Boy, OH BOY!

I'm 16 weeks pregnant and finally starting to show. While this is exciting, I've also realized it's not such a good thing. I've grown just enough so that my clothes are too tight, but I've not grown enough to fit into maternity clothes. So...the result is that I just look bloated...or pudgy in the belly. NOT cute. I call this the awkward pregnancy phase....I'm not a fan.

My appetite has returned and I've been feeling pretty good. I'm not so tired anymore either...thank goodness! The only bad symptom I've been having is pretty gross....well maybe not gross but definitely not fun. Can you say...constipation? UGH. The good news is that a few of my friends who have recently had babies gave me tips on how to get rid of this annoying lil problem. Let's hope they work...and soon!

Ok...so it’s time for the really important news. I had my first Dr. appt here in Texas today. I was told that by 16 weeks they might be able to tell the gender of our babies. So, naturally when I arrived I asked if they could please tell us what we were having. The ultrasound tech seemed pretty sure that it was too early to tell the sex of the babies but none the less said she would let us know if she saw anything. About 10 minutes into the ultrasound Baby A decided he wanted to let us know just exactly what HE was...a baby BOY! There was definitely no questioning that he was indeed a boy. After another 10 minutes or so the technician told us that she didn't think we would be able to find out the sex of the other baby. She just wasn't able to get a good view of that area. Well...as soon as those words came out of her mouth, Baby B decided that HE also wanted to show us exactly what HE was...a baby BOY!

I think we were both in a bit of shock...we had both been so certain that we were having one boy and one girl. But TWO boys? OOOOOOOH Boy. I'm a little bit nervous and a lot freaked out! Eric's first comment was "oh geez, now I'm going to have to buy double the sports equipment." LOL!! I'm glad he doesn't seem too freaked out. :)

BOY OH BOY!!!!!

 

1st OB/GYN Appt

I had my first OB/GYN appt today. While it was sad to say good-bye to Dr. Rychlik and all of the wonderful staff at The Fertility Center of AZ, I am excited to be starting this next chapter in my pregnancy.
I'd have to say that so far I've had a pretty easy pregnancy and a pretty good first trimester. As far as symptoms go, I've had some mild nausea and have been extremely exhausted. I've been exhausted before but this is completely different...It's as if I've been hit by a truck! I get to a point that if I don't lie down and sleep at that very moment, I might just pass out...or throw up. So needless to say I’ve been taking A LOT of naps. I haven't had much of an appetite either. Most food sounds gross to me. I have had a few cravings, but nothing that’s too strange. Orange Juice, Mac-n-Cheese and for one week I pretty much ate McDonalds every day. I've definitely lost weight which had me a little worried but when I met with the Dr. today she didn't seem too concerned.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from my first OB/GYN appt. I knew they would do a sonogram, get my medical history and talk to me about pregnancy and all the good stuff that comes from that...but what I didn't know was how absolutely cool it would be to see my babies and have them actually LOOK like babies. Because I'm not yet showing and because I haven't really had any major pregnancy symptoms I tend to forget that I’m pregnant. I just don’t FEEL pregnant yet. So, each appt is a reminder that I am in fact pregnant and that we really are going to have twins. The appt went well and the Dr. said that the boys and I are perfectly healthy. Such great news!


Baby A

Baby B

In other non-baby news...Eric and I are up to our ears in boxes! The house is a wreck...half of the house is packed up and the other half...not so much. I never realized how much STUFF we owned. Shannon and Melissa are coming into town next week to help us pack up, and then my parents are coming the week after that. It’s all a bit overwhelming but I know we will get it done. I actually still can't believe we are moving to Texas in 2 weeks! YIKES!







McKinney, Tx...Here we come!

I spent 3 days in Texas looking for a house. Going into it I was super excited...I've never looked at houses before and I thought it was something that would be a piece of cake. Boy was a wrong! I basically had 2 days to find a house so that Eric and I would have a place to live when move next month.

Day one started off really bad...the first 5 houses my parents and I looked at were awful! They were old, falling apart, dirty or very small. There was even one house that I wouldn't go into b/c it was so gross. At the end of the day, the very last house we saw was actually pretty cute. It wasn’t in the exact neighborhood I wanted to live in but it was nice. Big backyard, Open floor plan, 4 bedrooms and the previous owners took good care of it. So...thinking that this was as good as I was going to find, we put in an offer. Needless to say, someone else put in an offer that day as well and the seller wanted us to come back with our best offer. Eric and I counter offered with a price that was over our original budget and then we waited. I went to bed that night feeling very unsettled. I wasn’t happy with the price we had offered, I didn't really love the area the house was in and I just didn’t have that feeling that this was our home. So....the next day I called our awesome realtor Wayne and asked if we could go back out.

