Okay so here are some baby pictures!!! i can't even believe we have TWO little ones in there, I also can't believe we know they are girls and I haven't posted that yet. SO much has happened in the last month or so. We found out we are having two lovely daughters and we found out we are having two identical daughters, one in a million I tell you.
I am the luckiest woman ever!! My girls are so healthy, we did find out that they share a placenta. As I have now learned, this means I will be going to the OB Gyn every two weeks until I deliver, which will be 35 weeks and for the last two weeks I will wear a monitor 24/7. This whole thing sends a pregnant woman into a tail spin I tell you. First you think everything is wonderful and you have to worry about double everything, well guess what ALL that goes out the window when you realize something could very easily happen.
Our doctor is amazing and so incredibly qualified and talented and AWARE, she took all the time we needed and explained everything to us. She will also personally schedule every single appointment until I deliver. As Grandma Ruby says, "she better understand the precious cargo she is protecting, those are MY grand babies in there," the best part is she does get it. She is going to monitor my babies and make sure they are growing like they should be. The babies will have to come out early because after 35 weeks the stronger of the two twins will start to take more than her share of the nutrients of the placenta. She even went as far as to explain the fact that one daughter is on the edge of the placenta and if she was more in the middle the risk wouldn't be as high.
This is the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with, I guess Someone is preparing me fr motherhood. Nothing else matters, only the health of these two miracles matter to me. I will eat fruits and vegetables and drink water by the gallon if it means my girls will be okay. SO far I have been told to increase protein and continue to drink lots and lots of water, but if the doctor told me to do jumping jacks every night and sing the Star Spangled Banner while balancing a spoon on my nose you can bet your butt I would be jumping right now....
