OMG.... We just got the call. 4cm dilated and 70% effaced. Baby will be here today or tomorrow almost a certainty. Way too early for us, we are so not prepared. Mad scramble to pick of a few remaining items, start (yes i did sat START) packing, book flights, get hotel reservation changed, book my neice's flight straight to Mumbai to meet us there.
Here we go again. We hope surro Mom and babies are okay.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Holy Crap...we are HAVING TWINS!!!!
Some days it just hits me like a ton of bricks. Yes, I know we have known we are having twins for 6 months now, but some days it just really sets in. Usually its when Blaze is deciding he is going to give Mommy a run for her money and start with a 'terrible two' meltdown in the freezer section of Fry's. My thoughts:
1. If its twin boys I am totally going to have to take up drinking.
2. If its twin girls...I am SO screwed, I have NO idea how to take care of a girl and besides we have NO PINK!!! Which ends up meaning big $$$$$ now and into their late teens.
3. What the heck was I thinking when we said lets have just ONE more??? Be careful what you wish for...
4. What will I do when all 3 decide to have a tantrum at the store, better yet how am I going to even take 3 to a store?
5. Takes me back to the title of this post, Holy Crap...we are HAVING TWINS!
At this point I can't really think straight because my heart has started racing and I am having palpitations and my breathing has become faster, I feel a cold sweat come over me and then I have to sit down and pinch myself to wake from my terrifying dream. After a few minutes my thoughts then change too:
1. WOW...how lucky are we to be blessed with not one but two more miracles from God. Please God continue to let FB have a completely boring and uneventful pregnancy that we have had up till now.
2. Some people would totally give their right arm to be in my shoes right now.
3. Its going to be okay. I have dreamed of being a Mom since I was a little girl and I CAN DO THIS!
4. I have so much support from my fellow twin surro buddies to my amazing neighbor and Grandma of twins, Aunt Winnie and now my 'Got Twins' Facebook crew (Thanks Todd) who calm my panic attacks pretty much daily. Who could be so lucky?
5. Everyone says if you can make it through the first year the rest is truly a breeze. Heck one year ain't nothing when we tried and waited for a family for more then 4 years. This should be a piece of cake...(Ya, right who am I kidding!?!)
6. Blaze is going to be such an amazing big brother and how wonderful for the 3 of our children to be able to share not only the exact same genes, but a common bond of how they came to be a part of our very special an unique family.
7. I better get that mini-van I swore I would never buy very, very soon, cause there is no fitting 3 car seats in the back on my H3 SUV. I can totally be a cool soccer Mom!
8. We are instantly going from a family of 3 to a family of 5! Do I even remember what I did with all of my time just 2 short years ago...Nope and I totally don't care! Wouldn't change one minute of this awesome journey!!!
And the list goes on...
Yes I am scared to death that I am not going to be the very best Mother I have always dreamed of being. Just the mere thought of trying to care for 2 newborns and a toddler at the same time continues to baffle me. I am about to get a crash course very shortly. But above all else, just the fact that I can say that I AM a Mother...WOW! There truly is nothing better in the entire universe then to hear your child call you "Mommy." I am one of the lucky few to have been drug threw the infertility trenches and come out the other side with the ultimate prize in hand. Not one single day goes by that I don't look into my son's big brown beautiful eyes and smile and say a silent prayer thanking God and all the powers that be that brought him into my life, especially our incredible Doctors at Surrogacy India, Dr.Yash and Dr.Sudhir (also known as the best God Parents in the world!). Soon there will be 2 more sets of eyes and I can't think of anyone more blessed then me.
So, here they are 26 weeks in all their glory:
1. If its twin boys I am totally going to have to take up drinking.
2. If its twin girls...I am SO screwed, I have NO idea how to take care of a girl and besides we have NO PINK!!! Which ends up meaning big $$$$$ now and into their late teens.
3. What the heck was I thinking when we said lets have just ONE more??? Be careful what you wish for...
4. What will I do when all 3 decide to have a tantrum at the store, better yet how am I going to even take 3 to a store?
5. Takes me back to the title of this post, Holy Crap...we are HAVING TWINS!
At this point I can't really think straight because my heart has started racing and I am having palpitations and my breathing has become faster, I feel a cold sweat come over me and then I have to sit down and pinch myself to wake from my terrifying dream. After a few minutes my thoughts then change too:
1. WOW...how lucky are we to be blessed with not one but two more miracles from God. Please God continue to let FB have a completely boring and uneventful pregnancy that we have had up till now.
2. Some people would totally give their right arm to be in my shoes right now.
3. Its going to be okay. I have dreamed of being a Mom since I was a little girl and I CAN DO THIS!
4. I have so much support from my fellow twin surro buddies to my amazing neighbor and Grandma of twins, Aunt Winnie and now my 'Got Twins' Facebook crew (Thanks Todd) who calm my panic attacks pretty much daily. Who could be so lucky?
