18 Weeks

Finally, I am getting a weekly post up on time.

The twins and I at 18 weeks.

How Far Along: 18 Weeks

Size of baby: 5.5 inches and 7 oz. About the size of a mango.

Gender: We will find out at our gender reveal party in October.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly pants and a few dresses. Other than that, I'm still wearing regular clothes.

Weight gain: 7 pounds

Movement: I have felt a few flutters this week. Hoping I'll feel them more soon.

Sleep: Still very good!

Symptoms: None at all.

Cravings: Oranges are pretty tasty!

Best moment this week: Getting our cribs. Now the fun part begins, setting them up. I will take a picture once they are put together. It may take a while!

Pregnancy Highlights: The babies are flexing their arms and legs. Blood vessels are more visible through the skin and their ears are in there final position. (Information from babycenter.com)

17 Weeks

17 Weeks...please excuse my clothing. I just finished working out.

Pregnancy Highlights: The babies are skeletons are changing from soft cartlidge to bones. They can

How Far Along: 17 Weeks and loving every minute of it.

Size of baby: 5 inches and 5 oz. About the size of a sweet potato.

Gender: We will find out at our gender reveal party in October.

Maternity Clothes: This week I broke out a pair of maternity pants. Other than that, I'm still wearing regular clothes.

Weight gain: 7 pounds

Movement: No movement yet. Hope to feel them soon.

Sleep: Still very good!

Symptoms: None at all.

Cravings: No cravings

Best moment this week: Seeing the babies on the ultrasound.

move their joints and their sweat glands are starting to develop.

 

This week was pretty exciting to go to the doctor. Both babies are measuring right on track. They have grown so much in a month. It was really hard to see them both on the screen together. Also, they checked the sexes and sealed it in an envelope for the hostesses of my shower. It's weird that someone else knows, but we don't. We are so excited to find out on October 22nd. The doctor said he's very pleased with my weight gain, only 7 pounds so far. He told me to keep up the good work and continue doing what I'm doing. The cyst on my left ovary has decreased in size, 6.4 cm, which is great. It is still large, but it's shrinking. At this time they don't plan on removing it. We go back on October 24th for another ultrasound. Here is a picture of the babies at 17 weeks.

Baby A at 17 Weeks

Baby B at 17 Weeks

16 Weeks

Well it's official, I'm a slacker when it comes to blogging. During the week it's hard for me to sit down and get on the computer. By the time I get home for work, all I have energy for is getting things done around the house. Then I relax and sleep the rest of the evening. Enough with my rambling, here are the updates for 16 weeks.

16 weeks with the twins!

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Size of baby: 4.5 inches and 3.5 oz.

Gender: We will find out at our gender reveal party in October.

Maternity Clothes: Wearing maternity pants and my normal shirts.

Weight gain: 5 pounds

Movement: No movement yet. Hope to feel them soon.

Sleep: Sleeping like a baby. I know that won't last forever. Soon they will be preparing me for sleepless nights. :)

Symptoms: My appetite is back. I'm so thankful, so I can feed these babies some more.

Cravings: Any type of meat. 

Best moment this week: Getting registered for the baby shower.

I'm Back At 15 Weeks

WOW...it has been far too long since I last blogged. The babies and I are doing really good. Just had a busy end to my summer and trying to get in the back to school routine. This year I have such a sweet little class! They are so excited about the twins and cannot wait to meet them. Daily they ask me many questions about the babies. Just yesterday, one little girl told me that she thinks that my babies will be cute! I told her that I know they will be adorable.

Here's a picture of the babies at 13 weeks. We still have two more weeks before we get to peak at them again.


Baby B at 13 Weeks...this is our big baby.



Baby A at 13 weeks...look at those little legs, so cute!

Starting this week, I'm going to do a weekly pregnacy highlight post. My goal is to document this pregnancy so that I can reflect on it from years to come. I wanted to make it through my first trimester before I started doing weekly posts. So here we go....

15 Weeks

This is what I look like after a fun filled day with 22 first graders.
I really need to take my pictures in the morning. :)



How Far Along: 15 Weeks...finally in the second trimester.

Size of baby: 4.5 inches and 2 to 3 oz.

Gender: We will find out at our gender reveal party in October.

Maternity Clothes: This week I broke out a pair of maternity pants. Other than that, I'm still wearing regular clothes.

Weight gain: 3 pounds

Movement: No movement yet. Hope to feel them soon.

Sleep: Sleeping like a baby. I know that won't last forever. Soon they will be preparing me for sleepless nights. :)

Symptoms: Still a little bit of nauseau.

Cravings: I don't think I'm craving anything. Jeremy says I'm craving steak.

Best moment this week: Watching my little belly grow.

Pregnancy Highlights: