15 weeks!

Well I am past the 15 week mark now, and feeling huge!! I am loving my new bump and overall things are pretty good! I had the rough diabetes patch a couple of days ago which was frustrating, and I've had my moments again since then, but overall things have been pretty good! The new tough thing with diabetes and pregnancy is that most maternity pants (with the high waistbands) don't have pockets! Normally if pants don't have pockets, I just clip it to the waistband, but it's not easy to clip a pump to a waistband that's about 2 inches below my boobs. I'm thinking I'll have to utilize the 'side of the bra' clip strategy - that seems to work pretty good. Pants that have pockets work, but it's a lot of running the tubing all the way up and down, so I'm thinking I'll cut little holes in the bottom of the stretchy part so I can just stick it through there.... Only issue with that is that every time I pee (which is often, believe me) I'd have to unclip the pump from my body before pulling down my pants. Why can't pumping be easier with maternity wear???

Okay, what happened over the past little while? I had my last appt with my obgyn on Friday and things look pretty good!  We started off with taking my weight (I think I'm close to my 'pre-pregnancy weight now!) and checking my blood pressure, all fine there. My Dr doesn't use a doppler, but a fancy little handheld ultrasound machine, so I get a quick peek at the babies every time I see him. We saw the first baby right away, lying sideways in my stomach, on its back facing up... Took him a second to find the other one (we would only see bits and pieces) and we found it right over top, also sideways, but facing down. The babies were head to butt and from a quick view seemed to be the same size. So cute, they were stretching their little legs and whatnot. After that he checked my cervix (sorry, TMI) and apparently it's however it should be, yay! Everything seems great. At the end of the Dr's appt's we always set up the next appt's etc and it's now that I really realize just HOW often I will be driving out to New Westminster. I am now having biweekly ultrasounds to check to make sure that the babies aren't developing TTTS, biweekly diabetes appts to keep on top of all of that, and biweekly appts with my obgyn. That's 6 appts a month, I think I need to get an apartment out in New West! Jamie said I could take Holly with me at least, haha. My Dr told me at the end of my appt that I'm a really 'double whammy' - type one diabetic (high risk) and pregnant with twins (also high risk). I pointed out that they're also mono-di identical twins and he laughed and agreed that it's a whole extra level! I'm confident things will be fine though, and it's more than worth the extra follow up this entire time. I think I'll be seeing the MFM, my Dr was saying he might want to take over my care for a while as well. Lots of things happening!

Okay, survey time :)

How far along? 15 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain: I think I put on about 2 pounds this week? I keep forgetting to weigh myself in the morning.
Maternity Clothes? YES! I love them. I am either wearing sweatpants, or maternity pants. I bought a couple pairs, and got a great deal off of craigslist - 8 pairs for $40! I have a few maternity shirts and I love them, I can't wait to buy more. The belly looks soooo much cuter in maternity clothes! I officially packed away all of my 'I can't wear these anymore' pants, my drawers feel empty. Going to do the same with my shirts this week. The Dr said I'm measuring at 20 weeks though, which is right where I should be, and explains the belly.
Stretch Marks? Nothing yet, hoping hoping hoping it stays that way. I cocoa buttered after my bath on Friday night, but I usually forget.
Sleep: Still not great. I find I wake up several times in the night on my back which isn't comfortable, but I keep rolling that way. I think I need to try putting a pillow behind my back so I can't move as much.
Miss anything? Not really this week!
Movement: I am starting to feel little kicks I think! It's right where they are and it feels like a tapping sensation every once in a while. I'm a mean Mommy and poke at them all the time, and get a little tap back every once in a while now. I know it 'could' be gas, but I've never had gas that feels quite like this, it's definetly a different sensation. I had Jamie poke at my stomach before he went to bed tonight with no luck, and I got a little response as he was walking up the stairs, sneaky little things!
Food cravings: hmmmm, honey garlic pork, pizza minis, nectarines, strawberries, and I really want raspberries and blueberries!! Hurry up summer. I am going to live at my parents house picking blueberries in their backyard haha.
Anything making you queasy or sick? Well, I threw up twice yesterday, but I'm not convinced if it was a return of morning sickness or if I was just feeling sick.
Gender: NO clue. Beyond excited to know though
Labour signs: Nothing of course, however I had my first braxton hick contraction last Thursday! I was sitting on the couch and as I moved it felt like someone had put one of those 'Dr Hos' muscle tighteners right on my stomach. It was actually really surprising. I asked my Dr the next day and he said it's totally normal to feel them now every once in a while. I have had a few more, usually while getting up, but nothing quite like that first one.
Symptoms: Baby brain! I am feeling slowwwww. And feeling BIG. It's funny cause I know I will get a million times larger, but I groan getting off of the couch already, haha. Other than that, I feel pretty good though!
Bellybutton in or out? In, but starting to flatten out.... I lost the top ball to my bellybutton ring last night, so I officially retired it. I kind of like my new naked bellybutton!
Wedding rings on or off? On, fingers are still the same size.
Happy or moody most of the time? I've been in a great mood lately!
Looking forward to: The next ultrasound on March 5th!!! The tech seemed pretty confident at the last one that they'd be able to tell us the gender at the next appt we had, so hopefully we find out!!! I am soooo beyond excited for it, one week to go - I don't think I'll sleep the night before the ultrasound at all.

