Baby(ies?)

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Fri
3
Jul
2009
10:48am
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So I have my midwife appointment yesterday and I haven’t gained any weight (no cause for alarm) but my belly is measuring larger then it should be. This means one of two things, I am further along then I think, or there is more then one fetus in there. Possible too much information ahead.

Though I don’t think you can ever be 100% sure on your dates, I have only had one menstrual cycle since giving birth to Damian, which began April 1st and lasted for 10 days and was very heavy at some points. Three days longer then my former normal, but who knows what my norm is anymore, it was my first! I started throwing up when I was “suppose to” and generally speaking my pregnancy symptoms have matched where I think I am (12 weeks.)

My midwife uses a doppler instrument to measure the fetal heartbeat (it looks like an ultrasound wand if you know what that is) but had a hard time keeping track of my passenger. He or she was either incredibly active or I have a heartbeat on either side of my uterus. According to a friend, only Dr Who can have two hearts, I wouldn’t know but I’ll take his word for it!

So on July 16th I have an ultrasound scheduled to see what’s going on in there. I won’t know right away as the tech cannot tell me my “diagnosis” (makes it sound like pregnancy is a disease doesn’t it?) as some other specialist has to look at the results and then contact my midwife and then she will call me. (Convoluted!) But I intend on watching that screen like a hawk, I know what Damian looked like in this, if it looks different think I’ll know. Especially if there are two black voids with little flickering heartbeats in them, that would be kind of hard to hide.

I’ll be completely honest and say I am kind of hoping my dates are off, not because I will not adore twins if that is the case, it just feels kind of overwhelming right now. One has been challenging enough through all the diapers, teething, feedings, bathing etc and I just imagine that times two. Did you know that since before Damian was born I have had reoccurring dreams of having a little boy first and then fraternal twins, one boy and one girl? That might have me a little nervous too.

We’ll see I guess, right?

8 Comments

  1. Ginanne
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink

    if it is twins, you can always give me one… i have the bad feeling that for some reason i cant have anymore kids :( Maybe its just a really bad fear… i dunno.

  2. jett
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 11:46 am | Permalink

    I hope all is well with the pregancy and if it is twins, it will be challenging but kinda kewl. Keep us posted!

  3. Jaspenelle
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

    I don’t know what it is like to go through what you did with Jayden, but I can see where that would sew the seeds of a fear like that. It has been 5 months? I think stress can affect so many aspects of life, especially fertility. I can’t tell you what will or won’t happen but I do know the importance of giving yourself a break sometimes.

  4. Ruth
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    From experience I can say twins are a lot of work, especially if they are premature like your cousins were. But they do entertain each other as they get older and it gets easier. I hope your dates are out.

  5. Mama Kelly
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 7:49 pm | Permalink

    Blessings on you hun regardless of what you find out.

    {{{ }}}

  6. Stevie
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Permalink

    boy girl twins make for some awesome play time. My youngest brother and sister are twins and there was a lot of dinosaurs in the doll houses. They were usually only destructive dinosaurs when my brother got bored.

    on learning that they were twins my mom would always be asked “Oh how did you do it!” or “How did you manage?!” and she always had the same answer, “I don’t know I just did it”

    It would be its own challenge, but I really think that you could handle it well :)

  7. Patty
    Posted Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

    My daughter has a large belly already and I am worried that she is due sooner or has more than one. She is suppose to only be 7 weeks but looks more like she is four months. She hasn’t had an exam yet, so we don’t know the size of her uterus. She has a DR appointment the same day you have your ultra sound.

  8. LiviaIndica
    Posted Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 12:33 am | Permalink

    When my mom was pregnant with my sister all those years ago they thought she was having twins because my sister was so long and they couldn’t otherwise explain why there were hands and feet so far apart. And it was just her all by her lonesome. I know that’s vastly different from things nowadays with all the tests they can do, but it’s just an example to express that you can’t really count on assumptions. Maybe you’re having twins, maybe you’re having one superbaby!