March 2013

So- I fully knew March was going to be crazy for us! I have attempted to start a blog post about every week but cannot manage to finish!

Lets just say- hello 2nd trimester! Now- I know it wasn't going to be a huge day transformation. But- I expected to feel better at least the first week! Yea- not so much! It actually got worse. Around Week 14- it was miserable. We are about to go out of town to Charleston and here I was puking 4-5 times a day. When I vomited spaghetti whole- I almost died. The next morning I vomited 5 times before 930 and just broke down at work. I was exhausted. Thankfully I work at a drs office and they hooked me up to an IV and it was truly a miracle!

Our out of town weekend was amazing! I kept everything down! I got to meet up with an old friend twice and we just had such a great time! It was amazing!

Fast forward to March 23rd- gender ultrasound! Andrew was at a track meet and I went before work! One baby was ready to reveal. One baby wasn't. So she did an internal ultrasound. I made her sweat a little but she did amazing! I took the envelopes to my friend Sarah- who did amazing on baking these cakes!

Sunday lasted forever- literally! We went to church, picked up the adorable adorable cakes, came home and cleaned our booties off! Finished dishes, food prep and then waited!

We had to wait on my sister who hair for off of work- we finally got to cut the cake around 745!

We cut the first cake && it was PINK! I honestly thought there was on girl In there so I figured the next one would be blue!!

Next cake- PINK again! We were both shocked! I am still shocked!

My poor dad! Raised 3 girls- already has Kayleigh and now The Moore Twins will be girls as well! Who would have thought?!

We are so in love with the idea these two little babes will be best friends! And all the sleepovers and memories they will make with Kayleigh! It's amazing to think about! We are so blessed and incredibly excited!

As for names, we love Ella Faith. And to think we have decided on Bria Cole. It is somewhat sad to know I won't have a boy to carry on Coleman, my dads middle name. So, we decided to shorten it, if it didn't have the word man in it- I think we would have kept it no matter what it was. However, Cole still recognizes the sentiment that I'm trying to get!

Now! Here's a boatload of pictures!

SO BEHIND!

I cannot believe how behind I have let this get! I am officially 13 weeks 3 days! A few more days and I will be in the 2ND TRIMESTER! I hope it lives up to it's name because boy do I need it! :)

I'll start with my appointment on Feb 25th! My sister drove me, Kayleigh joined! I picked up McDonald's for us before we left. I just got on OJ and plain biscuit, but knew I should have got Sprite. My sister was just talk, talk, talking away. At this point, I cannot even remember what on earth she was talking about. I was in a zone. I was trying to talk myself out of puking up whatever would decide to come up this time. She turned to me and said, are you going to get sick? I said, I don't know. I don't think so. I think I can talk myself out of it. She said, Danielle, we are about to get on the interstate. Do I need to pull over? I said, no I'll be ok.

WRONG.

I coughed and said Oh No. Sabreena whipped it off to the side of the road on the entrance ramp and I barely made it out of the car before vomiting EVERYWHERE. Literally, everywhere. I was super smart that day and wore a really baggy shirt, one that would get in the way of flying vomit. As well as being super smart and wearing WHITE PANTS. White pants + OJ = Bad combo! My poor white pants may never be the same. At one point, I turn around, Sabreena is watching me and her poor baby who was sound asleep, is craning her neck out of the car seat to see what was going on. Talk about embarrassing. 

We got to the doctor and of course, my doctor's office hadn't sent all the records they were supposed to. No Pap, no bloodwork. The important stuff. I think my new OB, Petra, was annoyed at that from the get go. She was great in answering my questions, until I asked about getting my tubes tied if I had a C-Section. Her reaction will never leave me. It's like I asked her if I could kill her dog. She said, in her foreign accent, "Absolutely not!  I will not do that! You are way too young! If you were 10 years older, maybe. But, no way! Someone else may, But I refuse!" I said, Well I would understand if my babies weren't healthy. She interjected and said, " NO! I will not do it regardless if they were healthy or not"

Okay lady. I just asked. What would have been a more suitable response was - Well, I don't advise it and I don't feel comfortable doing that at your age. Blah Blah. In a nice tone - not the one she gave me. So I left with a sour taste in my mouth and that wasn't just from the OJ vomit! :)

I have been vomiting about every other day now. I honestly can't tell if I am hungry or nauseous. It can go either way! Sometimes I think I am hungry, when I'm not. That's when I pay.

I am 13 weeks 3 days, which I said. I am vowing that I will complete my chalkboard and start it this week! I am starting to get somewhat of a bump - as I am unable to suck my gut in anymore! :)

I also applied for Ellen Degeneres Mother's Day Giveaway! For first time moms and how can a twin momma not be picked?! With our awesome infertility journey story! It would be awesome awesome to get that - you win like 8,000$ in prices, although, I will be about 22 weeks and I am not sure what the traveling limit is for twins. My nurse didn't seem to know either.

I do love this new dr's office because I have access to all my test results before they even call! I saw my Prenatal Profile and my WBC is like 12.4, way high for normal. Apparently, twins just give so much hormones that your White Blood Cell count can be elevated. I would be abnormal! Another thing is my cystic fibrosis test came back normal! YAY! I am not a carrier. If I was a carrier, Andrew would have to be tested and if Andrew was a carrier, there would be a good change our babies would/could have Cystic Fibrosis. Especially with not knowing ANY of my medical history, I am blessed that came back normal! Finally! Something!

I don't have a dr's appointment until April 3rd. At that time, I'll be 18 weeks! We do have a gender ultrasound set up for March 23rd - at which time we are NOT finding out! :)  We will be sending our envelopeS to our wonderful cake baker - Sarah! & we will be finding out with all of our families on March 24th at approximately 8pm! (Thanks to my sister and daddio who work til 7pm on the weekends) I am so super excited!!

No new pictures! I am dying to get an ultrasound from my BFF but I am so afraid I will see a little hamburger sign or triangle and know if its a boy or girl - so I am waiting!

Love, The Twins!