I'm a banana short of a fruit salad

My friend Tiffany mentioned a few weeks ago I should do a post about my pregnancy…I had no idea what to write but recently saw this on another post so seemed like a good one.

How far along: 23 weeks, 4 days

How big Is baby: Our babies, in fruit terms, are each somewhere in between the size of a papaya and a grapefruit. Lovely comparison huh? My sister and I always joke that we’ve got a full fruit salad on the way!

Maternity Clothes: Oh I am definitely in maternity clothes, and to be quite honest I might never give maternity jeans up. These things are so comfortable I swear every woman should have a pair, if not more than just wearing annually on Thanksgiving when seriously stuffing our pieholes. Seriously, they are unbelievably comfy. One thing I have been surprised at is how expensive some maternity clothes can be. I was fortunate enough to inherit a ton of shirts from my dear friend Jamie and bought a few pairs of jeans. I also bit the bullet and bought a few summer dresses which I am currently having altered now. I just needed something a little girly and a little dressy but with the prices the way they are I stopped at 2. Hard to justify knowing it’s just for a few more months. I also bought a maternity swim suit…not because I want to be mistaken for a beached whale anytime soon but I have been swimming at our club several days a week and let’s just say gravity did its job with my pre-preggers suits. They are stretchy and fit over the belly but brought the chestline down. Way down. My boobs looked like cow udders. Needless to say I am very happy with the swimsuit purchase!

Sleep: Love it. Lots of it. That is, when I can get it. The last few weeks I’ve had a VERY hard time getting comfortable at night but went ahead and invested in this pillow and couldn’t be happier with it. I get pretty stiff when getting up and a little light headed too but overall everything I read indicates this is normal so just going with it. The fact that my pillow is the size of me makes for a little less room in bed but my husband is a trooper and knows it’s temporary too.

Movement: Well hello Texas Tech! I have a few cheerleaders brewing up for ya! These girls are at it all the time. When one sleeps the other is moving so it’s a constant feeling of babies churning like butter in there. I can see my skin jump when they are doing their thing. They have really started to stay more active in the last week and it’s a constant motion of one of them. When I lay down at night they get a little pissy when I lay on “their side” and will let it be known. I feel like I am squashing them but the OB and Dr Google swear I can’t squish them. That, my friends, is a relief.

Food Cravings: Um, why yes. In the beginning I just wanted simple foods like mac-n-cheese or a tortilla with cheese & salsa (a go-to snack being from Texas)…but as time goes on I am getting a little less picky. I. Love. All. Food. I absolutely love Subway sandwiches (sweet onion chicken teriyaki), McDonald’s soft serve ice cream, smoothies, fresh fruit, homemade nachos and the list goes on. My appetite has increased more than two-fold and I now proudly eat more than my husband at dinner. Tonight’s dinner – Mexican lasagna and I’ve been thinking of it all day!

Food Aversions: You know in the beginning the thought of a steak made me want to throw up. Or a piece of chicken or pork too. But I am over it now and don’t really have any aversions. Instead I am just indecisive on what I want. I can never decide what looks good when we are out to eat and usually end up trading with Alex after I get orderers remorse and his looks better when it comes. At home I haven’t been in a huge cooking mode lately unless it’s super easy so we’re doing a lot of frozen foods (nuggets, tots, etc.) and easy mac. Don’t judge, you know it sounds awesome!

Gender: We have two baby girls on the way and Team Katen is officially Team Pink!

Symptoms: Other than eating like a cow and watching my body change drastically to look like something out of a National Geographic magazine no real symptoms here. I think I passed all those a while back and I am happy to say as long as I am fed, I am happy.

What do I miss: Not gonna lie – I miss wine. And sushi. And wine again. It’s not like a pitiful-this-sucks-kind-of-miss feeling but just in general I miss sitting on the patio with the hubster in nice weather and drinking a glass of wine. And sushi is just so delicious. Who wouldn’t miss it? These are all temporary no-can-have items I know but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit how excited I am to get my hands on those two babies in July…oh and my twin babies too! LOL.

