I've been tagged!!

My friend at The Elderly Ovary has tagged me! The basic rule is to give some obscure information about yourself. Thanks for thinking of me L! Not sure I am that interesting but I'll give it a shot!

Here are the guidelines:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. List 7 things about yourself that people may not already know.

5. Nominate 7 new Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to those 7 nominated blogs.

7. Leave a comment on each of those blogs to let the person know they've been nominated




1) I'm a Twilight fan- HUGE fan. Not only do I love the story but I love Robert Pattinson as Edward. I own the movie and I've read the series 2 times. Dying to see New Moon. There I said it.

2) I'm enjoy all kinds of music. For instance, I loved Metallica (still do depending on my mood). Back in the day, I would be at a Metallica concert one weekend and Elton John the next. I love my 90's hair bands but I'm also into country music. I've seen Garth 2 x's, Tim McGraw and Kenney Chesney - just to name a few. I just love all kinds of music. These days I enjoy the acoustic singer/song writer type stuff. I'm mellowing out....

3) I'm addicted to some reality shows: So You Think You Can Dance is one of them. I've seen them on tour 2 x's. In my next life I am going to be a dancer!

4) I ran the Boston Marathon in 2002. Back story: Before this time in my life, I had never run. Not in school, not ever. It didn't look like any fun to me. Here is where things changed: I met my husband on Marathon Monday in Boston in 2000. We met at a bar- I had been there most of the day and he ran the marathon and he was waiting for his friends to meet him. We sat next to each other, he had a metal on and the rest was history. He later inspired me to run. During the summer of 2001, I ran many, many road races and trained for the 2002 marathon. The road races were fun, the training was not. Despite the pain my body went through, completing the marathon was one of the best days of my life. 5 days later he asked me to marry him. Again, another best day in my life.

5) It took me 9 years to get my bachelor's degree. Yes, 9 years. It is a very long story but the point is that I put myself through school while working full time and finished in 2005. Luckily, not having a degree never prevented me from starting my career.

6) I love book stores and stationary stores. I could spend hours in each. I also have an affinity for picture frames. I have approximately 3 boxes of empty frames that I long to fill. I have many ideas of what I want to do with all of them but I haven't done it yet. My husband is on my case about this weekly.

7) I love any movie with Hugh Grant or Tom Hanks in it. Anything. I will watch it over and over. Four weddings and a Funeral, 9 months, Love Actually, Notting Hill- Come ON! And Tom- Big, Sleepless, Money Pitt, League of Their Own- Come ON!!!

Wheww... I didn't think I would have 7 random facts about myself. Now I will tag 7 more bloggers! Can't wait to see everyone's response!

Best When Used By- From one 21 weeker to another...

What To Expect When Your Expecting - I've been following you for awhile - can't wait to read your responses.

http://ivf40pathtoparents.blogspot.com/ - I'm sure there has to be some things you haven't shared with us!

Musicmakermomma - would love to hear from you.

Conceive This - this is for the in between moments for you!

Onward and Sideways - while you are waiting for baby

Bella and Her Fella - I've been following you silently but we are both with twins!


This was fun! Thanks again L!

My new friend

My fancy body pillow finally arrived yesterday. I have been struggling with sleep positions as of the past 3 weeks. I am a habitual back sleeper. I love sleeping on my back. Now that I am pregnant, I am finding it difficult to get comfortable. I understand sleeping will get harder and harder to come by but I have to help myself in anyway that I can.

Hence my new body pillow. Did I spend too much money on it? Yes. Was my first night with it successful? Not quite. I think I just have to get used to it. So does my husband, as it takes up more than half of our queen bed. Sacrifices right? At any rate, here it is:

Monstrosity right? It does help when I want to switch sides, I don't have to lug the single body pillow with me every time and it gives me the back support I need. The ends also act as a pillow between your legs. The pillow case itself is not very soft so I think I have to cover it with some of my pillow cases, find a work around of some sort.

I think they should rename it The Intimacy Barrier. Thoughts?

Have a good day everyone!

Out of the loop

It has been ages since I've posted! I have been reading everyone's blogs off and on but haven't had the time to respond. I'm trying to keep up with where everyone is at! My work days have been packed and my weeknights are shot because I'm so tired. I get home, eat, lay on the couch and I'm out by 8pm. Every night.

My sister had her baby this week, beautiful baby girl. Annabeth, 7lbs, 9oz. She is healthy and gorgeous- yes gorgeous. I'm a very proud Aunt. I was also asked to be her godmother which is wonderful.

I'm feeling fine these days. I'm coming up on my 20th week! What???!!! I think that is crazy. After our 17 week scan I finally allowed myself to start looking at baby furniture, etc. I bought the cribs and dresser last weekend and loved every minute of it. I'll post a picture. We are getting the room ready, moving furniture from this room to that room- we have been busy. I also signed up for a bunch of classes- parenting multiples, multiples childbirth, breastfeeding and infant CPR. I also attended my first Mothers of Twins group a week ago. VERY overwhelming. I will go back but it was a lot to take in. There were moms with children of every age- 6 weeks to 3 years. There were 2 other pregnant women and I stuck to them for a bit. I talked to the 6 week old moms to see how they were dealing and that is when I got overwhelmed. Thinking- holy crap, how are we going to do this?? I know we will be ok, I'm just a little nervous.

