Get it Right!!

We still do not have pics up. Soooo sorry. That is because we all are super busy. Jeffrey is a cowboy in charge of many acres of cows, Jennifer has her 9-5 job and I do babysitting daily. About 7 kids per day.

I had to fit in a tooth repair today, but I am fine.

I reason for my post today is because we learned somthing new the other day. Thanks to our lawyer he told us there is a difference between surrogacy and gestational carrier. You are a surrogate ONLY if you are directly related to the intended parents. Either related to mom or dad. For example if Jennifer was my sister, I would be the surrogate. I am not related to either of them so that makes me the gestational carrier. Thanks to Jennifer for changing our blog name from "God's Percious Gift Thorough Surrogacy" to "God's Precious Gift Through a Very Special Gestational Carrier"!!

Babes from the start!!

I am sooooo far behind it's a bit ridiculous. We have had 2 doctor appointments since I posted last. I have been incredibally busy and a little on the puny side. We do have pics from both of the appointments which will be posted soon. The first appointment was the last at the fertility doctor. We had our ultrasound that day and they are growing. Jolly rancher size!!! They were about 1 1/2 inches long and lookin' good. We do appreciate our fertility doctor and were pleased with the kindness and care we recieved from them.

Our last appointment was with the new doc. Dr. Watkins. We met him yesterday and answered a lot of questions. A lot of questions!! We briefly discussed delivery and things like that but mostly it was family history and how this even got started!! When we finally got around to the physical part of the appointment, doc could find only 1 heartbeat. I was not worried at all, but we did end up with another ultrasound just to double check. Everything is fine. Both babies were moving around and Baby B is a real mover!! "B" was moving it's hand around even had it up to it's mouth. B was also pushing on A's sac. I told Jeffrey to get his child under control!!! Baby A was not as active. Just chillin'. I wonder if that is a sign of things to come!?

I have been glad we have had a chance to see them at every appointment thus far. I know we won't see them next time, but it's been sooooo neat to see how they have changed in just a couple weeks between visits. I am totally convinced that they have been real babies since the first day!!! God has made them and noone will ever convince me that they were ever just 'cells'.

I will work on getting pics and you can see how they have changed. The nurse yesterday said it was a little tough to get them both in the same picture. Next time we see them, hopefully, we will see 'parts'!!!!

Jolly Ranchers????

I guess I should go ahead and update a little here. Jennifer has done the last couple of posts, so it's my turn.
I am officially 7 weeks 5 days pregnant. I am feeling pretty good except that I could nap at any given moment. A friend told me that when she was pregnant with twins the doctor told her that it's like having 2 parasites sucking the life out of you. How true that seems so far. I feel very tired, but that's ok. I have not been sick at my stomach at all. I would rather be tired:) I do know that I am eating for 3and so that has been a little challenging. I know I need to eat plenty of fruits and veggies so I am trying to do that. With twins I was told to try to eat about 73g of protein per day. That is a lot of food every day. I can't eat that much so I am just doing the best I can. If I eat that much I feel completely stuffed, but if I don't eat good I feel underfed. There is a happy medium. I am just trying to find it!!

Our fertility doctor will release us on our next visit on June 21st. That will be our last ultrasound there to check the growth of the babies. Last time we were there they were the size of gummie bears, so I am excited to know how much they will have grown by the 21st. I don't know.....jolly ranchers??? We will go to our first OG/GYN appointment on July 6th. I am excited to move to a regular doctor. It's kinda like we are moving to the next step already. Before we know it, Jeffrey and Jennifer will be holding their babies!!

2nd ULTRASOUND!!!

What a blessing!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! Their hearts were just a beatin'!! ;)
They are growing so fast!! First ultrasound the size of a grain of rice now they are the size of a gummy bear!

TWINS!!!!!!!!

No words can explain our excitement, happiness, and gratefulness!! Thank you God for TWO precious gifts!!

Thank you Valerie for caring for these two precious gifts for us in the months to come! We cannot thank you enough! What a bond we have with you now and always!

Next ultrasound is on the 4th of June!!

2 Peas in a Pod!!!

Yesterday was our first ultrasound and we found out Jeffrey and Jennifer are going to be the parents of twins!!! There are 2 sacs which means they are fraternal, not identical. We were able to see heartbeats too. That was really neat because the doctor said it would be too early to see heartbeats. Doc said they were measuring very good size. Everything looked really good, so we were pleased. Our official due date is January 21, 2011. We will go back in 10 days (June 4th) for a second ultrasound and checkup.

I will get the ultrasound pics posted as soon as I can so everyone can see!!!!

Valerie

The results are in!!!

Now that we know the results of the urine test I will be glad to talk about how I had been feeling. I had been so tired the last few days. I do not take naps, but had had a nap about 5 days in a row. Also, some parts were sore:) I had a feeling we were pregnant but I hated to speak too soon.
When we got to the doc's office, we were immediately taken back to the room. I had to do a urine sample and blood work. My nurse came in for the blood work, after doing the urine test, and looked really happy!!! I knew right away! She couldn't tell us, but I knew!!! She is a friendly nurse but when she came in the room she was extra happy. They are all sooooo nice at that office. I am really glad we found it.

So about the meds......I have to keep doing the shots for 12 weeks altogether. I am on about week 4 so we are getting closer. I don't mind the shots, but I will be glad when that part is over. I am weaning off the estrogen slowly and I still have to do the aspirin daily. I am taking several different vitamins too.

You know, there has been nothing painful about this process. There have been uncomfortable times but that is only because you have to show yourself to the
doctor:{ It's been so nuch easier than I imagined. Now we are on to the next step which will be an ultrasound on May 25. We will find out how many babies we have.