Thursday, 5 August 2010
She kicked me.
Little missy kicked me yesterday evening, HARD! It was the first one and it seriously shocked me! I've had little poke feelings and flutters for the past 4 weeks or so but nothing like this. I was walking from the study into the living room and felt this sudden sharp judder on my left side near my belly button (where princess is) causing my leg to buckle underneath me. I just stopped walking and stood there smiling, wide eyed. Hubby noticed and asked what was wrong with me and why was I being weird (or weirder than usual). I laughed saying I'd had my first real kick! He smiled and replied 'How amazing! You do know if I was carrying them they'd be far too scared to kick me for fear of being beaten when they got here'. Tut. Men...
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Finally at the 20 week mark!
I can't believe i'm half way there already. Crazy stuff! So we went for our 20 week scan on the morning of my 27th birthday and it was just amazing. The sonographer informed us at the start of the scan that usually it should last half an hour, but due to there being 2 little munchkins to look at it would take about an hour. A whole hour looking at my pups!!
Before I start, I must just let you know that at 16 weeks we went for a private scan. I've been adamant since day dot that I've been carrying a boy, hubs has been 100% I've been carrying a girl. To have a boy and a girl would just be a dream, but we honestly didn't care, we just wanted the sonographer to tell us that they were healthy and growing well. Ok, so that's a teeny bit of a lie, I quite wanted there to be a boy in there so I could finally FINALLY be able to say to hub 'I told you so!!'. I don't get to do it often! Actually, that's another lie, I NEVER get to do it!
So starting with Twin 2 (because of certain positioning), the sonographer was happy that all looked perfect. She measured the leg and said, 'Looks like the baby may be tall, it has long thigh bones!' Fantastic news, we definitely want them both to take after my height ;-) And the sex? 'Well I think it's a boy but he's shy, he's not showing much'. Right, so already he wasn't taking after his father.
Over to Twin 1 and all was perfect again, and from the measurements it could be another tall baby! 'It's a girl, she's got her arm behind her head and is posing quite openly!' So it looks like she's the one that takes after her dad then! Back over to Twin 2 and he just didn't want to show us a thing! Finally, we got a quick flash of his bum and a rather special shot of his 'bits'. The sonographer flicked a switch to see the blood flow, and said that there was no colour showing there so it wasn't the umbilical cord. She said she was 80% sure on the babies sexes to which I asked, 'If I was your daughter would you be still be saying only 80% sure?' She laughed and said 'I'd say "Let's go shopping for a boy and a girl!"' So there we had it, a little prince and a little princess. I couldn't stop crying and was just beyond being over the moon. We decided at that point we would only tell parents and siblings as we wanted to confirm all at our 20 week scan.
From 17 weeks i've felt little flicks and flutters from the inside, each week they seem to be getting stronger, I am still waiting to be able to feel them from the outside.
Fast forward to my 20 week scan...
The sonographer started on my right side with Twin 1 lying vertically to my body; she needed to measure and look at the brain, heart, arms, spine, legs, eyes and liver/kidneys. Twin 1 was rolling around everywhere so the sonographer had her work cut out for her! Arms flailing, head moving, little legs kicking. It took her quite a while to get the measurements. Munchkin decided to settle in a position where they were facing straight out, looking right at us, and the sonographer said that she couldn't get the spinal measurements because of its position so would move over to Twin 2 for the time being. I told her that we wanted to know the sex and she said 'Well look there, can you see that growth?' Hubby with his no-nonsense talk exclaimed 'Is that the willy?!' So there we had it; confirmed that it was a 'definite' boy! I started to think, hmm, last time Twin 1 was the girl... Had the 16 week scan been wrong?? I couldn't help but assume at that point, 'Ok, now i'm sure there are 2 little boys in there!!'. Twin 2 was positioned horizontally and wasn't moving so much, so she managed to measure everything with ease. All was great with this little one too. 'This one's a girl by the way' said the sonographer. I turned to hubby and grabbed his hand, I just couldn't believe it. Our little family was taking shape. I couldn't help but feel emotional all over again, and be so so thankful for this amazing blessing. The little girl at that point decided to wake up and have a little roll around herself. Back to 'Prince Sheikh' and he had decided that he was not moving for anyone. 'I think you're going to have to come back for another scan for me to look at his spine, he just won't move'. I couldn't help but quietly tell him off; will you move please so the doctor can see all is ok! Up I got to have a little jump around and a prod of my belly, and it seemed to do the trick. She managed to get all the measurements and finally, after 1 hour and 20 minutes we were done. Happy happy happy HAPPY! I can't even explain the extent to my excitement and the utter relief that all was ok. We got our pictures of our angels and went off for my birthday celebrations walking on air. A beautiful day filled with wonderful presents from my amazing hubby. But nothing at all could top the gift of my beautiful little squirmy prince and princess. Yep, even my Gina shoes. And even though they aren't here and are the size of the palm of my hand right now, love is far too weak a word to explain how I feel about them. And I don't even mind both me and hubs being able to say to each other 'I told you so!' :-)
Before I start, I must just let you know that at 16 weeks we went for a private scan. I've been adamant since day dot that I've been carrying a boy, hubs has been 100% I've been carrying a girl. To have a boy and a girl would just be a dream, but we honestly didn't care, we just wanted the sonographer to tell us that they were healthy and growing well. Ok, so that's a teeny bit of a lie, I quite wanted there to be a boy in there so I could finally FINALLY be able to say to hub 'I told you so!!'. I don't get to do it often! Actually, that's another lie, I NEVER get to do it!
