Week 11

I always thought it was so cute when pregnant friends did belly shots along their pregnancy. Since everyone I love other than Brett is across the Pacific I have decided to do this also to more involve friends and family with the pregnancy.

Before we found out we were having twins I kept on telling Brett that I thought I was further along because my stomach was getting bigger than it was supposed to by this point. While I was being examined by the doctor she commented that she thought my uterus was really large for the point I was at also. Turns out I am right on track week wise, I just have made room for two. I am supposed to get big pretty quickly so it will be fun to look back at these one day and see how it all looked.

We're Having Twins!

Yesterday we went to our first ultrasound and we got the best news in the world. Not only are we going to be having one baby, but we will have two! We are so happy. Brett had been teasing me about the possibility of having twins since we found out we were pregnant but I really thought that there was no way we were going to. When the Dr. started the ultrasound I saw the two different sacks on the screen and thought that I must be wrong and just saw it wrong. She didn't say anything about it so I thought we were just having one. After we looked at that baby she turned to us and said, "I have something to tell you." Our hearts dropped. Then she said, "there's two." Holy crap we were so shocked. She moved over the probe so we could see the second and it was the most amazing thing. I really can't believe I have two growing little people inside me. She said both babies are very healthy and growing as they should. Both heart beats are really strong and as you can see from the video they are both active little things.

We are only about 11 weeks along right now so we couldn't tell what gender the babies are yet. Soon though...

The Dr. said that I might have to go down to Okinawa to deliver the babies and I might be going down there as soon as 28 wks. I will keep you posted on that though.

We are so happy and look forward to meeting our babies this summer.

Yes, We are having a Baby!

We are so excited to let this news out and so thrilled that the time has come for us to have a baby! We have been trying to have a baby for about a year and a half and were having no luck at all. After being messed up by birth control pills and Brett and I being apart so much, the odds were against us. We were also starting to wonder if maybe there was more to the problem. I called and set up an appointment for infertility counseling at the hospital here in Yokosuka for January 5. Both of us were nervous to find out what was causing the problems but knew it was better to know that to just worry and guess.

The day before our appointment I had this nagging feeling that I should take a pregnancy test. I cannot tell you how many of those I have tried out and of course they always came up negative. I really didn't want to take one again just to be disappointed. I was defiantly experiencing some symptoms like horrible breast tenderness, mood swings, feeling like I was getting the flu and the biggest one of all, not getting my period. At the time I thought that all this was just my body being weird like always and my period was just taking its time. After having that feeling all day to take that test, I finally gave in.

I bought a two pack of the generic brand that they sell and the mini mart...you know, no need to waste money on another negative test. So I take the test and within about 30 seconds the test comes up positive! I was totally shocked! I thought, well it says wait two minutes. So I did. I was thinking well this is a cheap test so maybe they all look like that and then settle to the correct result by two minutes. But once the time was up, it was still positive. I took the other one, positive too! I could not believe it. I am pregnant!



The shock was something else, I just stared at the tests for a while and kept telling myself that they were right. I didn't cry at all at that moment. Brett was going to be coming home within a couple of hours so I needed to find a way to tell him. I headed back to the store and went to their tiny baby isle and pick out some baby mittens, and pacifier and baby soap along with wrapping and a card. The only card they had left was a congratulations to the parents-to-be. I crossed out the parents-to-be and wrote in Dad then wrote my own little message.

Once Brett got home I let him change out of his work clothes and get comfortable and had his sit down at the couch. I told him I got him a present and to cover his eyes. Then I put the present in his hands and when he opened his eyes he looked at it strangely. I put the gift in a blue bag with pink tissue paper. He pulled out the card and saw that it had baby stuff on it. Still it did not click. He opened the card and read the printed part and stared at the word Dad. A minute or so later he looks at me with realization and says, "no..." (not a bad no, but a oh my gosh no). Thats when I finally come out with, "I'm pregnant!" Thats when I start balling and I am not sure if Brett quite believed it then. He was over the moon happy though. I seriously have never seen anyone so excited to have a baby as Brett. I makes me love him that much more.

The next day we go in for our appointment and tell the girl at check in that we need to change our infertility appointment for a pregnancy test. She laughs and congratulates us. They send me for the test and sure enough it comes back positive.

As of now we are due on September 4, 2011. We are so thrilled to be parents to this little blessing from heaven.