15 Weeks and counting

Today I am 15 weeks along. Only 23 more to go. How I dream of the day I meet my babies. Only 3 more weeks to go before we find out what they are. It's amazing how fast pregnancy flys by. After the 12th week I was finally content and I no longer spent hours reading about what may happen or what comes next. Mind you I still look at what comes next but instead of worrying about it I am excited.

I went to my OB Tuesday and got to hear the heartbeats again. Baby A 160 Baby B 150. Now that I am further along it's easier to hear them on the doppler. I wish I would have recorded the sound on my phone but I figured it would be faint and wouldn't get a good recording. My uterus measured at 16 weeks which my OB said was perfect. I have gained 3 lbs but still under my pre pregnancy weight. Again, perfect.

Symptoms this week are heartburn, heartburn and more heartburn. I am addicted to rolaids and tums. Seems they only work for a little while then it's right back. Another thing I have had to deal with is this horrible pain in my right side under my rib cage that travels into my back. I can only lay on the left side. Flat on my back it starts acting up and on my right side as well. And how can we forget having to pee every 5 minutes. I get up no less than 5 times in the middle of the night. I thought this was a symptom that would go away for at least a little while? Guess with two it sticks around....

Sunday Stephen put his hand on my belly started crying and said "I am really going to be a Daddy" it's starting to sink in for both of us that we are indeed going to be parents. Neither one of us ever thought this day would come. We were so content in just us that we gave up on having kids and instead focused on being the best aunt and uncle we could be. Of course that won't change after having kids. Our familes are very close and we don't go more than a few weeks without seeing eachother.

We leave for Iowa in 5 weeks and how I long for that day! I love it up there it's my place to go to find peace. My mother and step dad live in a historic home built in 1898 that over looks the Mississippi River. They bought it run down and have been working on it for the last 5 years. It's amazing how much work they put into this house and how beautiful it is now that it's restored. It's 4 stories and has an old elevator that actually works. I love that thing! I think I have more fun in the elevator. My mother just laughs at me but hey it makes me feel like a kid again.

Well I could ramble on for hours so I think I will stop here....

Here is a picture of the house in Iowa.

I am in love

Today we had our appointment to hear the heart beats. We were able to pick up both heart beats! I tried to record the sound with my phone but they were too faint. I am so in love! The sound was just as I expected. I still remember hearing my nieces heartbeat on the monitor when my sister was in labor. It was the same sound only there were two of them.

Today I feel a sense of relief. I am one day shy of 11 weeks and this is the last week of my first trimester. I couldn't wait to get to this point and here I am. I can breathe! We find out the sex of each baby August 21st. Oh how I dream of that day!!