30 weeks!

I made it! Only 8 more to go. Those are going to feel like very long weeks, I'm sure. But the longer they stay in there the better.
I had two appts on Thursday. The first one was the peri, in which I waited longer than being seen of course. They did the u/s and I got some pictures of Kylie, but Kiptyn wouldn't cooperate. The u/s tech was trying so hard to get a picture of him for me, but couldn't even get his foot. She was also trying to get a picture of his boy parts, but the lil man was already playing with himself. He had his hand wrapped around it! I couldn't believe it! Oh my. But she took her measurements and it seemed to take forever because it was so hot in the room, I was sweating and felt like I was going to pass out. I'm not sure if it was from being on my back or the heat, maybe even both.

I had to wait to be seen then by the doctor, which I waited for 30-35 minutes. Of course I knew I was only going to be in there for two minutes like I always am, so it was pissing me off! I also was going to be late for me OB appt. He of course said everything looked great, and he was shocked at how long my cervix was. He had never seen that before with twins. This was a new doc that I hadn't seen before, so I of course had to hear about my cervix again! Then he told me to come back in two weeks for a cervix check, fluid around the babies and an NST (non stress test).

Here are the stats on the babies:

Kiptyn:
--breech position on my left
--6.1 cm of amnio fluid around him
--heartrate 153 bpm
--estimated fetal weight is in the 59th percentile
--approx. 3 pounds 9 ounces
--has a big head according to the u/s tech

Kylie:
--head down (finally) on my right
--7.2 cm of amnio fluid around her
--heartrate 138 bpm
--estimated fetal weight is in the 52nd percentile
--approx. 3 pounds 8 ounces
--was definitely not shy in showing off her parts

Cervix length:
--5.3 cm

I will post the pics we got of her soon.

Then I went onto Dr. Forrests office, however he is in Italy, so I saw Dr. Allen. She said everything looked great. We talked about the upcoming weeks and the circumcision for Kiptyn. At 34 weeks I will be going to them weekly and also getting an NST weekly at the same time.

All for now.

2 months from today....

the twins will already have been born!! :) Let's just hope I make it that far.

In honor of the two month to go mark, I figured it would be a good time to release the names! Most people already know I'm sure because my mother knows....so therefore the whole world knows! ;) hehe. Love ya ma.

The boy will be Kiptyn David Parker Trieu.

The girl will be Kylie Anne Claire Trieu.

There you have them! We are pretty excited about them and can't wait for their arrival. Well we can wait two months! :)

Uneventful pregnancy...not so much

As far as I can say things have been pretty uneventful, but that was my wish especially for a twin pregnancy. However, I seemed to have caught everything else under the sun health wise! It started with the bacterial infection early on, then I caught some sinus infection that has lasted around 2 months. I had to have tubes put in my ears last Thursday because I had so much fluid behind them, I couldn't hear a thing. People would have to scream to me or repeat things 3 times for me to get it. That was the most painful thing I have ever had to deal with too. I cried it hurt so bad. Then just this week, I find out I have blood in my urine and have a bladder infection. My doctor laughed when I asked if I should get the flu shot! He said with the way things are going so far, he would highly recommend it! ha.

But at least I can say that the twins have been fine and are doing well. Thank goodness!

Last weeks appts.

Last Thursday I had another peri appt to check my cervix and the fluid around the babies. It was of course fine. This was the first time I had Haley with me alone, so it was interesting as well. She tried to escape her stroller while I was on the u/s table in the middle of things. That was interesting. I think it will be the last time I take her with me to those appts. She does fine at the OB appts because I dont have her in the stroller and she just plays in the room. Here are the stats from the peri appt.

Baby boy

--in the oblique position with his head on the right and body towards my left (kind of a weird one)

--heartrate was 134

--his fluid was 6.6cm

Baby girl

--is still transverse with her head on my left

--heartrate was 138

--her fluid was 7.79cm, which is apparently slightly increased

My cervix was between 4.8 and 5.3 cm this time, but that is still good!

Heartrates were fine when I saw Dr. Forrest on Friday morning. I was measuring like I am 34 weeks pregnant...no wonder I am in so much pain! ha. He said everything looks great. Of course once again I forgot to ask all my questions that I had for him. Never fails. He did however change my c-secion date to Nov 18th at 9am. He is going to be out of town on the 19th. Excuse me! ha. I prefer the odd number of the 19th, but I guess it'll have to do! That and all kids will have even day birthdays, so it works out. Just LT and I will have odd ones! :)

Here is a belly pic from yesterday, so 28 weeks and 3 days.