15 weeks pregnant!

uuuugggghhhh!

Short update today, just on the frustration of diabetes and pregnancy! I've had some great days so far, where everything is all fine and near perfect and then there are evenings like tonight.... Where my after dinner tests (without eating anything else) have gone from 8.8 (158) 1 hour post meal; no need to correct, still have lots of iob on board... An hour later we're up to 10.4 (187) where I can correct a little at this time.... And 1.5 hours after that, I'm at fricken 15.9 (286)!!! Whyyyyy!!! So frustrating. I haven't had a problem with this infusion set since putting it in today, but now I know I'll be up late making sure that my blood starts to finally come down. So so so annoying. Anyone want to borrow my T1D until August when the babies are here? I will gladly take it back at that point, but am really sick of it when it could potentially effect my twins!

On a happier note, I am starting to pop, and I love it! Hoping to feel them start to move in the next few weeks... Bigger update coming later :)

But seriously diabetes, pull it together. Stop being such an asshole! You were sooo nice all weekend!

So far so good...

Another week has come and gone! Things are just awesome. Unfortunately, after my last post, morning sickness DID choose to return. I've had a few bad days, but a couple good ones in there too. Hey, at least I'm getting an ab workout through all of this with the constant dry heaving :) Okay, so what happened over the last week? Well, diabetes wise, things are pretty good. My average for the past 7 days is 5.4 (97), and my most recent A1C was 5.6%!!!! I'm pretty happy with that. I've still been having a ton of lows, but it seems like those are almost unavoidable at this point. I'm starting to cut down on the after meal highs, which is comforting. Some lows are hitting me worse than they normally do though. I had my OB appt last Friday and as I was walking out I was thinking 'did I sound kind of stupid while in that appt?' and as we got towards the truck I stumbled into a little garden and that was a pretty big clue that Momma needed some sugar. I popped a candy in my mouth and we went to a thriftys which was about a 45 second walk away. It's funny how HARD it is walking while low. We grabbed a grapefruit juice and I was nice and sweaty while waiting to pay for it. Gotta love when lows come with clammy, sweatyness. Ew. I started chugging it as we walked back to the truck and by the time we got in and I tested (after downing almost half the bottle) I was 1.6 (29)! I have to say, I am sick of dropping into the 1's so easily now!! It was one of the lows where I came up fairly well, but still FELT low at least an hour later, boo. I have my next appt with the diabetes clinic tomorrow, where I'm sure we'll be cutting everything back once again!



How cute are they???