5. Everyone says if you can make it through the first year the rest is truly a breeze. Heck one year ain't nothing when we tried and waited for a family for more then 4 years. This should be a piece of cake...(Ya, right who am I kidding!?!)
6. Blaze is going to be such an amazing big brother and how wonderful for the 3 of our children to be able to share not only the exact same genes, but a common bond of how they came to be a part of our very special an unique family.
7. I better get that mini-van I swore I would never buy very, very soon, cause there is no fitting 3 car seats in the back on my H3 SUV. I can totally be a cool soccer Mom!
8. We are instantly going from a family of 3 to a family of 5! Do I even remember what I did with all of my time just 2 short years ago...Nope and I totally don't care! Wouldn't change one minute of this awesome journey!!!
And the list goes on...
Yes I am scared to death that I am not going to be the very best Mother I have always dreamed of being. Just the mere thought of trying to care for 2 newborns and a toddler at the same time continues to baffle me. I am about to get a crash course very shortly. But above all else, just the fact that I can say that I AM a Mother...WOW! There truly is nothing better in the entire universe then to hear your child call you "Mommy." I am one of the lucky few to have been drug threw the infertility trenches and come out the other side with the ultimate prize in hand. Not one single day goes by that I don't look into my son's big brown beautiful eyes and smile and say a silent prayer thanking God and all the powers that be that brought him into my life, especially our incredible Doctors at Surrogacy India, Dr.Yash and Dr.Sudhir (also known as the best God Parents in the world!). Soon there will be 2 more sets of eyes and I can't think of anyone more blessed then me.
So, here they are 26 weeks in all their glory:
Twin 1 we call our tall skinny one, measuring about one week smaller than their sibling (with the exception of the femur length) and weighing in at 860 plus or minus 126 grams. Twin 2 we call our chubby one whose head and belly are bigger and is currently measuring exactly 10 grams heavier at 934 plus or minus 136 grams. So with all this info. Gerry has now changed his tune to Twin A = a girl and Twin B = a boy. Totally not fair as that was my guess from the get go.
Just a little more then 8 weeks and it won't be a surprise any more! Now we just have to come up with 4 unique baby names (boy-boy, girl-girl, boy-girl...our heads are spinning) and we better get packing as we are going to be back in India in no time!!!!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Our beautiful babies...
We are already in our 20th week. More then half way there considering most twins are considered full term at around 36 weeks. We had our 4D (3D on our end as we had no sound or movement only still images) anomaly scan in our 18th week. Our surrogate is doing great and continues to have an uneventful pregnancy thus far. So without further adieu, here are our beautiful babes:
Twin 1 left Twin 2 right
Twin 1 left Twin 2 right
Twin 1 left (legs) Twin 2 right
Twin 2 left Twin 1 right
Twin 1 left Twin 2 right
Twin 2
Twin 1 is measuring at 17.5 weeks and Twin 2 is 18.2 weeks. Twin 2's measurements are all a little bigger except for Twin 1's femur, and foot. Both have a fetal heart rate of 133 bpm. Gerry is convinced we have 2 boys, however he says he is certain Twin 2 is a boy. Grandma R. says she thinks she sees 2 boys as well. Me...well I have NO idea since all the essential body parts are cut off on purpose. So I am guessing its one of each, just to be different. Either way as long as they both continue on this healthy and uneventful path to a normal delivery I am happy for 2 beautiful babies.
Belly Pictures...long overdue!
I have been very slack on updating our blog. Time is passing by so quickly and the twins will be here before we know it. Here are our long overdue belly shots of our surrogate:
7 weeks- not yet showing.
14 weeks- just a little belly.
17 weeks- Whoa there's our babies.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
2nd Trimester...Can I get a WOOO HOOO!?!
We are uneventfully entering our 2nd trimester. WHEWWWWWW! (Insert very big sigh of relief here)
All is going well with FB and our little ones. We had our Nucal Fold Thickness scan ( just a fancy term for testing for Down Syndrome and other chromosomal defects of the fetuses by looking at the fluid around the neck) done at the delivering hospital just the other day and the results were GREAT!!! Baby A is measuring about 5 days smaller then Baby B, Fetal heart rates are 150 and 152 and both have a nasal bone and all that other good stuff they look for. Basically both look great and the scan report says all is well in utero.
Our official due date now by ultrasound is August 24, 2011. That is 2 days before Blaze's birthday ( he was 3 weeks early). Now it is unlikely that they will go to the full 40 weeks, but still Blaze's siblings will be almost 2 years apart from him. I think that is the perfect age difference.
We are trying to prepare...once again. A little part of me is REALLY hoping we have at least one boy, since I went a little crazy with clothes, shoes, hats and little boy stuff for Blaze. It would be such a shame to not be able to use it all again since it is basically all like-new.
