Inquiring Minds

Many people have been wanting to know how the twin pregnancy is going and how I've been feeling. Now that I'm over the whole shock of it all and the first trimester... I guess I'm ready to talk.

This pregnancy has been crazy and just so different from my first two pregnancies.

There has been such a whirl wind of emotions:

shock
fear
denial (I felt like this really isn't happening, or that it really wasn't going to happen)
overwhelmed
fear

After I worked through some of those feelings I was able to start feeling the good emotions like how blessed we are to have two new spirits come into our family at once.

I don't want to sound ungrateful ever when I talk about this whole experience, because I really understand how amazing it is. Especially when I have people I cherish in my life who long for something like this to happen just once in there precious lives.

The first trimester was hard. I was sick.
I threw up a lot.
I gagged all the time. Once I was paying for groceries and while handing the check out lady my card, I started gagging. She freaked out - worried I was about to hurl all over her and the register.
I was terribly exhausted. So tired!
Even though I was sick, I needed food all the time.
I had crazy cravings.
I gained a lot of weight really fast. -I've read now that weight gain in the beginning of a multiple pregnancy is important for the growth of the babies. I'm having faith that is true and so my weight gain is good... but I sure hope it slows down now... although from previous experience, I don't think that's going to happen. It was only 7 months ago that I ran a half marathon! That energetic me I worked so hard for is long gone now. And realistically, I'm going to have to come to terms that it might be a couple YEARS before I can get that strength back. Boo hoo.

Now that I'm in my second trimester I'm not as sick. I still gag, but no more running to the bathroom.
I'm only 4.5 months along but I feel like I'm already 8 months pregnant.
I can't bend down. Well, I can, but I really wish I didn't have to.
Therefore... my floors are dirty, toys are in each and every room of the house, and I'm still really tired.
I don't get much done during the day. I've slowed way down.
I constantly have weird sharp pains stabbing me from my growing uterus.
But the best part is... I can feel little twinges of movement from my dancing ballerinas inside.
At my last ultrasound I witnessed Baby B tap dancing on Baby A's face. Awesome.

I'm planning to nurse these two girls. Heaven knows I'm well equipped to do so!
I just ordered one of these twin nursing pillows. Unfortunately mine isn't going to be such a snazzy pattern. Just plain ol' pink thank you. I'm sure I will be smiling like the model woman too, the whole time. And I hope to keep my 20 year old cordless phone in that handy side pocket.