I Miss NyQuil

I am battling my first respiratory illness since becoming pregnant. Boo. Usually I self-medicate myself into a stupor when I get sick. Then I force myself to go to work and pretend like I’m not miserable all day. Then I take Nyquil at night to sleep it off. Sometimes I wake up feeling great the [...]

Week 21 Doctor Visit

Nothing terribly new to report from my doctor visit yesterday. The beans are doing great – heartbeats at 139 and 144. Baby A kicked the heart rate monitor while it was positioned over her sector of the belly. Maybe she will play soccer?
I did have an embarrassing mishap. The usual protocol for these office visits [...]

A Day of Firsts

Two things happened for the first time in this pregnancy today.
1. I had my first blubbering, messy, pregnant lady crying session. There was a part of me that thought, hey I made it this far without getting all hormonal, maybe that won’t happen to me. Hmm. Guess not. Looking back though, I can see how [...]

First Trimester Symptoms

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but the very day that we found out about the twins was the day my first-trimester symptoms kicked in. Nausea, fatigue, gas, breast tenderness, general malaise…
At first, I thought the nausea and fatigue were due to the excitement of finding out we have twins. Let’s [...]