Laughter is the Best Medicine

Our OB appointment the other day went great.  The bleed appears to have finally resolved itself which is fantastic news!  I still need to talk to the doctor about whether I need to continue on the Lovenox as well as whether or not I can stay exercising again, but I'll do that when we go back in January for the nuchal fold measurements.

I'm so amazed at the technology that's available now.  My mom never had an ultrasound when she was pregnant with my sister or me and not only do I have pictures of the girls' development starting with their day 5 embryo images, but now I have ultrasound images which are so detailed due to 3D technology.  Just AMAZING!

What was even better was watching their spontaneous movements via ultrasound.  I swear they were dancing in there.  I can't feel anything yet, but it was so great to see.  I couldn't help but laugh at their little arms moving around and my laughter caused them to move around even more.  Clearly they like it when mom laughs.

Anyhow, below are their week 11 and 1 day pictures.  The four on the left are "Speck" and the two on the right are "Eire."  That's right.  We're calling them "Speck und Eire" while in utero.  It's German for "Bacon and Eggs."  I know...we're weird.  :)

Happy Holidays!!!

Changing of the Guard

Today is our first prenatal OB appointment as we officially "graduated" from the fertility clinic last week.  I'm looking forward to the change of pace, so to speak.  As much as I like the folks at SCRC, it's so good to be moving to the next phase of pregnancy.

Eric is going with me to the appointment today.  He's hoping to see the girls on an ultrasound again.  I'm looking forward to him meeting Tony.  I really love my OB and know Eric will feel better about being away in production if he feels confident that I'm in good hands.

That's about it.  Not a whole lot of report.  Just trying to take it easy and not overdo things over the holidays.  That's a challenge in and of itself, but at least I have a good excuse to not do much this year.

Here's to all having a wonderful holiday and enjoying time with family and friends.

Beating of Hearts

We had another appointment yesterday at the fertility clinic.  It was our nine week check up.  The girls are growing right on schedule, but was most amazing was hearing their heartbeats.  I am still in awe at the sound.  So wonderful.  So amazing!

This picture does not do the experience justice, but I don't have a recording, so...

The doctor is pleased with how the fetuses are developing.  There is still a bleed in my uterus, so he's going to refer me to a high risk OB to determine if I should go off the Lovenox.  To be honest, I would love to not have to give myself any more injections.  I won't need to see the high risk OB for a couple more weeks, so hopefully the bleed will get smaller again.  Until then I will continue to take it easy.

And I will continue to think about their little beating hearts.  It was truly amazing to hear and it has me singing "Beating of Hearts" by XTC.

You have heard
You have heard the loudest sound
In this and every world you can think of

Louder than tanks on the highway
Louder than bombers in flight
Louder than noises of hatred
Dancing us from darkest night is the rhythm of love
Powered on the beating of hearts