The big question always seems to be the same..."So, do you know what you are having?" And our answer still and always remains the same..."Not until they are born." It gets some strange looks but when we explain the policy of India it usually changes to a smile and, "Wow that's a great surprise!" Truly I am just hoping and praying for 2 healthy babies no matter what sex. We are already listing our favorite names and have to come up with 2 of each...not such an easy task. After all we do have a 'Blaze' and I don't think a 'Joe' or 'Jane' sounds just quite right.
It feels all so strange to be going through this journey again. Same similar feelings when the emails and phone calls come through from India, your heart skips a little beat. We have decided to make our 3 car garage into a 2 car garage and build an enclosed play room with access to the house, for the kids. A pretty big task to take on. Blaze's rain-forest themed nursery will now be the twins (with a little work on refinishing the crib since Beaver Blaze made work of that). It is a gender neutral theme so we can't go wrong. So, Blaze will move next door into one of the spare bedrooms. We are still deciding on a theme for him, but Gerry found a cool Firetruck bed on Craigslists and we thought that might be a slightly easier chore then the months of work put into the nursery.
We are feeling slightly more comfortable with the process of India, etc. since this will be our second time around. But it will be almost 2 years since our last visit, so we are preparing for any changes as with the bureaucracy of India we are sure some have occurred.
I am a little more relaxed at this part of the journey, but much more anxious about the coming months and the fact that we will now have 2 newborns and a toddler in tow. I think I am having anxiety attacks regularly when I start to think about all of it. I now can officially say I am freaking out. Excited, but super duper scared and anxious of doing it all again times 2, plus 1. Oh my...just typing it, makes my heart race. Now Gerry on the other hand is Mr. Cool Cucumber...'We will be fine.' 'How hard can it be?' 'I am sure we will have struggles, but everything will be okay.' Yes, as always, I am the glass half empty and he is half full. We make a great team though, as we certainly meet somewhere in the middle with us both being at either ends of the spectrum of feelings. I suppose only time will tell, and in my eyes time is flying by.
So without further ado... here are our perfectly precious babes:
All is going well with FB and our little ones. We had our Nucal Fold Thickness scan ( just a fancy term for testing for Down Syndrome and other chromosomal defects of the fetuses by looking at the fluid around the neck) done at the delivering hospital just the other day and the results were GREAT!!! Baby A is measuring about 5 days smaller then Baby B, Fetal heart rates are 150 and 152 and both have a nasal bone and all that other good stuff they look for. Basically both look great and the scan report says all is well in utero.
Our official due date now by ultrasound is August 24, 2011. That is 2 days before Blaze's birthday ( he was 3 weeks early). Now it is unlikely that they will go to the full 40 weeks, but still Blaze's siblings will be almost 2 years apart from him. I think that is the perfect age difference.
We are trying to prepare...once again. A little part of me is REALLY hoping we have at least one boy, since I went a little crazy with clothes, shoes, hats and little boy stuff for Blaze. It would be such a shame to not be able to use it all again since it is basically all like-new.
The big question always seems to be the same..."So, do you know what you are having?" And our answer still and always remains the same..."Not until they are born." It gets some strange looks but when we explain the policy of India it usually changes to a smile and, "Wow that's a great surprise!" Truly I am just hoping and praying for 2 healthy babies no matter what sex. We are already listing our favorite names and have to come up with 2 of each...not such an easy task. After all we do have a 'Blaze' and I don't think a 'Joe' or 'Jane' sounds just quite right.
It feels all so strange to be going through this journey again. Same similar feelings when the emails and phone calls come through from India, your heart skips a little beat. We have decided to make our 3 car garage into a 2 car garage and build an enclosed play room with access to the house, for the kids. A pretty big task to take on. Blaze's rain-forest themed nursery will now be the twins (with a little work on refinishing the crib since Beaver Blaze made work of that). It is a gender neutral theme so we can't go wrong. So, Blaze will move next door into one of the spare bedrooms. We are still deciding on a theme for him, but Gerry found a cool Firetruck bed on Craigslists and we thought that might be a slightly easier chore then the months of work put into the nursery.
We are feeling slightly more comfortable with the process of India, etc. since this will be our second time around. But it will be almost 2 years since our last visit, so we are preparing for any changes as with the bureaucracy of India we are sure some have occurred.
I am a little more relaxed at this part of the journey, but much more anxious about the coming months and the fact that we will now have 2 newborns and a toddler in tow. I think I am having anxiety attacks regularly when I start to think about all of it. I now can officially say I am freaking out. Excited, but super duper scared and anxious of doing it all again times 2, plus 1. Oh my...just typing it, makes my heart race. Now Gerry on the other hand is Mr. Cool Cucumber...'We will be fine.' 'How hard can it be?' 'I am sure we will have struggles, but everything will be okay.' Yes, as always, I am the glass half empty and he is half full. We make a great team though, as we certainly meet somewhere in the middle with us both being at either ends of the spectrum of feelings. I suppose only time will tell, and in my eyes time is flying by.
So without further ado... here are our perfectly precious babes:
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