Last week was also our NT scan at the hospital which was amazinggggg. My Mom was able to come too, and we were expecting her to have to sit in the waiting room and maybe come in for a peek at the end, but luckily we had a big room and she was able to come in with us for the entire thing. They had a screen for us to look at the entire time and it was amazing to see both babies squirming around like crazy. She had a starting shot of both of them where the membrane showed up instantly, yay!!! I think we have an official 'mono-di' diagnosis! I'm pretty happy with that. It would be great if they were di-di and had separate placentas, but this is much much better than what I was emotionally trying to not have to prepare myself for. They were lying sideways in my uterus, one on top of each other. She described them as being in little bunk beds, awww! NT measurements looked great, and they both have little nasal bones as well. Everything seems to be going great. They're both measuring the exact same date, another good sign. A was a little sleepier, but B was moving like crazy in there! Kicking, rolling, squirming, elbowing, yawning - pretty amazing to see. Probably because it's not the one on the bottom bunk, haha. Overall we were in there for close to an hour, it was awesome.

On Friday at the OB appt, we didn't really do too much. Confirmed that the first part of my bloodwork for genetic screening looks good, but we really need to tie it with more bloodwork in a few more weeks before we have any 'real' results. He used his little ultrasound machine again and one was sleeping, the other one was sitting up so we could see a face profile shot. I guess they still have a fair bit of room to move around in there! My uterus is measuring about a month ahead, so the top of it is about an inch below my belly button. I found the HB's with the doppler again this weekend, and they are still so LOW in my tummy. I'm sure they'll be moving up soon though. So what's up next? I have my diabetes appt's likely every 2 weeks as we've been doing so far - I see the OB next in 2 weeks - I think he wants to start checking my cervix at appts to make sure that all looks okay. After that I have a growth scan in early March and we will start doing bi-weekly ultrasounds to make sure no-one is taking too many nutrients. Hopefully we can 100% avoid TTTS. At this ultrasound in March we should be able to find out genders!!! AHHH! Less than a month and we will know! I seriously don't think I'll sleep a wink the night before that ultrasound. At 20 weeks, we do a detailed heart scan to make sure everything is looking good in there.... And then we'll be half way done. Holy crap, I swear it feels like I'm going to wake up tomorrow and have two babies already. Time is going by soooo fast! Okay, quick video and survey time!

 

How far along? 13 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain: No change this week.
Maternity Clothes? I really need to start shopping for those... Clothes are getting kind of uncomfy and I don't think I can show up at work in the jammies I tend to wear all weekend!
Stretch Marks? Nada! I really need to start bio-oiling it up though. I just hate feeling greasy!
Sleep: Ahhh... Starting to get a little uncomfortable, already. I woke up on my stomach at about 5AM the other day and it didn't feel too great. The constant peeing in the middle of the night is fun too of course. I think it's time to get a body pillow!
Miss anything? Ah the usual I guess. Not really too much though, haha.
Movement: Still nothing, although I'm hoping I'm one of those lucky ones who can start feeling the babies early! I know I have a posterior placenta so that should help at least a little. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll start feeling a little something.
Food cravings: Strawberries and nectarines this week. Soooo excited for summer fruits though, blueberries and raspberries and peaches etc. Yummy! For 'bad' cravings,I think I could have eaten 100 pizza minis last night, now that was a craving!
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nothing in particular, although I've had my sick days over the past week!
Gender: At the ultrasound I kept saying 'look, HE'S kicking' and Jamie was convinced he saw a 'twig and berries' (lol) but I have this super naggy feeling of girls still, which I've had since the day we found out they were twins. AKA I have noooo idea. Pretty excited to know though.
Labour signs: Nothing!
Symptoms: Pukey, headachey, and tired. I think my brain isn't quite working like it used to either.
Bellybutton in or out? In still, but you can see my bellybutton ring through all of my shirts now.
Wedding rings on or off? On, and I'll get them sized up a little if need be in the future :)
Happy or moody most of the time? I'd say happy!
Looking forward to: I look forward to all of my appts, although the diabetes ones are a little boring. At this point I would say the next 'big' thing is either feeling early kicks, or the ultrasound in early March.

There is a bump starting for sure :)

 

12 weeks!