I think this is how big I was when I had Haley, but I don't have the pictures on this computer to compare. One of these days I will get them and compare the two.

None of my shirts are long enough now, so it's always fun to try to get dressed in the morning. I wore a dress last week that is not a maternity dress and because my belly is so big, the dress was a little too short! The things I need to worry about now! ha.

We went to a multiples sale this past weekend and got a bunch of stuff for the twins. We got one more bouncy seat, some swaddle blankets, another pack n play sheet, some pacifers still in the package, a push/ride on toy, little foam chairs, a slide for the backyard (obviously not for them anytime soon), and a bunch of stuff for Haley. We are going to the FCMOM one this weekend to see if we can find some more stuff that we have been looking for.

That is all for now. We will share names soon, so be on the lookout! :)

Last weeks peri appt

Last Thursday I had another peri appt to check the fetal weights of the twins. They both look great. I won't have as many details this time because I didn't get the paper to take to Dr Forrest, so I didnt get a copy of it. But baby girl is 2 pounds 2 ounces and baby boy is 1 pound 14 ounces. Both in great percentiles apparently. They also have a good amount of fluid around them. So it was a quick appt until I asked if coughing shortens a cervix. So better to be safe than sorry they checked my cervix again. It had shortened to 4.5 from last weeks 6.3, but it was still in the safe zone. Since my next OB and peri appts arent for another two weeks I would rather have them check it since my cough has been getting worse.

I think however that this is getting better and under control after two visits to the GP doc, one on call to the GP doc and two on calls to the OB docs, 5 kleenex boxes, two antibiotics and two cough medicines later! :) And of course over 3 weeks later.

As long as the twins stay put, we are good to go! I don't want to cough and have my water break like it did with Haley. Hopefully this is on the end of phasing out!

Nothing else to report, other than there has been lots of kickboxing going on. You can actually see the kicks from the outside now.

Till next time.

OB appt.

Went great! Other than the fact that there was no air circulation in the little tiny rooms and I was sweating like crazy. Then to add to it, Haley poops right before the doc came in! Sorry Dr. Forrest, ha! :) He never received my report from the peri, so he asked what they said. I told him my cervix length and he was impressed! He said average is 4-5cm. Yea, I don't just have an average cervix! ;) He stressed again not to do anything that wasn't necessary. He also said that since I am doing so well, he doesn't need to see me every two weeks, we can go every 3 weeks. Keep up the good work, he says! I think I will do my best!

Oh and I passed my glucose test and I am not anemic. I lost a pound in two weeks and my blood pressure was good. My belly was measuring 32 weeks...no wonder I feel huge! :) And to think it's only going to get worse.

Till next weeks fetal weight check.

25 week appointment with the Peri

Today, I dropped Haley off with Arria at her moms house which is closer to the hospital and went on my way to Fairfax Hospital to see the peri. Today was just a cervix check to make sure it was still long and closed. I figured it would be a quick ultrasound and it was. It didn't take long at all, I waited longer than anything, as usual. She first did the belly u/s and check the babies heartbeats and the amount of amniotic fluid around them and all that good stuff. She said they looked great and were very active. She was even nice enough to take some fun pictures for me. I should have asked her to get one of the boy parts since we dont really have a good one, but oh well. Maybe next week I will get her again. She was very nice. Then she did the cervix check and it was even longer than two weeks ago! :) Go cervix! She was very impressed. You could see the boys head again pushing against my cervix.
So once I was done and dressed I went back outside to sit and wait for the doctor to call me in. He looked at the pictures and then the report and said everything was great. He said that there are people that would pay for my cervix! ha. I asked him what would be after my appt next week when they check the fetal weights, do they check my cervix again? His responce was, "I highly doubt we will need to check your cervix again unless you are having contractions or something."

The heartbeats were 141 and 147 and their amnio fluids were 6.1 and 6.3 or something around that. He said anywhere from 2-8 is normal. Baby boy is still head down and baby girl was still transverse with her bottom down. Their feet are in the same spot basically, so this is why I feel kickboxing in the same area!


Here is baby boy, side view. They were both facing my back, so she couldn't get a picture of their faces that was good.


This is baby girls face and hand, if you can see it.


And again baby girl facing down with her spine.


This was my 24 week belly shot, so last week.

I have my OB appt tomorrow, so if he says anything exciting, I will update then. If not then it will be next week after my fetal weight check at the peri.
Or if we get the nursery done this weekend I will take some pictures.