The Reality of Bed Rest....

Well, I guess I should update everyone on our venture to parenthood!! Up to this point, pregnancy has been such a joy!! I have been really blessed to have such an easy pregnancy with very few side effects!! I am definitely getting bigger by the day!! In fact, as of my 28 week appointment on Monday, I have gained 31 pounds!! So, I am basically blowing up like a whale-ha!! Anyways...We found out at my ultra-sound on Monday that my cervix is thinning and I was contracting. So, I went into the hospital on Tuesday for some testing, monitoring, and another ultra-sound. The babies heart rates and fluid levels were both great!! But, I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. We found out, though, that I was just dehydrated. Once I drank a bunch of fluids, everything got back under control. So, basically I drink and potty now all day and night. As a result of all this craziness, I have been put on bed rest (BOO) to prevent pre-term labor!! I have only been home now for 3 days, and I am already about to lose it!! I am only supposed to get up to potty and eat. So, I feel like I am in prison and tied to my bed!! Kristen is coming over today to entertain me, so I am super excited about that!! I want to learn how to knit and crochet, so hopefully that will give me something to do!! I go back to the doctor on Monday, so I'm hoping we can work something out about all this bed rest business-ha!! Truthfully, I want to do what is best for these babies, but I just hope they develop real quick so we can go ahead and have them!! We just can't wait to see their precious little faces!!

23 Week Ultra-sound in 3-D

Early Ultrasound

Here is the first ultrasound of our twins. At this point we thought that the twins would be what they called mono mono twins. This means that they would share an amniotic sack and a placenta. But this was just the beginning of it all.