Hurray I made it to 12 weeks! Morning sickness is really easing up and life is getting a whole lot easier now. My energy is getting a little bit better, and I don't feel like a zombie anymore, yay. I don't feel like I really have much to write this week... So let's reflect on how my bloods been doing. Overall - MUCH BETTER. I had a few instances on my last post where I was having trouble getting down my numbers post meal, and I don't know exactly change worked, but I find I am rarely over 10 one hour post meal, and always down to around 7 an hour after that. Huge improvement from before. I mean of course, it's not perfect - Friday after dinner was frustrating, but nothing like the 4-5 hours it took the weekend before. I'm still having my morning lows, but not every single day like before, so I'll take that. Still wishing we could get a great CGMS in Canada, but I know tons of women have been pregnant with diabetes before the days of CGMS, I can do it too. Who knows, maybe it'll just happen sooner than expected, that would be amazing.

I'm playing it pretty safe with site changes; I did one yesterday that felt a little more painful than normal, and noticed it had bled just a little bit which I could see through the plastic. I'm sure it would have been fine and likely just hit a capillary, but I pulled it just in case. Last thing I need is a kinked cannula. Last time that happened, I ended up with a blood sugar in the 20's - no thanks!

Lets see, what else is new and exciting? I'm sooo excited for our ultrasound on Wednesday and actually had my reminder call for it this morning. Can't wait for 'low risk' and 'membrane'! Thinking positive positive thoughts right now! Also, someone was nice enough to lend me her fetal doppler and after a little bit of frustration, I think I've finally found both heart beats!! At first I kept getting something at 75 bpm (which isn't baby) and every little bit, I could catch something at around 160 bpm for 5 seconds or so. I tried again after dinner and for some reason was trying to find a heartbeat about an inch below my belly button which is wayyyy too high. I eventually found a HB at 156 bpm... and when I moved about an inch to the right, I lose it.... and then I find another HB at about 169 about another inch over. That sounds like two healthy little heart beats to me!! Sooo amazing to hear. <3

Jamie and I are going to start clearing out the baby room in the next while (when is a good time to do that???) and so Jamie's started the process by installing new shelving in the basement closet so we can start transferring stuff downstairs. Right now in their room, we have: A TV, TV stand, luggage, a storage ottoman, a fan, our air conditioner, pillows, a smallish storage unit and our wrapping paper supply. So there's really not too much that we need to move, luckily. I think we're going to use the bedroom at the back of the house - I would still rather use the middle bedroom, but I think the back bedroom is probably a better size for two babies, so Jamie will likely win this one! I'm pretty excited to start shopping for cribs and all of that fun stuff too! Anyways, I should get to bed soon, can't believe it's Monday tomorrow already! Weekend, you don't last long enough :(

How far along? 12 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain: I think I've actually put on about a pound this week!
Maternity Clothes? None this weekend - I want to get some maternity jeans, they are probably super comfy.
Stretch Marks? None, yet... Hoping it will stay that way.
Sleep: Still sleeping pretty good, aside from a snoring hubby the other night! I wake up with dry mouth though, which sucks.
Miss anything? We went to Moxie's on Friday and yes, I would have lovedddddd a raspberry kiwi margarita or a GT. Oh well.
Movement: Still nothing, too early.
Food cravings: Jamie was amazing and got me a cupcake twice this past week, haha. I'd say that's been my craving!
Anything making you queasy or sick? This week was much better - although I threw up this morning after taking my prenatal on an empty stomach, ouch.
Gender: My thoughts change every single day, today my guess is girls. But I really have nooooo clue.
Labour signs: Nothing, yet. That would be a problem and a half.
Symptoms: Still pretty sleepy mostly. And headaches have started kicking in.
Bellybutton in or out? In, totally.... Although my bellybutton ring feels like it's getting pushed out a TINY bit, if that makes sense.
Wedding rings on or off? Still on, no swellage yet!
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy, I haven't been very moody at all, at least I don't think so.
Looking forward to:Ultrasound on Wednesday!!!


Feeling huge at 12 weeks!!