Day two started off much better. All of the houses that we were looking at were in the neighborhood I had wanted to live in and they all seemed to be better taken care of. The 3rd house we pulled up too instantly gave me a good feeling. The neighborhood was nice, it was close to schools and the yard was very well taken care of. From the minute I walked through the front door I knew this house was ours. It was absolutely beautiful and I could picture raising a family there! What is more amazing is that it requires NO work on our part. The paint colors are the same colors we have in our Az home, the kitchen has been totally remodeled and they have hardwood floors on the bottom floor and carpet upstairs in the bedrooms. OH, and let’s not forget the backyard. It is so huge! You could seriously fit 2 pools in this backyard. I could tell the owners really loved their home and cared for it. I told Wayne to call and put in an offer and to forget the other house. This was our house and I just knew it was the one we would be moving into.

God is good and he DOES provide! We got the house and I cannot wait to move.

Double Trouble in...TEXAS?!

When I found out we were pregnant I knew my life would soon change...I  just had no idea just how much.

Today we had our first appt since finding out we were pregnant. I was excited to see our lil one and was told we would even be able to hear the heartbeat. What I wasn't expecting was to hear the word TWINS! I knew with IVF there was a chance we could end up with twins, and secretly Eric and I had hoped for that....but I never quite thought it would actually happen. How blessed we are to not only have IVF work on the first try, but to end up with 2 precious babies at the end of it all. God is too good!

In addition to finding out we were having twins...we also found out Eric is being transferred to Texas for his work. As I was laying on the table hearing the heartbeats of our 2 lil ones, the call came through. In the blink of an eye, we were having twins and moving to Texas in a month. HOLY COW!

Yeah....I'd say my life is about to change in a BIG way!



Thing One & Thing Two!

PREGNANT!!!

Today has been the longest and best day of my life! I absolutely cannot believe I am pregnant...I mean, I knew there was a possibility, doing IVF and all...but for some reason I guess I didn't expect it to work on the first try. I am in complete shock!

We had our appt this morning at 9:30...I gave blood and was told in just a few SHORT hours they would call with the news. The nurse, Jubilee, said they would call no later than 12:00. So, Eric and I went home to wait....and wait....and wait some more. 12:00 rolled around and no call. 1:00 came and still NO CALL! Were they purposefully trying to make me go insane? Finally at 2:00 I told Eric to call and find out what was going on. Voicemail. At that point I was so nervous and excited and freaked out that the only thing left to do was sleep until they called. Finally at 3:00 they called. I handed the phone to Eric and told him that he had to be the one to answer, I was just too nervous. As he listened to what Jubilee was saying he looked a lil confused...he handed the phone to me and said "I don't understand what she is saying" LOL!! So I took the phone from him. Jubilee asked me if I had been saving all of the paperwork they had been giving me throughout the IVF process and that I needed to keep on saving them b/c I would need them for a baby book. A BABY BOOK! I just started laughing and I kept asking her if I was REALLY pregnant. I cannot explain the joy Eric and I felt at that moment. This long HARD road of IVF was finally over and we were pregnant. GOD IS GOOD!!!

Waiting...

I just wanted to say that all this waiting to find out if I'm pregnant STINKS!!! I'm not the most patient person so this whole process has been extra hard. Maybe God is trying to teach me something...patience maybe? :)

I thought after I did the transfer I would be able to stop all of the meds, but I was wrong. I have to continue them up until they find out if Im pregnant or not. Sigh...

FET Day!

I woke up this morning excited, anxious, scared...and nervous. Today is the day of our embryo transfer! Could this be the day that we REALLY get pregnant??

Our appointment was at 11:45 this morning and I was so nervous...mostly because I didn't know what to expect. Unlike the egg retrieval, I was awake for this procedure. That freaked me out a bit...I mean, what if it hurt like the dickens?!  Good thing is that it didn't...phew!

Eric and I got dressed up in our hospital gowns, complete with lil booties and hats. We then went into the procedure room. The only uncomfortable thing about the whole procedure was that I had to have a full bladder...There was a TON of pressure and  I prayed the whole time that I wouldn't just pee right on the table...now THAT would have been embarrassing.  Right before they transferred the eggs, they brought me a picture of our little embryos...They are just the cutest lil embryos I've ever seen. The procedure lasted about 2 minutes and I was sent home to have "pelvic rest" for the rest of the day.

Eric and I before the Procedure...Looking pretty HOT!

Our cute lil Embryos

It's exciting to think that right now, my 2 little embryos are in there and growing. They might be growing into our future children. The next 2 weeks of waiting to take a pregnancy test is going to be awful! Its going to be the longest 2 weeks of my life. For now I will just pray that everything works out alright and that things "stick".