Best moment this week: When Alex got to feel the girls kick for himself…I got home from a work trip in the Dominican Republic on Monday night and it had been a week since I’d seen him. Anyway, that night he had his hand on my stomach and pulled it back like something had bitten it when he felt one of the girls move. It totally freaked him out. He loved it at the same time. Now he wants to feel them on command but they aren’t that talented just yet! But watch this space -there are BIG things ahead for my sweet girls!

What I am looking forward to: I am looking forward to everything!! A lot of our bedding has come in and we’re waiting on a few more pieces of furniture and then I think we can really start watching the nursery take shape. I am also having several showers in May and am super excited about seeing friends, catching up and seeing all the cute things these wonderful people have gifted us to welcome our babies. I felt weird about having a shower at first as I didn’t ever want anyone to ever think we expected anything from them in a gift sense. But at the same time I also know how excited I get to go to a baby shower as a guest and help get the new parents ready for their baby. So I am over the uncomfortable feeling and now just plain excited! And I hope the guests are too!

I’ve been working on this post little by little for weeks now. And now it’s like info overload. So sorry for the long winded post. This is what happens when I can’t have wine and sushi. I type instead.

Anyhow, Happy Thursday friends! My fruit salad and I are going to make dinner soon! It's time for this momma's next feeding!

Girl Power

I am currently 21 weeks pregnant now and not sure where in the hell the time is going to be honest. It feels like yesterday I was sitting in my RE's office being told our fertility procedure didn't work (yet again) and my pregnancy test was negative (yet again)...tears flowed first, then flowed the wine, then along came the dreaded be-otch Aunt Flo and then finally came our decision to get right back in the game and not give up! And here I am 5.5 months later with 2 little bambinas on the way. Thank God for modern medicine, and thank God for answered prayers!!

We had another ultrasound yesterday and met with a Perinatologist, which is a specialist for high risk pregnancies due to multiples/age, or in my case...drumroll please...a combo of both. You see, last time I met with my OB they had to call in the order for me to see the Perinatologist. They gave me a slip of paper to take with me to my appt and it had on there AMA and mandatory consult with the Perinatologist. If you are not familiar with the term AMA let me tell you what it doesn't mean in the medical world:

Awesome Mothering Ability
Amazing Mom Anatomy
Adament Maternal Awesomeness
Ambitious Matriarchal Attributes

Nope, my friends, it means this:

Advanced. Maternal. Age.

Lovely, huh? They could have just come right out and told me like it is ,"Maam, since your ovaries are definitely aged and your eggs clearly nearly retirement we need you go see this really expensive dr that your insurance may or may not cover so our asses here at our clinic are covered in case something goes wrong later!" Perfect. Gotcha. Set me up with that appointment Doc!

In all honestly, joking aside, I was really happy to go and get this consult with the specialist despite my wrinkly ovaries or not. Any chance to see these chicquitas and know they are doing well is A-OK with me. So off we went yesterday.

Our appointment went awesome and we learned a few things:

1. Both babies are definitely girls!!

2. Baby A weighs 12 oz now and Baby B is at 13 oz

3. Both of their measurements on brains, hearts, kidneys, etc. all looked awesome so there is no reason for any concern at this point which is a huge relief!

4. Baby B was loving having her pic taken, Baby A not so much - we got a good 3D image of Baby B's face...only b/w images of Baby A

5. Since everything is going seemingly awesome the specialist did not forsee any reason we'd have to go see them again so should only be seen by my regular OB moving forward which is great news!! AMA what??? Take that wrinkly ovaries!

6. Each girl has 10 fingers and 10 toes - always a good thing right?

I can't believe we get to meet them in just a few short months!! In the meantime, I am feeling great and rested courtesy of my best-invention-ever Snoogle pillow so really can't complain. Even if I could complain, I have said from the beginning I wouldn't. I am honestly just already so amazingly thankful for these two little ladies who I can't beleive are gonna call us Mom & Dad soon!!! Holy-Effing-Schnikeys!! WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!

And finally, here's a pic of us stupidly-excited-and-proud-parents-to-be...we celebrated our wedding anniversary last week. Our last one when it's just the two of us!

Happy Tuesday!