So starting with Twin 2 (because of certain positioning), the sonographer was happy that all looked perfect. She measured the leg and said, 'Looks like the baby may be tall, it has long thigh bones!' Fantastic news, we definitely want them both to take after my height ;-) And the sex? 'Well I think it's a boy but he's shy, he's not showing much'. Right, so already he wasn't taking after his father.
Over to Twin 1 and all was perfect again, and from the measurements it could be another tall baby! 'It's a girl, she's got her arm behind her head and is posing quite openly!' So it looks like she's the one that takes after her dad then! Back over to Twin 2 and he just didn't want to show us a thing! Finally, we got a quick flash of his bum and a rather special shot of his 'bits'. The sonographer flicked a switch to see the blood flow, and said that there was no colour showing there so it wasn't the umbilical cord. She said she was 80% sure on the babies sexes to which I asked, 'If I was your daughter would you be still be saying only 80% sure?' She laughed and said 'I'd say "Let's go shopping for a boy and a girl!"' So there we had it, a little prince and a little princess. I couldn't stop crying and was just beyond being over the moon. We decided at that point we would only tell parents and siblings as we wanted to confirm all at our 20 week scan.
From 17 weeks i've felt little flicks and flutters from the inside, each week they seem to be getting stronger, I am still waiting to be able to feel them from the outside.
Fast forward to my 20 week scan...
The sonographer started on my right side with Twin 1 lying vertically to my body; she needed to measure and look at the brain, heart, arms, spine, legs, eyes and liver/kidneys. Twin 1 was rolling around everywhere so the sonographer had her work cut out for her! Arms flailing, head moving, little legs kicking. It took her quite a while to get the measurements. Munchkin decided to settle in a position where they were facing straight out, looking right at us, and the sonographer said that she couldn't get the spinal measurements because of its position so would move over to Twin 2 for the time being. I told her that we wanted to know the sex and she said 'Well look there, can you see that growth?' Hubby with his no-nonsense talk exclaimed 'Is that the willy?!' So there we had it; confirmed that it was a 'definite' boy! I started to think, hmm, last time Twin 1 was the girl... Had the 16 week scan been wrong?? I couldn't help but assume at that point, 'Ok, now i'm sure there are 2 little boys in there!!'. Twin 2 was positioned horizontally and wasn't moving so much, so she managed to measure everything with ease. All was great with this little one too. 'This one's a girl by the way' said the sonographer. I turned to hubby and grabbed his hand, I just couldn't believe it. Our little family was taking shape. I couldn't help but feel emotional all over again, and be so so thankful for this amazing blessing. The little girl at that point decided to wake up and have a little roll around herself. Back to 'Prince Sheikh' and he had decided that he was not moving for anyone. 'I think you're going to have to come back for another scan for me to look at his spine, he just won't move'. I couldn't help but quietly tell him off; will you move please so the doctor can see all is ok! Up I got to have a little jump around and a prod of my belly, and it seemed to do the trick. She managed to get all the measurements and finally, after 1 hour and 20 minutes we were done. Happy happy happy HAPPY! I can't even explain the extent to my excitement and the utter relief that all was ok. We got our pictures of our angels and went off for my birthday celebrations walking on air. A beautiful day filled with wonderful presents from my amazing hubby. But nothing at all could top the gift of my beautiful little squirmy prince and princess. Yep, even my Gina shoes. And even though they aren't here and are the size of the palm of my hand right now, love is far too weak a word to explain how I feel about them. And I don't even mind both me and hubs being able to say to each other 'I told you so!' :-)
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