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Oh, Jules! What great questions! ; )
Umm..we have a feeling it's a girl (regardless of our crazy ultrasound doctor's "boy" determination!). He told us that at 12 weeks and six days, and now we've read that the earliest you can tell the gender is 14.5 weeks. So..we still think it's a girl, but not enough to call it a girl name yet!
Ethan is really dying for us to have a name for our baby, but we just can't yet. He also REALLY wants it to have a room and some furniture..I think he's actually worried. We are procrastinating since we are nervous to start buying stuff again, and have to return it. We also emptied out a room before, and had to kinda put furniture back in (Not Fun.). So..we thought we'd wait until we know what it is, and we're at the halfway point. We are just really nervous, I guess.
We do still have a baby crib, in the attic. It's the one we used with the other kids, but we think the side that goes up and down (that's now outlawed here!) is not fully-functioning. (It actually had a three child and/or a ten-year warranty, but we've outlasted both!) We are debating between buying a new one (with the little side that folds down), or just putting the crazy side to the wall. We still have an armoire and changing table/dresser with drawers (that matches the baby bed) (and they are still in Ethan's room), so he'd have to have some new furniture!
We still have some really old stuff we've loaned out a few times (their exersaucer, a swing, a pack-and-play, and a Bumbo seat from Ethan), but after seeing the new comfy side-to-side swings with a big papasan of a seat, I think I need one! ; ) I still have onesies for a baby, some blankets and some clothes I couldn't part with! I'll get a new baby bag (or I'll make one!), and we'll be fine. Oh..but a car seat and stroller-we gave ours away, so I'll need those! Maybe I will shop a little over Christmas break. ; )
Don't you worry..when I'm sure, and I know what it is..I'll be busy. I can't wait to get a nursery ready! We are going to use the office in our house for the baby's room, so there is no closet (!), but I'm hoping the storage in the furniture will be enough. When the baby grows, we'll have to do something! We've thought about adding on, or doing some construction to add a room, but I don't want to do it while I'm pregnant. I don't need the stress! Mary Claire's room is huge, and actually has a sitting room off of it, and she'd love to share her room with a baby girl...so we'll see. I wouldn't do that at first, since she wouldn't sleep very well, but it could work in a year or so. : )
I had an orthodontist appointment today, and he asked about me being pregnant-I'm pretty much showing now. He asked how long I was not telling, and I told him until I couldn't hide it anymore! ; ) I guess I'm past that? I have Bunco tomorrow night, and I haven't officially told all of them, so I guess it's tomorrow! I didn't mean to keep it "secret", I just didn't want to have to tell them if something happened. And..as things come up, I'll have to share with a few more people! I haven't said anything on Facebook either, for the same reason..it's hard if you've miscarried, it taints everything. (You even feel like the little boy who cried wolf! ..I'm pregnant..I'm not. I'm pregnant, I'm not...) I'm so thankful I had three untainted, joyful pregnancies before I knew that bad things could happen.
So, for today..I listen to the heartbeat and count the days until my next ultrasound. Until I know what it is, and can finally get ready. ; )
I just have to blog, cause I can't Facebook, and I'm all nerves!! I have some exciting news to share...yep, pregnancy is going well. We had the ultrasound today, and it's TWINS! : O We were shocked, shaky, nervous, and generally anxious. We had thought there was a small possibility (more than four pregnancies, twins in my family, over 35 years old, etc.), but we were still shocked to hear it! I think we were more excited than anything, but still. When the doctor left the room, I hugged Ches, and he said he thought we'd have five kids. When was he going to tell me?
The doctor had showed us the heartbeat, then changed it a little, then said, "Can you see it here, can you see it now, can you see it now?" I kept saying yes, and he said, there are two! and he was switching back and forth. Then he put them on the screen at the same time, and snapped some pictures for us to share. It was all surreal. We'd thought a big maybe, but to hear it is something totally different. I mean after losing two, we were just so anxious to see a viable, healthy heartbeat. Just seeing it was so reassuring. More was unreal. I'll calm down in a little bit, but for now, I'm a little hyper! ~~Oh-and my doctor actually said, hold on, I have to look for More... as in babies!
Oh--and there are two sacs, which is good. He tried to check my ovaries for corpus luteum cysts (if there were two, they'd be fraternal), but he couldn't see very well. He'll check again next time. There is a better chance for them if it's two sacs. Ches remembers him saying one placenta, but I heard placentas, so we'll ask next time. There will be 80 more questions to write down...
Ches drove right to work (we drove separately) to tell his department head. He'd really like to teach his fall classes online, and he wanted to discuss it some more with her. I've talked to him twice since he left the office, but I didn't even ask him how it went! We have a date tonight (thank you, forethought!), so we'll talk more later. There's so much!
We asked all the very real questions too, we didn't totally lose our minds. We asked what the chances are of them both making it all the way. With one (after seeing a heartbeat on ultrasound), it's about 92% chance. With twins, he said there's an upper 80's percent of them making it. Us-ever practical. We just didn't want to tell the kids, then it change.
We also asked him when we should tell the kids. He said if it was him, he'd go ahead and tell them. We have another ultrasound to check the progress in 10 days, and he said we could always wait until then. We had decided to tell them tomorrow -Saturday- since we were going out tonight, but I went ahead and told them after calling Ches. They were so excited! I told them that we were going to have a baby, and...there are two! They both yelled, "Twins!" I didn't really realize that word was in their vocabulary, or that they'd come up with it on their own, but they are pretty smart. I'm glad they are excited. They'd like a boy and a girl..I'll just place that order... I told them we'll be happy with whatever God chooses for us. : )
Mary Claire did say she hopes I don't get "sick" like I did last time (she doesn't even know about the last time) and lose the baby. I told her I have waited a while to tell her about this pregnancy and the chances of that happening are pretty small, but my prayer warriors can keep praying!! Clay piped up and said he's praying for a girl, and I know Mary Claire prays with me -daily- for a girl. I just want them to know their prayers are answered, no matter what.
Now I know why I've been so tired! I'll try to rest more, maybe eat more calories? and take better care of myself, although I have been working on it since January. Mom has requested I stop picking up Ethan so much! I'll try to come down to his level more. Is there data for harm?
When I called Ches at work this afternoon, he was on the computer looking up twin stuff. He's so cute. I'm glad he's excited, and interested. I can't imagine a husband not being excited-it'd be sooo hard.
Alright, I must mosey on, and get ready to go on a date! Keep saying your prayers, as my friend's hcg didn't quite double (but totally went up!), but I want us pregnant together, and I love her dearly. I want her big and pregnant (hahaha), and I want a baby for her just as much as I do for me! Extra time on your hands? Say your prayers! : ) Hugs!
