My biggest fear…

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Laurie Blundell

Since we found out we were having fraternal twins my fear (and I use the term fear lightly) has always been that they will be soo different they won’t even look like siblings, much less twins. Once we found out they were both boys, that fear doubled. If you have ever seen me and my husband, you know there is a Vast height difference between us – 15 inches to be exact, he’s 6’5 and I’m 5’2 on a good day. So in reality it’s not that I’m worried about the boys not looking like siblings, that would just help create their individuality. Its the fact that I’m worried they will end up like this…

I think I would feel horrible if we had one boy that took after Jonathan and one that took after me, like the above image. Can you imagine how that would effect their lives. Introducing them as twins and people laugh or chuckle and say “they can’t possibly be twins.” Now a couple of inches in their height difference would be ok, that’s typical between siblings.

All kidding aside, if my boys end up looking like the two in the picture above, I would be just fine…because no matter how tall or short they are, they are my boys and they are how God created them!

30 week belly picture and questionaire

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Laurie Blundell

Here is the same questionaire I filled out last month and I’m sure not much has changed so I’ll do a modified questionaire. Here is another belly shot, I forgot to post it yesterday when I posted the 30 week update.

30 weeks with twins...can you see the sleepiness in my eyes?!

How Far Along: 30 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss: 22 pounds

Sleep: Me and sleep don’t get along right now. I’m up a lot throughout the night either going to the bathroom or just awake. I toss and turn all night just to get comfortable and I’m sure I keep Jonathan awake more than he would like.

Best Moment of the Week: Getting to see a 3D/4D image of our Baby A…too bad Baby B wouldn’t cooperate. I’m hoping we will get a chance to see Baby B in 3D/4D but it just depends on the sonographer.

Movement: They have slowed down in their movement, but are still active. They don’t do as many kicks and jabs but more rolling over and just moving.

Food Craving: Ocean Waters from Sonic.

Labor Signs: I still have contractions all throughout the day but not nearly as many as when I was working. Laying on the couch the majority of the day has definitely helped. They are the same in frequency as they have been the last month or so but are getting stronger in intensity (still not “hurting” really though) Other than that no signs of labor – thankfully!

Belly Button: Ya, I guess I can say I have an outie now

Stretch Marks: So far so good, no stretch marks, hopefully it will stay that way!

Wedding rings: It is getting a little tight every once in a while, just depends on the day.

What I miss: clothes that fit and feel comfortable and being able to just run to the store if I want to.

What I’m looking forward to: getting to see the boys again in 2 weeks and my shower next Saturday

Other NEW news this week: They boys are roughly 3 pounds each!! I’ve got 6 pounds of baby in me, that’s crazy.

Perinatologist Appointment – 30 weeks

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Laurie Blundell

We had our 30 week high risk sonogram to get the boys’ weights and make sure everything is good with them and their growth. They checked my cervix and it was the same as it was when I had it checked last so that’s great news. The boys were a little sleepy this morning so they didn’t really cooperate much and were both hiding their faces. But eventually Baby A (Hayden) turned over and we were able to get a profile shot. He did move a little bit so his nose and forehead are a little elongated.

Baby A profile

He actually cooperated enough at one point that the technician decided to grab the other transducer out and got a 4D picture for us! You can see part of Baby B (Ian) to the left of Baby A’s head. It will be interesting to see how much this picture actually looks like him when he’s born.

Baby A 4D

Of course Baby B (Ian) wouldn’t cooperate as well so we couldn’t get a good 4D picture of him. We kind of got a shot of his face but nothing remotely close to what we got on A.

Baby B face

Now on to the other stuff. The boys looked great, they are both growing like crazy. Baby A is estimated at 3 pounds and 4 ounces and Baby B is 2 lbs 12 ounces. Their amniotic fluid levels and heart rates were good. A is still head down and B is transverse again – completely sideways! Baby A has hair, so he takes after me (I had A LOT of hair when I was born) and Baby B has none…poor thing, I guess he takes after his daddy since he didn’t have much hair when he was born (so I’ve been told).

Now I will be getting biophysical profiles (I talked about what these were in an earlier post) every two weeks starting at 32 weeks and then sonograms every week. My life is going to be full of doctors appointments starting in a few weeks. I sure hope Jonathan has a lot of sick time at work to use since I’m not driving and need him to take me. It’s getting so much closer to the arrival of these little boys and I CAN’T WAIT!! Seeing the 4D image of Hayden just makes it even harder to wait.