Its not a 100% according to the Dr until the 20 week ultrasound but it looks pretty good from what I can tell. I really thought that they would be girls so it looks like the intuition is kicking in already!
Here is the spine of one of the GIRLS :D
Here is the butt shot. Here little legs are crossed at the moment.
I think this is a view of the arms...
Here is the head and body...
Not sure...
Another leg view...
I love seeing my babies move around, it makes this all so much more real. Now knowing there is a strong possibly that they are girls is getting me even more excited for these babies to come, and I was already super excited. The Dr I went to in Whittier was great. When he measured my fundal height he, he was I was already measuring at 30 weeks! I couldn't believe it...that's huge. But that is to be expected with two babies growing like crazy inside me.
I was able to email Brett and tell him the happy news. He is sooooo thrilled. He is jokingly concerned about being highly out numbered. Brett is going to be a great Dad. I am so excited to hold our babies in August.
The babies are getting bigger and moving more and more. Today they actually woke me up from a nap by moving so much. I love it! It is such an amazing feeling. I am totally in love with these little peas.
Yay! 16 weeks down and I have to say, the second trimester is a heck of a lot better than the first. I love it so far. Now that I am back in the states, I went shopping for jeans in an actual store and tried a couple on til I found a pair that I liked. I went with the full panel kind and I LOVE THEM! So comfy. I am definatly getting to the point where people know I am pregnant and not just fat which makes me so happy. The morning sickness is still around but no where near what it was before. I also felt the babies move this week! It was so neat! I had three, what I think were kicks on the left side and then one right after on the right side. I have to be really still in order to feel them but I am pretty sure these are kicks and not gas. I wish Brett was here to enjoy this with me. He was such a great support through my crazys of the first trimester and now he is missing out on the fun of the second. He is the only thing that could make this time perfect. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers while he is still in Japan.
Oh! If anyone has baby stuff that they are looking to get rid of let me know! I had to leave all of our baby stuff in Japan so I have to start over.
Week 14 is here and along with it a more noticeable bump is starting to form. For the past few weeks I have been able to feel a difference and have had to move onto maternity wears since my jeans could no longer close. Luckily I am starting to show and not just look like I have gained weight. I am so excited to be in second trimester. At the last doctors appointment we were able to see our little peas moving and dancing around and we defiantly noticed how much more they look like babies...human babies that it. Our next ultrasound is in four weeks and we should be able to find out the gender by then. One not so fun thing we found out at the Dr. apt was that we will have to travel down to Okinawa a whole month earlier than we planned so now we have exactly 10 weeks to prepare for the arrival of these little ones...not much time at all. We are trying to narrow down what can wait to be purchased after their arrival home and what needs to be bought before we leave, unfortunately most of those things are very pricey. I totally think they should give twin parents a half off coupon on ever thing because twin things are sooooo expensive! We will make due, we always do. Any advice you are willing to throw my way, please do!
So I basically have only this second trimester to get ready for this baby. Since I am considered high risk since I am pregnant with twins, the doctors told me I will need to go down to the base on the southern end of Japan at 28 weeks. Reason being is they have a NICU just in case any complications arise. Obviously once I am there it will be much harder to plan and prepare for these babies...so I have 15 weeks at most to buy everything I need. We have been buying diapers like crazy. We have one crib so far and a changing table. We have a wipe warmer and a diaper genie, some really cute onsies. One play mat and that's about it. I really need help knowing what to buy and what really is just a waste of money. So PLEASE tell me what you have found to be essentials! I would really, really appreciate it.
