Month: February 2012

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Giveaway Winner

Thank you to all who entered the FuzziBunz cloth diaper giveaway. I went through & a couple people had made multiple entries in one comment & a few had done one entry in multiple comments. So it worked out to 50 entries! I’m so glad to hear so many friends & followers are also fans of cloth diapering.

I put in 1-50 in random.org & the winner was…

# 39!

Congratulations to Kristin for your comment {it was actually your first one that did it}!

Kristin, check your email & I will put you in touch with Kelly Wels for your FuzziBunz cloth diaper.

Thanks again to Kelly Wels for sending me Changing Diapers which has helped encourage me & my family into cloth diapering multiples & thanks too for sponsoring this cloth diaper giveaway.

Friends, I’m hoping as I get more into cloth diapers & other baby products, that I’ll have more baby product reviews & giveaway heading your way!

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Nineteen Weeks

I didn’t like my outfit Saturday & Sunday was a bumming/cleaning day. I’d changed out of work clothes when I remembered I promised a photo~ here’s me today in my new Target top & Gap maternity pjs {& no makeup}. Happy Monday!How far along? 19w2d

Maternity clothes? yes. I had a few more given to me this week & a bought a few new {on sale} Target long sleeve tops.

Weight Gain? I weighed myself after a big dinner with friends Thursday night & I’m up 20 lbs from pre-pregnancy.

Stretch Marks? none yet.

Sleep? Ok. Wed-Fri mornings I woke up around 430 to pee & had a lot of trouble stopping my mind from racing in order to go back to sleep. Saturday night was tough for sleep too. Now that I know baby A is all along my right side, I stress that I’m squishing him sleeping on that side even though my brain knows it & he are okay.

Movement? I’m feeling both A & C pretty regularly now that I know where they are.

Genders? A is a boy & C is a girl.

What I Miss? Baby B. Feeling A & C is so reassuring yet makes it that more obvious that there’s nothing to be felt on the lower right side.

Food cravings? We bought strawberries at the store Tuesday evening. I’ve been topping strawberry ice cream with the strawberries at night & it’s been awesome.

Food aversion? Still not gone to a Mexican restaurant, but I enjoyed another trip to Moe’s last week & had queso & chips with friends Friday for lunch.

Labor signs? No, thankfully.

Belly button in or out? Still an innie.

What I’m Looking Forward to? Husband’s mom & sister, my parents & my grandparents are coming in town this weekend for a shower. I’m really looking forward to everyone being together celebrating the babies.

Weekly Wisdom? Try everything you can to get sleep. I’m pretty sure my lack of sleep has led to an annoying little head cold.

Milestones? Baby Center says the babies are having a sensory explosion this week. So I’m going to try to let them hear our voices a lot this week. The app also says the babies will be 8 oz & 6 inches long ~ the appointment told us though that A was already 9 oz & B was over 8 oz last Tuesday.

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So What Now?

Now that it’s two. What’s changed you might ask? A lot & not much at the same time. I still feel the same. I still look the same. For now, I’m still eating & drinking the same.

We still sold my small SUV this week in planning to get a bigger SUV to handle our expanding family. I’m still thankful & loving the hand-me-downs from friends. I’m still looking forward to celebrating the babies at our first shower next weekend.

My parents had the third crib still in a box at their house {we’d picked it up from a Walmart up there & didn’t have room to carry it home}. With a copy of the receipt, Mom will be taking that back next week. The crib set she’d bought for us as the third, she was going to take back as well but then we decided she could set it up in a crib she had already put in our at home bedroom for our visits.

We haven’t started setting up the nursery yet, but it’ll still be green & neutral & owl-filled. I now think we’ll now have room for a bigger glider/rocker & maybe a book case.

We now have an extra car seat & extra bases, but with two, our parents’ & my grandparents’ cars will be able to fit them when visiting. I’ve updated our Target & Buy Buy Baby registries switching all 3’s of items of 2’s of items. But as I was saying on twitter last night, I’ m still attached to & registered for too many of a few things like hooded towels & baby crib sheets {but they’re so cute!}.

