's sleep, being able to bend over

Cravings: Mexican, Ice cream, and Oreos

Symptoms: Leg cramps, fatigue, heartburn, frequent bathroom trips, round ligament pain, I have also been doing the whole nausea vomiting thing again which is really annoying and miserable.

Best Moment this week: A few, baby showers and our 4- D ultrasound. 

20 weeks Stats:

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 20 Weeks 

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of cantaloupes this week.

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Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes is mostly all I wear right now with a exception of a few things that I wear with my Bella Bands

Gender: Boys!!! James and Jackson

Movement: I felt kicks for the first time this week (the 17th to be exact) and man are they active little boys!

Sleep: I take naps all the time it seems I can not get enough sleep

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Mexican,Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, Heartburn, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Feeling the boys really move for the first time it  is amazing!

19 weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 19 Weeks 

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of mangos this week.

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Maternity Clothes: Mainly maternity and Bella Bands

Gender: Boys!!!

Movement: Honestly I am not sure, I felt something like butterflies but who knows that could be gas :)

Sleep: I take naps all the time it seems I can not get enough sleep

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Mexican, Chinese

Symptoms: Fatigue, Heartburn, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Deciding on names for our boys!

18 Weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 18 Weeks 

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of sweet potatoes this week.

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Maternity Clothes: A mix, more and more maternity clothing is showing up in my daily outfits. I actually got Bella Bands this week and love them!!!

Gender: Boys!!!

Movement: Honestly I am not sure, I felt something like butterflies but who knows that could be gas :)

Sleep: I take naps all the time it seems I can not get enough sleep

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Mexican

Symptoms: Fatigue, Heartburn, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Seeing our little boys during our ultrasound this week.  They are all over each other, hitting and kicking. We are going to have our hands full but not as full as our hearts are!

Week 17 Stats...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 17 Weeks 

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of onions this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix, more and more maternity clothing is showing up in my daily outfits, if it not maternity it has some form of stretch to it

Gender: We will find out Wednesday I am so excited

Movement: Honestly I am not sure, I felt something like butterflies but who knows that could be gas :)

Sleep: I take naps all the time it seems I can not get enough sleep

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Tacos, Chocolate Frosty's, Habachi Chicken

Symptoms: Fatigue, Heartburn, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Giving thanks for our precious little ones

16 weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of avocados this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix, more and more maternity clothing is showing up in my daily outfits

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Not yet but hopefully soon

Sleep: I can not get enough. I have increased the number of pillows I sleep with poor Bob I am sure it will only get worse.

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's, Habachi Chicken

Symptoms: Fatigue,  Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Bob and I hearing the twins heartbeats at our Dr. appointment this week.

Everything looked good at our monthly check up. I am measuring at 18-19 weeks which is normal to measure bigger for twins. Boy, can I feel the great stretch. It gets a little painful sometimes in all honesty. The twins had strong heartbeats this week around 155 and were moving all over the place. 

Week 15...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of navel oranges this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix 

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough

What I miss: Diet Coke, Deli Meat

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: My husband reading to the twins

Week 14...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of lemons this week.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly regular clothes but a few maternity pieces

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough

What I miss: Caffeinated drinks

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: No nausea!! :-)

13 weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 13 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of peaches this week.

Maternity Clothes: I bought my first maternity clothes this week  

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough

What I miss: Caffeinated drinks

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, Tenderness, Nausea (it is getting better finally) and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Praying over our babies development

12 Weeks

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 12 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of plumbs this week.

Maternity Clothes: None. I am wearing comfortable clothes and ones that were a little big before. 

Gender: We have no clue yet, too early to tell but getting anxious to find out!

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough, I am always tired

What I miss: Diet Coke,  Deli Meat

Cravings: Chicken Nuggets, Mexican

Symptoms: Nausea, Headaches, and Fatigue

Best Moment this week: Seeing our little ones on an ultrasound for our 1st trimester screening.

11 Weeks

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 11 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of limes this week.

Maternity Clothes: None. I am wearing comfortable clothes and ones that were a little big before. 

Gender: We have no clue yet, too early to tell

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough, I am always tired

What I miss: Starbuck's White Chocolate Mocha

Cravings: Chicken Nuggets, Mexican

Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, and Fatigue

Best Moment this week: Praying over our sweet unborn children with my husband

Week 10

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 10 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of prunes this week.

Maternity Clothes: None but I am bloated. I am wearing comfortable clothes and ones that were a little big before or have some stretch. 

Gender: We have no clue yet, too early to tell

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough, I am always tired

What I miss: Starbuck's White Chocolate Mocha

Cravings: Chicken Nuggets

Symptoms: Constant nausea and vomiting this has been one of the worst weeks so far I also discovered I get very car sick which was something I have never experienced and makes for a very long 12 hour trip home!

Best Moment this week: Telling our families about the twins.

According to the bump.com the baby is the size of a prune

"With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. Soon, legs will start working too."

8 Weeks...

Today I am 8 weeks pregnant! I can not believe it! Our little one is a size of a raspberry.

 I love getting my weekly updates from babycenter.com . This what they have to say about little one's growth spurt this week.

"New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it."

7 Weeks

Today I am 7 weeks pregnant. Our little one did a lot of growing this past week doubling in size. The baby is now about the size of a blueberry. 

Each week I get updates from the bump.com and babycenter.com I thought I would share what the baby center says about our little one this week.

"The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

If you could see inside your womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body."

How amazing! The miracle of life is truly that a miracle.

1st Prenatal Visit

So today Bob and I went to the doctor and discovered we are not 8 weeks like we thought we are actually 6 weeks. We are looking at a May 8, 2011 due date. I had more blood work done today as well as our first ultrasound. We saw our little one's heart beat it was fabulous! 

Our little one is the size of a Sweet Pea. 

According to BabyCenter.com our little one is doing a lot of growing this week.

"This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones."

We go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound!