Gettin' bigger by the minute!

I have been informed that it is time for me to post an updated picture of myself to my blog (good thinking Chris and Bryan!). I would have to say that I tend to agree! I feel quite a bit bigger than last week. It must mean that the babies are doing well and are growing big and strong (even though they aren't even an inch long yet!).

At 8 weeks gestation, babies are on average about the size of a raspberry (only .63 inches). They already have little arm and leg buds and are moving around like crazy inside of momma. How AMAZING is that?!

And how do two little raspberry sized babies make me look this big??? LOL=). I think I look WAY bigger in the first pic than I do in the second pic! I have to keep in mind that tops no longer fit the same way they used to, so in order to get a good view of my "baby bump" I need to put my hands up there to show you where you should be looking, and yeah, it bumps out a little bit!!





And the cutest thought of the day - my Aunt Chris and Uncle Tim have twin boys - Bryan and Justin - and Bryan said today that he can't wait until our twins are 5 years old so he can play soccer with them! How perfect is that??? I too am excited for the babies to play soccer with their twin 2nd cousins. That will be an AWESOME day! I'm so happy you are excited for the babies Bryan!! =).

I hope you all are having a blessed week! With Easter on Sunday it is an excellent reminder to give thanks for all of the wonderful blessings God has provided us. I thank God every day for the wonderful gift of life that we have been given, for my wonderful husband and family, good jobs, and nice home, and I of course cherish every day I get to spend with the babies (even if they do make me incredibly nauseous)!! I hope you all are well and are just as blessed as we are!!

8 Week Ultrasound

We had our "8 week" ultrasound today with our RE. We are technically 7w6d today, we aren't 8 weeks until tomorrow, but it's close enough=).

So the update - the babies are doing great! Both measuring right on target. Their heartbeats today were 158 bpm (baby A) and 162 bpm (baby B). It was awesome to hear their little hearts beating again. It really is music to a mother's ears!

Now we don't have any more appointments for two full weeks! They are still drawing my levels, and today my levels were good! My Hcg level was 249,000 (holy cow no wonder I feel awful!), my estrogen level was 3500, and my progesterone was 78. All GREAT! So great in fact that the RE said I can stop using the estrogen patch, and can go down to one shot of PIO (progesterone in oil) per day! My OB wants me to stay on the PIO until at least 12 weeks, so he doesn't think I should reduce yet, but he said it is up to me if I want to. Oh the decisions!

Oh, and I need to have Si take another picture of me. I suspect I am still losing weight, but my tummy is growing away! Maybe I will save that picture for later in the week. For tonight, I will leave you with the ultrasound picture from today. They still don't look like babies. . .they looked like gummy bears at the time the ultrasound was actually going on, but in the picture the babies kind of look like frogs! HA!



Anyway, enjoy! Hope you all have a wonderfully blessed week!