Month by Month 1-4

I have been taking pictures every 4 weeks on my month marks to record my pregnancy. I didn't put the first few up because we hadn't told everyone until now, but now that we have I want to share these! I can't believe all the changes that are going on with my body, it's crazy! 
When I hit 3 months before I found out I was prego with twins all the book and articles I had read told me that I shouldn't be showing at all and if I had gotten bigger I couldn't blame it on the babies yet. Well I had gotten bigger, and quite a bit so as you can tell from the pictures below so I was a little perplexed as to how all this belly was just me and no babies showing yet. People, complete strangers who had no idea I was pregnant, had even started commenting on my baby bump. In fact right before the ultra sound there was a man on the elevator in the hospital who made a comment about how he knew which floor we were going to, it was obvious I had an appointment on the OBGYN floor. Being only 3 months I was starting to get a little self conscious about my baby bump that shouldn't be showing already. When we got to the doctors office I leaned over to Andrew and asked him if the man on the elevator knew we had an appointment on the OBGYN floor because I had a baby bump. My wonderful husband, knowing my concerns, looked at me and said "no babe, he just assumed because we are a young couple, why else would we be happily going into the hospital together". Well when we got the ultra sound and I found out it was twins many things went through my head, but one funny thought was 'ah ha! no wonder I have a baby bump already! The man on the elevator was right, I do look pregnant and it's not all just fat!' After doing more reading I have found out that when prego with twins you tend to show a baby bump a lot earlier than normal because there is more in there and they run out of room quicker so they have to bump out sooner. So don't be surprised as I was when you see how quickly my belly starts to grow.

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I'm so Excited! I'm so Excited! I'm so Scared!

Andrew and I have been keeping a little secret for the past few months. I'm PREGNANT! We told our parents when we first found out in November, but we waited to tell our families until Christmas. Yesterday we had our first Dr. appointment and we got to hear the heart beat. It was amazing hearing that little (although very quick) heartbeat. After we heard the heartbeat we just couldn't keep it a secret from anyone anymore and we started shouting it from the roof tops (aka Andrew posted it on Facebook). Since I was already 12 weeks when I went in for my first Dr. appointment the Dr. wanted us to get in and have an ultrasound this week so we could get one in the first trimester. So today we went in for the ultrasound and it changed our lives forever. 

Yep! That's right! TWINS!!!

When we went in for the Ultrasound the Dr. wasn't there it was just Andrew, I and the Tech. I told the tech we were way excited because this was our first ultrasound. When she looked at the screen she said "oh look I can see both of them"... so I said both of them? and she said yeah and she wrote twins up on the screen. I thought she was just being funny because she had made some other jokes earlier so I didn't believe her. She acted like everything was normal and then she kept talking about both babies and I was way confused so I asked her if she was joking, if this was just some kind of funny ultrasound tech joke to play on the newbies first ultrasound, but she wasn't. I was trying to wrap my head around it and I told her the Dr. didn't say anything to us about twins and she said they didn't tell her either. I think that's when she realized we didn't know we were having twins until she told us. I guess most people usually know they are having twins before they go in for the ultrasound, but not us. It was a HUGE surprise! Andrew was speechless  and I just couldn't stop staring at the screen at both my beautiful little babies!

 We got to see all four hands and four feet and two brains so we're off to a good start. The Ultrasound tech said that they are fraternal so no identical twins lucky for me and my sanity. Also, we could have a boy and girl! That's what I am hoping for, but as long as they are healthy I don't really care. So far they are doing really well. They are both 2 1/2 inches long one heart beat is 160 and the other is 165.

Everyone asks me how I feel about having twins, or how it feels to be having twins and I didn't know what to tell them because I couldn't describe the feeling, but I think I have found a way. The feeling I had today when I found out was the same feeling I felt when the pee stick came back positive both times. That feeling of oh my gosh! I am going to be a parent, i'm going to have a kid. Oh crap this is really cool, but oh no, can I handle this? Basically I'm super excited, I mean I am so excited, but I am so scared! I used to think that people who wanted twins were a little crazy and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. That's the attitude I had towards twins, nothing against them I just didn't want twins, ever! I told Andrew that if we ever had twins we'd give one away. So I guess it's a little ironic that I am having twins, but after seeing both of them today I couldn't imagine living without one of them and I want BOTH of them. It was literally love at first sight. I get overwhelmed when I think of twice the dirty diapers and twice the throw up and even less sleep. And I get a little depressed when I think of having to go places with two carriers (how am I ever going to get around places like grocery shopping?!) My life is going to be a zoo! Then I think about having to get two cribs, two car seats, two bouncers, twice the clothes and bottles, oh man it gets overwhelming! But then I just think of those cute little babies I saw today and how Twin B wouldn't hold still for pictures and the sound of their little hearts. Nothing can prepare you for how special that is and July cannot come fast enough.