My doctor told us Tuesday that our new delivery goal is 36+ weeks & that I’d be able to continue working for longer if not the whole time. He said he’d induce me if I’m still pregnant at 38 weeks. My MFM even said vaginal delivery could be an option if they’re in the right positions. I asked if I needed to change anything from what I’m currently doing & he said no.

I’m still planning to attend my first local mom’s of twins & triplets meeting on Thursday night. I’m looking forward to meeting local multiples mommas, but I’m not sure what to call myself now.

I’m still sad. I’m not over the loss of baby B & that “triplets” won’t be what the outside world will think when they see my future outside babies. I can’t use the word “twins” yet but am realizing that’s what family are already starting to do. I didn’t correct my aunt & the Target lady yesterday when “I’m having two babies” became “Twins! That’s awesome”. I won’t correct everyone, but yesterday I was fighting back inside my head yelling “no, it should be triplets”.

But I’m staying busy, focusing on the positives & babies A & C. And 99% of the time {nights & early mornings are a lil tough}, I’m doing great.

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Babies A & C

Thanks for your encouragement & support on my post on baby B. She is missed. But everyday since Tuesday morning I’ve cried less & tried to continue to be excited about the blessings God has provided for us.

The shock we were feeling after hearing about baby B meant I was almost too out of it for the scans of babies A & C. Almost. But they’re so cute & getting so big that I couldn’t help but be happy to see them. In short, babies A & C are doing great. Baby A is head down, legs up vertically along the right side of my tummy. Baby A’s feet are right next to Baby C’s head. Baby C is horizontal above my belly button & right under my ribs. They measure right on schedule & all body parts are there & accounted for.

Speaking of body parts, my MFM’s suspected guess from our 15 week ultrasound was correct. Baby A is a BOY! & the now not-so-elusive baby C is a GIRL! I cried when I heard; I was so happy to have a healthy one of each.

Now that I know where A & C are located, I’ve realized I’m feeling them all the time. What I had *thought* were baby movements for the last few weeks are baby A punches! Baby C is actually moving around kicking me as I type this right now. My MFM offered for us to come back in later this week or next week for another ultrasound to hear & see the babies for reassurance. But these punches & kicks are fabulous & just what I need.

Our MFM/ultrasound tech I guess didn’t see absolutely everything for babies A & C, so they want to have us do another high resolution scan. He said it’s very normal for multiples & I think they knew we wanted to run away. We are just going to keep the appointment we already had scheduled at that location for two weeks from Tuesday {Valentine’s Day}. I’m looking forward to seeing A & C again soon. {by the way, we’re working on names now & I’ll reveal when we know for sure.}

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Baby B

I’m going to make this a two part-er. This part? Not the “treat” in Suz’s Treats. Quite the opposite. It’s tough & I don’t know how to say it, so I just am.

At our 18 week high resolution scan yesterday, the ultrasound tech first spotted babies A & B. She went initially to baby B, searched for a second, said the words that I can’t forget “I can’t seem to find a heartbeat”. Silly, naive me thought, look harder, baby B can be shy! She measured baby A’s head then went back to baby B & measured it’s head too. Then she told us while baby A’s measured over 18 weeks, baby B stopped growing around 15 weeks 4 days. She tried finding any blood flow in or out & there was none.

She moved on to the scans of babies A & C; I was too in shock & too scared to say anything but Jason asked the question I was afraid to: what was going on with baby B?! She said something along the lines of it didn’t make it. I asked & she told us that baby B had been a girl.

She left the room {so I could change for her to check my cervix} & I just clung to husband & sobbed. She came back & then the doctor came in & he too seemed a bit in shock but was so awesome that I like him even more than before. To answer the question everyone seems to have, baby B’s small body is still there & will remain for the rest of this pregnancy.

So that’s the short of it. Our triplets are no longer triplets & I’m sad & for one of the first times ever, I’m kinda speechless.

I do want to thank my twitter friends for all their support yesterday {& today & everyday really}. It was amazing & so sweet to find 150+ replies after I tweeted about the loss of baby B. Y’all, love from family & friends, & the strength of prayer as well as babies A & C are helping us cope with this new turn of events.

Tomorrow, I’ll bring a treat {actually two!} back to Suz’s Treats & share photos & the sexes of our babies.