Belly Pictures

A lot of people keep asking me to post pictures of my belly.... don't get your hopes up about this because it will not be happening. Here's some of the reasons why...

• Brent and I decided from the beginning we were not going to post pictures of my belly for the whole world to see. We have taken a few for us and to show Kyle and Emily when they grow up if they care to see, but we will not being sharing them with the whole world. That being said, we will not give in to peer pressure (or family pressure in most cases). There is nothing wrong with sharing belly pictures; it's just something that Brent and I don't feel comfortable with.
• I get sick of hearing "You're so small for having twins" from the people I see and talk to, I don't need to get more of this from friends over the internet that don't see me everyday. No, my belly is not HUGE like everyone thinks it should be, but the doctors are not concerned about my size - they have actually used the word "prefect" to describe the size of my belly.
• I am not HUGE and most likely will not get HUGE. I just look like I am pregnant - I am bigger than most people for where I am at in my pregnancy, but only a couple weeks. I have just over six pounds of babies in my belly - which isn't close to what most people have for full term singletons.
• If you know me very well at all - you would know I do not like having my picture taken.

There are more reasons, but these are the big ones. Please respect our decision not to post pictures of my belly and stop asking me about it.

Friday's OB Appointment

My appointment went well. The doctor said that most likely Emily's heart will correct itself and it won't be anything to worry about. Their heart rates were both a little higher than Wednesday, but still within the normal range. She said my belly looks good, along with my weight gain (I now weigh 9lbs more than I did when I got pregnant).

My belly button has been going back and forth from being flat to popping out the last couple weeks... I think it has finally decided to stay out. It's weird looking :)

30 Week Ultrasound

We had an ultrasound yesterday with the high risk specialists (where most of my ultrasounds are) and the babies are growing! Emily is 2 lbs 14 oz and Kyle is 3 lbs 6 oz. My baby boy has a little chubby belly :) The doctor wasn't concerned about the difference in their size. When I asked the ultrasound tech about it, she said that normally with boy/girl twins the boys tend to be a little bit bigger and that with fraternal twins it's like having to separate pregnancies going on in my belly at the same time, so it's really nothing to worry about. So we'll keep watching and hopefully Emily will take after Kyle and start putting on weight more quickly so we can have two healthy sized babies when they come out!

We didn't get any pictures to share - Emily had her arms in front of her face the whole time and Kyle had his arms up and Emily's butt in his face the whole time. Emily had the hiccups, so it was kind of cool watching and feeling her little body bounce around. She is still head down and just waiting to be big enough to come out. Kyle was practicing breathing. He is still transverse, but has moved down out of my rib cage a little bit.

We did get a bit of potentially bad news though... Emily is having atrial contractions. This means that she has an extra beat in the rhythm of her heart. The doctor said there are lots of things that can cause this and most of the time it goes away by birth. For now they are just going to watch it closely. I will now have weekly doctors appointments and in two weeks will start weekly ultrasounds - which is a little earlier than planned, but not much. I also was told to be completely caffeine free - no pop, no chocolate, no tea, no anything with caffeine in it - to help Emily's little heart.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow with my OB and plan on asking some more questions about Emily's heart now that it has had time to set in. Will try to post an update again tomorrow or Saturday about what my doctor says.

Finally Feeling Better

On Thursday, Kyle decided that he would give me some breathing room! I still have problems breathing when I am up moving around a lot, bend over, or squish my belly in any way... but I can carry on a conversation without gasping for air!

In other news - our realtor is having an open house for our house tomorrow afternoon. Please pray that it will go well and will spark some interest in our house. She has suggested that we reduce our asking price, we are aren't ready to do that yet. The lower we go, the more we are going to have to pay to sell our house... and we are trying to prevent having to go into more debt to sell our house.