As every woman who has ever carried a child knows, having severe stomach pains when you are no where near your due date can cause panic. On Saturday August 28th I experienced such panic. I was sitting at my desk at work, when all of a sudden, it felt like someone was taking a 6 inch blade and dragging it across my stomach. The pain was so intense it took my breath away. For those of you who are already worrying, our boys are doing great. I emailed my doctor and told him about what was happening and he seemed to think I picked up some sort of bug. This made complete sense to me as diarrhea followed with a vengeance! After about I week I started to feel much better, and now only have my normal gas pains that I have been dealing with since I got pregnant. Pregnancy definitely throws you through a loop some times!
I had my appointment with Dr. Smith on the following Friday September 2nd. He came in and brought in the portable ultrasound machine. After climbing up onto the table and dealing with the cold gel on my stomach again he began to look over our little guys. He showed me the heart beating for Baby A and ran down his little spin, and then he moved to the membrane that separates our two little miracles and began to inform me of a few things. He told me about how it floats and moves around between the boys and that they would play with it and test it, but not to worry because it was impossible for them to break it. He then wiggled my tummy to show me how the membrane moved. In doing that he also poked the twins! That got them going; they both kicked back at the movement and ended up kicking each other which sparked a new investigative game! It was so adorable to watch them poking and prodding at each other, however the little sparing match does not inspire hope for when they come out and start to fight!!
Dr. Smith then moved on to Baby B, he tried to show me the heartbeat, but had the little guy so riled up that he wouldn’t stay still long enough for the doctor to find the heartbeat. We both had a laugh over how active the boys were and finally Baby B settle enough for me to see his strong little heart beating rhythmically. Seeing our boys is my favorite part of going to the doctor’s appointments!
For those of you concerned about ensuring you have the right amount of vitamins, I also had a conversation about adding additional calcium. I had been having conversations with other women from my work who had twins years ago and ended up having issues with their bones and teeth because the twins took so much out of them while developing. Dr. Smith said that it is more likely to lose the calcium from your bones then your teeth but that more calcium was a good idea.
I didn’t know this at first, but the cheapest source of calcium is actually Extra Strength Tums! Each of the little round chewable tablets has an additional 500 mg of calcium. Dr. Smith said the best idea would be to have and extra 1000 mg, so to take two tablets just before bed. Not only would it up my calcium, but it would help prevent heartburn when I went to bed.
The only issue with this, even though I brush my teeth after chewing the tablets, is that in the morning my mouth tastes absolutely horrible!! It is not the most pleasant thing to wake up to, but I will tolerate it for our boys!! As with every mother, the health of our children is the most important think to me!
The boys have already started to be mean to their Daddy! The other night, as Josh and I were getting ready for bed, the boys started kicking around and for the first time, I could feel it on the outside!! I called Josh over immediately, but as soon as he put his hand on my stomach they both stopped! He sat there for about fifteen minutes waiting to feel the little miracles moving about……nothing happened…
Finally the sleepy feelings that had been pushing at the edges of our minds started to take over and Josh decided to roll over and head to sleep. As soon as his back was facing me the boys decided it was party time again!! That was just plain unfriendly to not let their Daddy feel them moving around! I can’t wait to see his face when he does feel them. I am now obsessed when they start moving around putting my hands on my belly immediately!
Our next appointment is on Tuesday September 13th with our next big ultrasound on Friday September 23rd.
I'm so glad you're feeling better. You had me VERY worried when you were having those pains! Though, you already know that. :D Remember, no matter what, I'm going to help you through this. If I don't already know the answer, I'll find you one. I promise. I love you all and hope to read another blog soon. Give the boys a kiss for me, hahaha!! Rather, ask Josh to give them a kiss for me. ;)
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