Just kidding!!! There’s only two! Our appointment today went great!!! I’m now past 12 weeks and I have seen proof that both our babies are growing perfectly! After the ultrasound I had a huge sigh of relief and now I feel ten thousand times better. I feel like I can relax now and quit worrying so much.
It was so cute seeing them on the ultrasound. They look so much different than at the 8w scan! They actually look like tiny babies instead of tiny astronauts! One was jumping all around and pushing off the uterus walls (I cannot wait until I can feel them!!!) and the other was just chillin there with it’s hand on it’s head in a “why the hell do you have to jump around like that when I’m trying to relax” sort of look. It was adorable! I was giggling and so then they both started to wiggle around once my tummy was shaking. So, so, so cute. It’s amazing how much you can love two tiny little babies that aren’t even born yet.
I didn’t get any good pictures this time because the machine was old and was printing the photos out with half of it completely black. Maybe next time!

It feels good to be back home! We went to WA to visit my parents for an early Christmas. I’m so glad to be back at my own house in my own bed! It felt soooo good last night to actually get some sleep!
I’ve been feeling a lot better lately in the morning sickness department. I’m still super tired all the time though. I’m 12 weeks today Yay! Some sources say 12 weeks is the start of the 2nd trimester and some say that 13 or 14 weeks is the start of the 2nd trimester. My doctor considers 12 weeks to be the start of the 2nd trimester so that’s what I’m going by. I have an appointment on Thursday that I’m really looking forward to. I’m kind of nervous too though. For some reason I’m afraid that there won’t be two babies anymore, even though there is absolutely no reason why there wouldn’t be. I’m just silly I guess. Everyone back home thought I looked huge… and I do.
I’ve gained 7lbs now. Still all belly though! I was reading a new book about twins while I was on the plane, it’s probably the best one that I’ve found so far. It has a huge section on nutrition and how important it is especially for twins, and it actually said I need to be getting at least 3100 calories a day! It’s so hard for me to eat as much as I’m supposed to. I try so hard but I can never manage to eat as much as I’m supposed to each day. I’m going to ask my OB on Thursday to refer me to a nutritionist who has worked with women carrying twins before so I can have help figuring out exactly how much I should be eating every day and what types of things would be best for me. It seems like a no brainer, right? Well let me tell you, healthy food is not big on the calorie department. I haven’t been eating crap and maybe that’s why I can’t seem to pack on the calories. Anyway, there has to be someone in the Dallas area who has worked with women having twins before. I don’t think my insurance will cover something like that but I really don’t care what it costs. I never realized how important nutrition can be when you’re pregnant.
Anyway, I better go get some things done around the house. I hate doing laundry after being out of town. Bleh.

If you have access to my myspace page you can see a couple pictures that I posted. If you don’t have access, you can at least see the preview size picture because I set it as my default.

I’ve felt great for 3 days in a row. No nausea at all! The last entry I posted was talking about “lately” in general. The past 3 days have been great! Except that when I feel better I tend to eat less and so I am having to try so hard to eat. Who ever thought eating 2,600 calories a day could be so hard?

I really should post more often, shouldn’t I? Man I have been feeling like total crap lately! All day sickness, headaches, blah! It’s all worth it though! I have to say that for almost 11w I am BIG. And sooo cute if I do say so myself! I’ve gained 5lbs! Yay! It’s all belly too. I never thought I’d be happy about gaining 5lbs before. I think I’m going to post my 10w picture. I haven’t taken it yet actually… so it will be my 10w4d picture.

I have felt the best today that I have since I got pregnant. I’m hoping that some of this first trimester stuff is starting to wear off since I’m reaching the end of the first trimester. So since I felt so well I did some Christmas shopping and saw The Holiday. It was very, very cute. Now I’m dead tired so I’m off to bed!