Here is a picture of the crib and the dresser (long one on the right). I'm pretty freaking excited!!

So glad it is Saturday...

Yesterday's 17 week fetal survey ultrasound went great. Everything looks good- brains, hearts, limbs, kidneys, stomachs, spines, feet, hands, toes, fingers, chins- all of it!! You can see my babes here - nice profiles right?? They are both ~6oz right now. As my husband tells me, I have about the weight of a beer inside of me right now. Ummm...yeah. Whatever helps him through...

Of course the appointment can't go without a story. In the middle of Twin A's scan, I nearly passed out. I was lying on my back, as you do for a u/s, and I noticed my breaths starting to change, my heart rate felt faster and within 2 minutes I completely lost my breath. Too much pressure on the vena cava. I sat up to try and get some air (bad idea) and I went white (so DH tells me), got clammy, nausea and my ears blocked like I was going to faint. The tech had me lay on my side and went to get the doctor. Lovely. Once I was on my side and started breathing normally I felt better but I was shaken up. After about 10 minutes of making sure I was ok we moved on. I continued the rest of the u/s on my sides. Not as comfortable but I could breathe. So that is why they recommend you stop sleeping on your back at week 16- yes, totally get it and won't even attempt it (as tempting as it may be). Other than my episode we were happy with the u/s and everything the doctor told us.

The day continued by spending it with my 3 sisters. We reminisced about my mom, watched old home videos and went through a lot of photographs. It was a good day over all considering it was the her first birthday since she passed. Even though 5 months have gone by, it is still very hard to believe that she is gone. Not sure when I will fully realize it but I know it is coming.

Here is to my mom, the good ultrasound and my amazing family.

Waiting for Friday

I feel like I have been waiting for this Friday forever. This Friday will be my fetal survey u/s. I'll be a little over 17 weeks. This is the one where they measure everything- the cool u/s. But also the scan that makes me anxious. Since I haven't seen these beans since week 12, I am anxious. A few weeks back I was content on hearing the heartbeats, but that contentment has since passed. I need to see them. Need to know if they are both ok. I have been feeling movement for the past week- which is very exciting. Of course my mind jumps to "well, is it just one of them moving or both?" So I have been driving myself mad.

On another note, it is my mother's birthday on Friday as well. This past week has been emotional and this week will be more so. I took the day off. Ultrasound and my mom's birthday doesn't leave a lot of room for work in my head.

It will be good to get through this week.

ivf40plus my thoughts are with you.

Flying

So- my first (and hopefully last) work trip is coming up. I leave Saturday for London. I've done everything I can to protect myself from pending illnesses leading up to tomorrow and I woke up this morning with a cold. Of course. Besides that the H1N1 vaccine isn't out yet- who knows when it will get to me. I did get the seasonal flu shot and grabbed some masks on the way out of the office. I also bought every hand sanitizer known to man while I was in Walgreen's last week. Needless to say, I'm nervous about traveling and all of the germs between here and the UK. I'm not sure what else I can do at this point except cross my extremely clean, over washed fingers.

Other than worrying about the travel, I've been feeling ok. The nausea ended a few weeks ago but as soon as that left, migraines came on. I've had 2 pretty major ones within the last month. I've never experienced them before and now have a lot of sympathy for those who suffer with migraines more often. It is extremely painful. I've read that it is common - due to the hormone increases. I'm hoping this isn't a pattern.

My younger sister (by 3 years) is due within the next 3 weeks. I'm really excited to become an aunt and secretly happy that she is going through this first. (if you asked me that 8 months ago, I may not have been that happy) But the world changed this year and my perspective was altered. Because I'm the big sister of 3, I was always the one "experiencing" everything first. This has its pros and cons. Her giving birth first is a pro to me. I know our births will be different but she can give me the real deal, no glossing over, just sock-it-to me talk. She on the other hand is not happy that I haven't gone through this first because she has spent her life using my experiences as baseline. Dating, drinking, parental issues, traveling, wedding, house buying...you get the picture. Now it is my turn to use her as my baseline- finally. I can't wait!

Met my OB

Last Friday we met our OB. She couldn't be nicer. The appointment was pretty quick. I asked her some questions and then we got to hear both heartbeats. This brought relief because the last time we tried this (around 9wks) they could only find one. Now they are a little bigger and easier to peg down. Apparently they are the size of lemons- according to Baby Center. Anyway both heartbeats were going strong. No picture at this appointment. I am cut off from u/s until 10/16. I think I'm ok with it. These weeks have been flying by so fast it will be here before I know it.

Can't believe I'm starting my 14th week. Pretty amazing in my opinion. And despite the fact that I have pictures of my babies and have heard their heartbeats, I still don't believe I'm pregnant and having twins. Does anyone else feel this way? I think 4 years of disappointment really does a number on your head. So I've spent 13 weeks wrapping my head around the fact that I have really great news and that I AM really pregnant - and I don't think it's been long enough. Does that make sense? 13 weeks doesn't equate to 4 years. I know, very soon, it will start to feel more real. Especially when they start busting a move inside my body. But right now
it is still unbelievable.

Here is to blessings.