Dance, babies! Dance!

I might be biased but these wiggling burritos (that's what we call them) are pretty darn cute. I love in the second video that when one stops moving the other starts.  Turn taking already :)

Doppler & end of IVF Calendar

I caved and bought a Doppler last Thursday morning and to my surprise it was hanging on my mailbox when we returned home from grocery shopping Saturday afternoon.  I was so excited I wanted to just throw the groceries on the counter and tear off my pants to hear the heartbeats lol. Saturday was 9w2d and we had no trouble at all finding a heartbeat!  J was too nervous to let me play around and find both so after a few minutes we gave it a rest.  Now, J likes to pretend he is the doctor and find their heartbeats and after a day or two he actually found both with only about 1/2 inch separating them.  It is such a reassurance that anytime I am feel unsure about what is going on in there I can hear their heartbeats.

In other super duper exciting news, tonight is my last Progesterone in Oil shot and EV2 suppository!!! I royally screwed up my shots the last few nights, sticking myself in the same side two nights in a row (not a big deal, but boy does it hurt) and then also handing J a syringe which still had the needle I use to draw up the medicine.  The problem is that needle is like a 22 gauge, which is ginormous.  J didn't realize and tried to poke me twice with it and it wouldn't go in, thank goodness.

The only other medication I will continue on (besides prenatals and extra folic acid) is the Dexamethasone.  I have to taper off it, taking it every other day for a week.  I cannot believe that I am at the end of my IVF calendar.  If my RE was close I would be having my graduation ultrasound with him for 10 weeks and graduating to my OB.  Since he is in Vegas, I will just continue to be cared for by my OB.  We actually have a schedule appt tomorrow (not just a freak out appt) and I am hoping my babies are moving like crazy!

9 Weeks

We have made it to 9 weeks! Yesterday I had an ultrasound and both the babies arms and legs were moving like crazy! It was so neat to see.  I was pretty nauseas for a good 2-3 weeks straight and then I got some relief for a few days.  Unfortunately, along with the "relief" came spotting.  My doctor got me in right away and they discovered I had a small sub-chorionic hemorrhage (SCH).  Basically it is something that can happen when the embryos are implanting into the uterine wall, and it is more likely to happen with twins.  My doctor said it wasn't too big of a deal, but that I should take it easy.  Whatever that means! Week 5 my doctor told me to stop working out and I have not been able to lift anything over 10 lbs since week 2, so I have to say I have been taking it easy already.

A few hours after I left the doctors office, my doctor called and asked if I could come in right away.  I have a negative blood type and he was afraid that the bleeding may have also been cause by my body trying to reject the babies.  Seriously, if it's not one thing is another.  The solution was easy.  I got a Rhogam shot to help protect the babies in case they have a positive blood type.  I will have to get another one around 32 weeks and then one after they are born.

Then on top of the SHC and negative Rh, my doctor tells me my thrombophilia panel came back and I have a blood clotting disorder.  What. The. Hell.  I'm not even surprised any more.  My OB prescribed baby Aspirin and my RE prescribed extra folic acid.  I don't feel like figuring out who is right and who is wrong so for the moment I am taking both.

In spite of everything I am feeling pretty confident about my little babies.  I have nausea almost all the time, but when I don't I am starving and tired!  All good signs of a healthy pregnancy, right?  Seeing them moving around yesterday was just the best feeling and made it feel so real.  They are like little people and can do people things!